New Biographies

To continue in a trend I started at the end of last school year, I'd like to introduce you to some brand-new biographies. One of my favorite publishers of young adult books has started a series entitled Authors Teens Love. Besides presenting the life story of each author, these books include a chronology of the author's life, a glossary, a list of selected works, and a bibliography of books and Internet sites. We have added three new books over the summer for the authors Ray Bradbury, Philip Pullman, and Robert Cormier. This brings the total number of this series at Lakeview to 8. You can search our IPAC (online catalog) to learn what others we have in the collection. The new titles are currently displayed in the New Book Section.

Welcome Back

I hope you all had a fantastic summer reading all kinds of exciting books. I know I did. Now those books will be processed and ready for check-out soon. While we focus on getting these books ready, take a look at the summer reading blogs that Mrs. Warkentien and I created - our Reading Bug Blogs. We had lots of fun talking about books and picking new ones, old ones, award winners, and some 2009 Rebeca Caudil webpage even after the Summer Reading Materials are take down.

NOTE: This post accidentally ended up on the What's Happening blog last week, so I moved it to its correct spot this week.

Have a Great Summer!

Summertime! What a great time to catch up on my reading! And I am. There will be lots and lots of new books ready for the fall and I am madly trying to read as many as I can. If you are looking for reading suggestions for this summer, please check out the Reading Bug blogs on the Summer Reading chart on the Lakeview IMC webpage. Mrs. Warkentien and I are picking our favorites - authors, genres, books - to tell you about in these summer blogs. I will return in the fall with my weekly new book reviews. While you are waiting, CATCH THE READING BUG AND KEEP READING!

Catch the Reading Bug

All current 5th, 6th, and 7th grade classes have been introduced to the Lakeview Summer Reading Program, Catch the Reading Bug. The official start is June 9th. That is the first day we will accept book reports. The Program ends on September 2, 2008, the day after Labor Day. Information about the this program and its various projects is available on the Lakeview IMC webpage. There is a link on the district main page - http://www.ccsd66.org/ directly to our webpage. Scroll past the I.P.A.C. links and there is the Summer Reading chart. All boxes on the chart will be activated by June 9th. Right now the basic information is linked and available.

We encourage all Lakeview students for 2008-2009 to join us for a fun summer of reading!