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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



What a funny, tender, yet somber story of two teens meeting at a cancer…

F OyMG by Amy Fellner Dominy

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I loved this book! I keep thinking about Ellie, Zeydeh (her grandfather), Devon and Dynamite Doris. Eleanor…

The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy by Leah Wilson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Since…

Karma by Cathy Ostlere

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I loved this book, very very long but so worth the saga and drama during the tumultuous time in India when Indira Gandhi…

These days teh world belongs to cell phone and smartphone users . According to a study by the end of this year, additional than 40 percent of the people will switch over to wireless devices for their basic office use. In fact there are many users who have already started relying on the substitute of smartphone devices and other portable devices like iPad and tablets for their business communications. A wide range of business applications are seen in proving to be an ideal…

So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Another great Colasanti read about friendship and relationships! Brooke is a genius…

Stay by Deb Caletti

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Caletti, Deb. Stay. New York: Simon Pulse, 2011. 978-1-4424-0373-4. 313p. $16.99. Gr. 10-12.

Clara’s story about an…

Rotters by Daniel Kraus

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Joey Crouch is a straight-A student who lives with his mom in Chicago when she is suddenly and horribly killed by a…

The Princesses of Iowa My book review of The Princesses of Iowa by M. Molly Backes due out 5/8/12.

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



What a wonderful, intense novel in verse concerning Lupita’s…

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Fifteen year old Lina’s life in Lithuania changes drastically when the…

Hi Everyone!

The National Forum on Information Literacy, under the auspices of Dr. Sharon A. Weiner, NFIL V.P. and W. Wayne Booker Chair in Information Literacy at Purdue University, is spearheading a national campaign to secure gubernatorial information literacy proclamations from all 50 states and territories. 

As most of you know, President Obama issued a presidential proclamation in 2009 establishing October as…

Co-founders of Flat Classroom®, Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis, are excited to be able to offer this global collaborative project to classrooms around the world. This project will run as a pilot for the coming semester, February-April 2012 and be open to Prep/Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2 classrooms (4-7

year old students).

Can very young students effectively connect, communicate, and collaborate in a global project?

What does this look like? What products can students in…

Stay with Me by Paul Griffin

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Loved, loved, loved this book! I loved Paul Griffin's Mack Morse and the slow way he is drawn to CeCe…

Curated Articles about Information Fluency

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-information-fluency…

My first day back in a library was great.  Met a lot of great kids.  We have some really prolific readers with some pretty eclectic tastes.  I love that! 

Other than that, got my online calendar set up so that teachers can schedule library time via the website.  I also created an online collaboration form.  That should really simplify things for planning.  I hope it does anyway.

I'm going to announce my plans for the library advisory committee today.  I'll post how well it went…

Today is my first day back.  I'm really excited.  There is so much to do here, but it should be a lot of fun.  First major thing I need to get done is create my library advisory committee.  After that, we will really need to update my vision and mission.  If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.