IT'S BEEN A BUSY START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR IN THE MEDIA CENTER!!

Welcome back! This year has been a busy one in the P.S. 87 Media Center so far. We began by honoring the 54 children who participated in the Summer Reading Program. They each received a Certificate of Participation and a brand new book, as well as, had some great snacks and made a craft. Great job everyone!!!
The Book Fair was next. It was a big success with our sales reaching over $4,000. I hope you all are enjoying the wonderful books you bought. I am thinking of starting a book club for all of the children who bought SCHOOL OF FEAR. Anyone interested should blog back and let me know.
Our new book order for the 2010-2011 school year has arrived early this year. We were able to order over 300 new books, both fiction and nonfiction. Most of you have had the chance to preview the books and even got to check them out of the library. It is so wonderful to see everyone so excited to "get their hands on" the new books.
IT IS BATTLE TIME AGAIN!!!! Teams have already been chosen for this year's Battle of the Books. We have almost 100% participation in all of the fourth and fifth classes this year. We are just waiting for more of the books to arrive so everyone can begin reading. In the mean time, please start logging your minutes on the log sheets you received from me. You need to read 600 minutes by the middle of February to receive a special prize for your participation. NO LOG= NO SPECIAL PRIZE !!!!!!! It only takes reading for 10 minutes each day until February to reach the total 600 minutes. Please have your parents initial your paper each time you log in.
Please feel free to blog back and respond to any of the things that have been posted. The more people who blog, the more interesting it will be.

SUMMER READING CELEBRATION

This year's Summer Reading Celebration will be held at the Edenwald Library on Thursday, August 26th at 3pm. If you have been reading over the summer and logging your books, either online or in the booklet, you are invited to attend the party. Call the library (718) 798-3355 and let them know you are coming. Have fun and don't forget to blog all about it.

DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR FREE BOOK!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you all have been reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just a reminder that Barnes and Noble and Borders are offering free books to children who have been reading over the summer. Just bring a list of 8 books that you have completed to the stores and they will let you choose from a select group of books. TD Bank is also offering to deposit $10 into an account in your name for reading 10 books. These are such nice little perks for reading, but the best rewards are the good things that are happening in your brains while you are reading. So keep it up. Enjoy the rest of the summer!!

I SAW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I took my family to see The Last Airbender-Avatar. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised. The movie was really well done and followed the books closely. The movie only covered some of the series, so we can look forward to many sequels. Now would be a good time to catch up on the other books if you haven't read them yet.

ARE THERE ANY BEVERLY CLEARY FANS OUT THERE????

I am so glad that movie writers are looking at popular children's books for inspiration for new movies for kids. It is Beverly Cleary's turn now. Ramona and Beezus will be out in the theaters soon. So, now would be a great time to read any of the Ramona books. Why not check out: Ramona, age 8; Ramona the Pest; Ramona and her Mother; Ramona and her Father; Ramona the Brave and Ramona's World. They are fun to read. As usual, let me know what you guys are reading and your thoughts on what you read or see at the movies.

AVATAR

COMING SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Last Air Bender- the Avatar movie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone going to see it?? Let me know which you thought was better, the book series or the movie.

SUMMER READING 2010

I can't believe it is this time of the year again, time to talk about summer reading. Don't all moan and groan at the same time. Reading can be fun. It CAN be enjoyable. Every year our school links with the NYC Public Library System Summer Reading Program. All of you are already signed up. The way to start is to just begin to read. You can record the books you have completed right in the logs you all received from me or you can go to the website at summerreading.org and record them online.
Throughtout the summer, The Edenwald Library, located at 1255 East 233rd Street, will be hosting events for everyone who has been reading and recording books in their logs. One June 22nd and 29th, @ 4:00, there will be story time for children of all ages. On June 24th and 28th there will be arts and crafts @ 4:00 for children ages 5-12. On June 30th, @2:00, there will be Wii games for children 5+. Check back in a few days to find out what is going on during the month of July.
For those of you who do not have new books to read over the summer, may I suggest visiting any public library, swapping books with a neighbor, going to garage sales, purchasing new ones at book stores or getting them at a discount online.
There is so much more to say, check back in the next few days and read more about what other great things are being offered to all of the children participating in the Summer Reading Program.