Another Round of Booktalks

Seventh graders visited the library today to listen to book talks and to visit the Scholastic Book Fair. Some of the highlights from the Book Fair were Exo, The Shadow Queen, and Zero Day.

Below is the book talk presentation--including mention of this year's Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Also featured is a new-to-us sports series by John Coy called the 4 for 4 Series. 

It's Book Fair Time!

That's right--it's Scholastic Book Fair time again! Students and families can browse and shop the fair from Thurs. Mar. 2 - Thurs. Mar. 9, both during the school day and during parent teacher conferences. 

Take a look at the preview video below:

You can also shop our book fair online, where many more titles are available, including titles for younger and/or older siblings. You can access our online fair here.

We'll be running a guessing contest during the fair. Students can guess the number of bears in the container, and the student who comes closest to the exact number will win a $10 gift certificate to use at the book fair. Stop by to enter!

New (Interactive) Library Display

We're so excited in the library about our newest display! A recent Twitter post with the hashtag "ReadIt" showed a student holding a book in front of a Twitter-inspired space, and an idea took hold. A quick Instagram search showed more than 186,000 posts with the "#ReadIt" tag. How could we not add our own #ReadIt pictures?!

To kick off the display, Mrs. Howard and I each showed off what we'd read (and loved!), and now we're ready for you to join us. Stop by the library, grab one of your favorite books, and get ready to be part of our #ReadIt display! We'll add posts to Instagram--be sure to follow us at @DCGLibraries!

Veronica Roth's New Book Carve the Mark

Fans of the Divergent trilogy--and science fiction fans in general--are excited about author Veronica Roth's new book Carve the Mark.

From the Carve the Mark website

Want to know more? Check out the book trailer:

Veronica Roth's official website has now moved to Tumbl: http://theartofnotwriting.tumblr.com/. There you can find many more Carve the Mark posts and pictures, like these designs:

Interested? Stop by the library to check out Carve the Mark!

Book Talks

Both sixth and seventh graders have been into the library recently to listen to book talks and to make book selections. Both presentations--along with a few of the highlighted titles--appear below:

Stop by the library to check out or put on hold any of these books, plus any others, including some recent new titles like John Feinstein's The DH in The Triple Threat series, or the Red Queen companion Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard.

Early Buzz for the Iowa Teen Award Nominees

All sixth and seventh grade students recently watched the ITA Prezi presentation (see previous post) and responded to an interest inventory after watching book trailers for the nominated titles.

Early interest shows that four titles have generated the most "buzz" with students: 

We'll learn in March during our voting period if early interest holds throughout the year. Maybe one of these titles will go on to become our building--and maybe state-wide--winner!

2016 - 2017 Iowa Teen Award Book Nominees

With school starting soon, it's time to start thinking about the Iowa Teen Award nominees fro the coming year. Check out the Prezi below to see the titles and book trailers to pique your interest!

Any of the titles already familiar to you? Maybe you've already read some of them? We'll be talking about the nominees and promoting them throughout the year, so stay tuned. And happy reading!