tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083881537545601352024-03-13T13:05:52.837-04:00Grades 3-4 Book ClubBook Club for kids in Grades 3-4.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-1948772389454248322022-04-12T16:36:00.001-04:002022-04-12T16:36:30.433-04:00May Grades 3 & 4 Book Suggestions <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2558425&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2558425&size=0" width="132" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=one-third+nerd&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tover+the+moon">One-Third Nerd</a> by Gennifer Choldenko</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Fifth grade is not for amateurs, according to Liam. Luckily, he knows that being more than one-third nerd is not cool. Liam lives in the Bay area near San Francisco with his mom and two younger sisters. Dakota is fascinated by science and has a big personality but struggles to make friends; Izzy, a child with Down syndrome, makes friends easily and notices things that go past everyone else. Dad lives across town, but he's over a lot. And then there's Cupcake, their lovable German shepherd, who guards their basement apartment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recently, Cupcake has a problem--she's peeing in the house. The kids need to make enough money to take her to the vet before their landlord upstairs finds out. And Mom and Dad have said if Cupcake doesn't stop, they will find her a new home. But the kids will never let Cupcake go. Can they save her?"—Goodreads</span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2562915&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2562915&size=0" width="132" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tover+the+moon/tover+the+moon/1%2C9%2C20%2CB/frameset&FF=tover+the+moon&5%2C%2C11">Over the Moon</a> by Natalie Lloyd </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Twelve-year-old Mallie's prospects are grim. In her mining town, Coal Top, boys leave school at 12 to work in the mines, and girls leave to work as servants for the rich people. Mallie can't stomach the idea of that kind of life, but what choice does she have? Especially when her family is counting on her wages to survive.</span></div><p></p><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">All that changes when Mallie is recruited for a dangerous competition in which daring (and ideally, orphaned children) train flying horses to battle the monsters that lurk beneath Coal Top. If she wins, she'll earn a fortune for her struggling family. If she fails . . . her family will have one less mouth to feed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">But the situation proves even more sinister than Mallie realizes, and in addition to fighting for her life, she finds herself uncovering a dangerous mystery at the heart of Coal Top's struggles-a mystery that the charismatic ringleader, Mortimer Good, will do anything to protect."—Goodreads</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2580681&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="140" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2580681&size=0" width="140" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tScouts/tscouts/1%2C17%2C34%2CB/frameset&FF=tscouts&4%2C%2C8/indexsort=-">Scouts</a> by Shannon Greenland</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">"The story of a group of friends who set out to find a crashed meteor...but find mystery, danger, and fractures in their close relationships instead.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Annie, Beans, Rocky, and Fynn. They're the Scouts—best friends who do everything together. It's 1985, and with the summer before seventh grade winding down, the Scouts decide to secretly climb Old Man Basinger's silo to watch a meteor shower. When one meteor seems to crash nearby, the Scouts know they have to go find it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">But their fun overnight jaunt through the woods soon takes a turn when they come across a series of disturbing discoveries about the meteor, and find themselves on the run from the Mason clan who live in the wilderness. Bonds are tested when new kids join their adventure and true feelings are revealed. Will the Scouts survive this journey together, or will their unbreakable friendships prove vulnerable after all?"—Goodreads</span></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-51213451891355127022022-03-10T11:25:00.000-05:002022-03-10T11:25:04.488-05:00March Grades 3 & 4 Book Club: The One and Only Bob <p><br /></p><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2595388&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="140" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2595388&size=0" width="140" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>For March's Grades 3 & 4 Book Club, we read <i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=the+one+and+only+bob&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThe+Vanderbeekers+of+141st+Street">The One and Only Bob</a></i> by Katherine Applegate. Ben and Michael were present. </span></span><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">To see what we discussed, visit the <a href="http://www.theoneandonlyivan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Bob_Educator-Guide.pdf">Educator's Guide</a>. </span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><div>Please rate this novel on a scale of 1-5:</div><div>—3.5!</div><div>—4!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1550357047i/43319620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="528" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1550357047i/43319620.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><br /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">For </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">April's Book Club</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">, we will be reading </span><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/twildfire%3A+a+novel/twildfire+a+novel/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=twildfire+a+novel&1%2C%2C2" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">Wildfire</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"> by Rodman Philbrick.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div>"Flames race toward Sam Castine's summer camp as evacuation buses are loading, but Sam runs back to get his phone. Suddenly, a flash of heat blasts him as pine trees explode. Now a wall of fire separates Sam from his bus, and there's only one thing to do: Run for his life. Run or die.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lungs burning, Sam's only goal is to keep moving. Drought has made the forest a tinderbox, and Sam struggles to remember survival tricks he learned from his late father. Then, when he least expects it, he encounters Delphy, an older girl who is also lost. Their unlikely friendship grows as they join forces to find civilization.</div><div><br /></div><div>The pace never slows, and eventually, flames surround Sam and Delphy on all sides. A powerful bond is forged that can only grow out of true hardship-as two true friends beat all odds and outwit one of the deadliest fires ever."—<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43319620-wildfire?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jSAaZQqMKB&rank=6">Goodreads</a></div></div></span><div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We will meet on <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: maroon; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday, April 13, at 3:30 p.m.</span></strong> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To register, visit the circulation desk, email Miss Colleen at </span><a href="mailto:jamlibyouth@gmail.com" style="border: 0px; color: #0062a0; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">jamlibyouth@gmail.com</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, or give us a call at (401) 423-7280. Book club will be held in the meeting hall. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For New Book Club Members</span></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At each session, the kids vote on a book to read together for the next month. Then, Ms. Colleen orders enough copies of that book through the Ocean State Libraries consortium. You pick up the book at the library (usually a week after the last book club). Books are never due before Book Club. Please reach out with any questions. </span></div></div></div></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-34971846672492907902022-03-07T14:32:00.001-05:002022-03-07T14:32:08.170-05:00April Grades 3 & 4 Book Club Suggestions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2674431&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="128" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2674431&size=0" width="128" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/ttime+villians+/ttime+villians/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=ttime+villains&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Time Villians</a> by Victor Pineiro </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Javi Santiago is just a sandwich-obsessed Puerto Rican trying to host the ultimate dinner party and not fail sixth grade. When the annual "Any Three People to Dinner" homework assignment rolls around, Javi needs helps, so he pulls his best friend Wiki and his kid sister Brady into the effort. Only none of them predicted that the family's mysterious antique table would actually bring their storied guests to the meal. And who did they invite? Kid Mozart, the Earl of Sandwich, and...Blackbeard the Pirate. Whoops.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before they can say "avast, ye maties," Blackbeard escapes and Javi's world does an awkward somersault. As the trio tries to avoid the bloodthirsty pirate, a few of their teachers come to their aid--teachers who are suspiciously out of place. But there's no time to think--Blackbeard is intent on summoning his pirate crew, so Javi may have to invite some even zanier figures to set things right again.—<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54717139-time-villains?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=e7sSOBcqIb&rank=1">Goodreads </a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2494417&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2494417&size=0" width="132" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Vanderbeekers+of+141st+Street&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=ttime+villians+">The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street</a> by Karina Yan Glaser</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home and convince the dreaded Beiderman just how wonderful they are. And all is fair in love and war when it comes to keeping their home.—<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33413919-the-vanderbeekers-of-141st-street?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=jqzM1rDZU6&rank=1">Goodreads</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2508468&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2508468&size=0" width="132" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/twinterhouse/twinterhouse/1%2C5%2C16%2CB/exact&FF=twinterhouse&1%2C4%2C/indexsort=-">Winterhouse</a> by Ben Guterson</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Orphan Elizabeth Somers’s malevolent aunt and uncle ship her off to the ominous Winterhouse Hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls. Upon arrival, Elizabeth quickly discovers that Winterhouse has many charms―most notably its massive library. It’s not long before she locates a magical book of puzzles that will unlock a mystery involving Norbridge and his sinister family. But the deeper she delves into the hotel’s secrets, the more Elizabeth starts to realize that she is somehow connected to Winterhouse. As fate would have it, Elizabeth is the only person who can break the hotel’s curse and solve the mystery. But will it be at the cost of losing the people she has come to care for, and even Winterhouse itself?—<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29540876-winterhouse?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1UnPGBe05c&rank=1">Goodreads</a></span></p>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-56611993181933562792022-02-09T16:12:00.005-05:002022-02-09T16:41:16.462-05:00February Grades 3 & 4 Book Club: Down to Earth <p> </p><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2675155&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2675155&size=0" width="132" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>For February's Grades 3 & 4 Book Club, we read <i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tdown+to+earth/tdown+to+earth/1%2C27%2C50%2CB/frameset&FF=tdown+to+earth&13%2C%2C22">Down to Earth</a> </i>by Betty Culley. Mack and Thomas were present. This book inspired us to check out <a href="https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/meteorites/meteorites/ahnighito">Ahnighito</a>. We began our discussion by using the <a href="https://www.bettyculley.com/teacher-resources/">curriculum guide</a>. Below are some of the other things we discussed. </span></span><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><div>1. What is a dowser? Would you want to be a dowser? Why or not? </div><div>2. Who is Henry?</div><div>3. Do you think Henry made the right decision to keep the meteorite a secret? </div><div>4. Who are the other characters? What are their roles?</div><div>5. Writers do things on purpose. Do you think it is an important detail that Henry is home-schooled? Why do you think the writer included this detail? </div><div>6. What were your favorite or least favorite parts of the book?</div><div>7. Henry thinks in terms of percentages. Why is this important? </div><div><br /></div><div>Please rate this novel on a scale of 1-5:</div><div>4.5</div><div>4.5</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2595388&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="140" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2595388&size=0" width="140" /></a></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For March's Book Club, we will be reading </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tthe+one+and+only+bob/tone+and+only+bob/1%2C1%2C7%2CB/frameset&FF=tone+and+only+bob&1%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">The One and Only Bob</a> </i>by Katherine Applegate</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></strong></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></strong></div></span><div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">"<span style="background-color: transparent;">Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family."—summary</span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We will meet on <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: maroon; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday, March 9, at 3:30 p.m.</span></strong> Join us for a trivia-style book club battle of reading comprehension and elements of craft. </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To register, visit the circulation desk, email Miss Colleen at </span><a href="mailto:jamlibyouth@gmail.com" style="border: 0px; color: #0062a0; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">jamlibyouth@gmail.com</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, or give us a call at (401) 423-7280. Book club will be held in the meeting hall. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For New Book Club Members</span></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At each session, the kids vote on a book to read together for the next month. Then, Ms. Colleen orders enough copies of that book through the Ocean State Libraries consortium. You pick up the book at the library (usually a week after the last book club). Books are never due before Book Club. Please reach out with any questions. </span></div></div></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-35187507427200584382022-02-07T16:32:00.002-05:002022-02-07T16:32:17.870-05:00March Grades 3 & 4 Book Club Suggestions<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2398759&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="136" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2398759&size=0" width="136" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tcrenshaw/tcrenshaw/1%2C5%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=tcrenshaw&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Crenshaw</a> by Katherine Applegate </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent. And not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister, and their dog may have to live in their minivan. Again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Crenshaw is a cat. He's large, he's outspoken, and he's imaginary. He has come back into Jackson's life to help him. But is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything?"—Goodreads</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2687168&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2687168&size=0" width="132" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=strangeville+school+is+totally+normal&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=twilla+and+the+whale">Strangeville School is Totally Normal</a> by Darcy Miller</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Harvey Hill's first day at Strangeville Middle School doesn't go quite as expected when he discovers it's full of various creatures and odd happenings, including a particularly nefarious supply closet."—Provided by publisher.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2609123&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="135" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2609123&size=0" width="135" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/twilla+and+the+whale/twilla+and+the+whale/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=twilla+and+the+whale&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Willa and the Whale</a> by Chad Morris & Shelly Brown</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Twelve-year-old Willa, grieving the loss of her mother, a renowned marine biologist, discovers she can talk to whales"—Provided by publisher.</span></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-14683584282593951552022-01-13T10:09:00.006-05:002022-01-13T10:15:35.762-05:00January's Grades 3 & 4 Book Club <p> </p><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2611522&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="135" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2611522&size=0" width="135" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>For January's Grades 3 & 4 Book Club, we read <i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tanti%2Fhero/tanti+hero/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tanti+hero&1%2C%2C3">Anti/Hero</a> </i>by Kate Karyus Quinn and Demitria Lunetta. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">Thomas was present for our discussion. Here are some of the things we discussed: </span></span><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><div><div><b>General Questions</b></div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Anti/Hero is a graphic novel. What are some of the visual differences we see between Sloane and Piper? </div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What is the significance of the chapter titles? </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Text Specific Questions</b></div><div>Chapter 1</div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Where does the story take place? </div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>On page 16, the reader is introduced to Sloane’s mom. She keeps coughing. This is foreshadowing. What is foreshadowing?</div><div>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fill in the blank: Piper excels at ________ while Sloane excels at ________.</div><div>4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who is the Bear? </div><div>5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Where are Piper’s parents? </div><div>6.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What is Sloane supposed to steal for the Bear, and how does this connect her to Piper? </div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 2 </div><div>7.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What happens as Sloane and Piper struggle over the TMI? </div><div>8.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who is Sloane’s neighbor?</div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 3</div><div>9.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How did Piper get her powers? </div><div>10.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How did Sloane get her super brain?</div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 4</div><div>11.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does Abuela make Sloane and Piper realize? </div><div>12.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who shows up at the competition and why? </div><div>13.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What happens to the Bear? </div><div>14.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How does the competition end? </div><div>15.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What birds represent Sloane and Piper?</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div></span><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For February's Book Club, we will be reading </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tdown+to+earth/tdown+to+earth/1%2C27%2C50%2CB/frameset&FF=tdown+to+earth&13%2C%2C22">Down to Earth</a> </i>by Betty Culley.</span></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2675155&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2675155&size=0" width="132" /></span></a></div><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">"Henry has always been fascinated by rocks. As a homeschooler, he pours through the R volume of the encyclopedia to help him identify the rocks he finds. So, when a meteorite falls in his family's field, who better to investigate than this rock enthusiast--with his best friend, James, and his little sister, Birdie, in tow, of course.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white;">But soon after the meteorite's arrival, the water in Henry's small Maine town starts drying up. It's not long before news spreads that the space rock and Henry's family might be to blame. Henry is determined to defend his newest discovery, but his knowledge of geology could not have prepared him for how much this stone from the sky would change his community, his family, and even himself."—Goodreads</span></span><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We will meet on <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: maroon; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday, February 9, at 3:30 p.m.</span></strong> Join us for a trivia-style book club battle of reading comprehension and elements of craft. </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To register, visit the circulation desk, email Miss Colleen at </span><a href="mailto:jamlibyouth@gmail.com" style="border: 0px; color: #0062a0; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">jamlibyouth@gmail.com</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, or give us a call at (401) 423-7280. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: small; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Book Club will be held in the Meeting Hall. Masks are required. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For New Book Club Members</span></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At each session, the kids vote on a book to read together for the next month. Then, Ms. Colleen orders enough copies of that book through the Ocean State Libraries consortium. You pick up the book at the library (usually a week after the last book club). Books are never due before Book Club. Please reach out with any questions. </span></div></div></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-1435396930984144892022-01-11T15:59:00.003-05:002022-01-11T15:59:14.206-05:00February Grades 3 & 4 Book Club Suggestions <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2398759&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="136" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2398759&size=0" width="136" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tcrenshaw/tcrenshaw/1%2C5%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=tcrenshaw&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Crenshaw</a> by Katherine Applegate </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent. And not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister, and their dog may have to live in their minivan. Again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Crenshaw is a cat. He's large, he's outspoken, and he's imaginary. He has come back into Jackson's life to help him. But is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything?"—Goodreads</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2675155&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2675155&size=0" width="132" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tdown+to+earth/tdown+to+earth/1%2C27%2C50%2CB/frameset&FF=tdown+to+earth&13%2C%2C22/indexsort=-">Down to Earth</a> by Betty Culley</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Henry has always been fascinated by rocks. As a homeschooler, he pours through the R volume of the encyclopedia to help him identify the rocks he finds. So, when a meteorite falls in his family's field, who better to investigate than this rock enthusiast--with his best friend, James, and his little sister, Birdie, in tow, of course.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But soon after the meteorite's arrival, the water in Henry's small Maine town starts drying up. It's not long before news spreads that the space rock and Henry's family might be to blame. Henry is determined to defend his newest discovery, but his knowledge of geology could not have prepared him for how much this stone from the sky would change his community, his family, and even himself."—Goodreads</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2645113&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="135" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2645113&size=0" width="135" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tthe+nightmare+thief/tnightmare+thief/1%2C3%2C6%2CB/frameset&FF=tnightmare+thief&3%2C%2C4">The Nightmare Thief</a> by Nicole Lesperance</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Maren Partridge loves working in her family's dream shop where she can hand-craft any dream imaginable. The shop has only one rule. Dreams cannot be given to a person without their consent. Maren has no problem with this—until her sister, Hallie, has an accident that leaves her in a coma. Maren's certain she can cure Hallie with a few well-chosen dreams. And when no one is watching, she slips her a flying dream.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But a strange new customer from the shop has been following Maren and knows what she did. Now she's laid the perfect trap to blackmail Maren into creating custom nightmares for a dark and terrible purpose. As Maren gets drawn further into the sinister scheme, she must make a choice: to protect her family or to protect the town from her family's magic."—Goodreads </span></p>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-33304147252533725332021-12-08T17:13:00.001-05:002021-12-08T17:13:58.564-05:00December's Grades 3 & 4 Book Club<p> </p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2580814&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="136" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2580814&size=0" width="136" /></a></div><br />For December's Grades 3 & 4 Book Club, we read <i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tdear+justice+league/tdear+justice+league/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tdear+justice+league&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Dear Justice League</a> </i>by Michael Northrop. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">Vivian, Xavier, Ben, Fenella, and Thomas were present for our discussion. This month, we played trivia. Here are the questions: </span><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><div><b>General Questions</b></div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who is your favorite superhero and why?</div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>If you could have your own superpower, what would it be and why?</div><div>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Is there a superpower you would not want? Which one and why?</div><div>4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What was your favorite chapter in Dear Justice League? </div><div>5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What is the problem driving the story (plot) between letters?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Text Specific Questions</b></div><div>Chapter 1 </div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does Ben’s Silsby ask in his letter to Superman? </div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What is the sequence of events set off by Ben’s letter?</div><div>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does Superman’s chapter teach us? </div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 2</div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What doe Haley Lu ask in her email to Hawkgirl?</div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What is Hawkgirl’s response? </div><div>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What was your reaction to Hawkgirl’s chapter?</div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 3 </div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What villain does Aquaman face off against?</div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How does Aquaman sneak on to the U.S.S. Spearfish?</div><div>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does Mike Moreland ask in his letter to Aquaman?</div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 4</div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does Maddy Keysler ask Wonder Woman?</div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does Wonder Woman remember? </div><div>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What is Wonder Woman’s advice to Maddy?</div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 5</div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What is T-Bone & J-Dawg’s question to The Flash?</div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How does The Flash Respond?</div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 6</div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does Shalene Thomas ask in her letter to Green Lantern? </div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does Green Lantern explain in his response to Shalene?</div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 7 </div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does the letter to Cyborg ask?</div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What happens while Cyborg is writing his reply?</div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 8</div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does Danny Santiago ask in his letter to Batman?</div><div>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What does Batman suggest in his response to Danny? (p. 137).</div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter 9</div><div>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What is the title of Chapter 9? Why is this significant?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For January's Book Club, we will be reading <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tanti%2Fhero/tanti+hero/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tanti+hero&1%2C%2C3" style="border: 0px; color: #0062a0; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anti/Hero</a> </em>by Kate Karyus Quinn & </span></strong></span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Demitria Lunetta</strong></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1583197893l/52121854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="271" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1583197893l/52121854.jpg" width="136" /></a></div><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong><p></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"As if middle school wasn't tough enough, two students who are sworn enemies run into big problems when a freaky event makes them switch places! Now they must work together if they want their old lives back, but the journey of being in someone else's shoes may bring some BIG surprises."—Summary</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We will meet on <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: maroon; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday, January 12, at 3:30 p.m.</span></strong> Join us for a trivia-style book club battle of reading comprehension and elements of craft. </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To register, visit the circulation desk, email Miss Colleen at </span><a href="mailto:jamlibyouth@gmail.com" style="border: 0px; color: #0062a0; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">jamlibyouth@gmail.com</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, or give us a call at (401) 423-7280. <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anti/Hero </em>is also available through Hoopla. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Club will be held in the Meeting Hall. Masks are required. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For New Book Club Members</span></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At each session, the kids vote on a book to read together for the next month. Then, Ms. Colleen orders enough copies of that book through the Ocean State Libraries consortium. You pick up the book at the library (usually a week after the last book club). Books are never due before Book Club. Please reach out with any questions. </span></div></div></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-30326799902326089542021-12-03T15:14:00.005-05:002021-12-03T15:14:49.438-05:00January Grades 3 & 4 Book Club Suggestions<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2611522&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="135" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2611522&size=0" width="135" /></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tantihero/tantihero/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/exact&FF=tantihero&1%2C2%2C/indexsort=-">Antihero</a> by Kate Karyus Quinn </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Piper Pajaro and Sloane MacBrute are two 13-year-old girls with very different lives but very similar secrets. Popular, outgoing Piper is strong. Like, ripping-the-doors-off-cars strong. She longs to be a superhero, even if she tends to leave massive messes in her wake. Snarky Sloane, on the other hand, is super smart. Like, evil-genius-smart. To help her family, she has to put those smarts to use for her villainous grandfather.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When a mission to steal an experimental technological device brings the two girls face-to-face with each other, the device sparks, and the two girls switch bodies! Now they must live in each other's shoes as they figure out a way to switch back."—Summary</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614023123i/55674344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614023123i/55674344.jpg" width="137" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=dear+dc+super+villains&searchscope=1&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tdear+super+villains">Dear Super-Villains</a> by Michael Northrop</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Peek inside the lives of DC’s infamous rogues in <i>Dear Super-Villains</i>, the sequel to <i>Dear Justice League</i>, where curious kids write to notorious scoundrels, asking them about life on the dark side.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How did Gorilla Grodd get so smart? Did Harley Quinn ever try a career in comedy? Why does Catwoman always lose to Batman?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Each chapter highlights members of the Legion of Doom in a sympathetic way that is relatable to kids. But look closely, and you may notice the baddies are up to something big! Will the Justice League show up in time to stop them? You’ll have to write into the Tip-line of Evil to find out!"—Goodreads</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524489164i/38254400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="297" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524489164i/38254400.jpg" width="149" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tknights+vs+dinosaurs/tknights+vs+dinosaurs/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tknights+vs+dinosaurs&2%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Knights vs. Dinosaurs</a> by Matt Phelan</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">"Let me tell you a secret about the Knights of the Round Table: they don’t have much to do. The realm is at peace, and dragons are few and far between. So Merlin decides to send the knights out on a </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">real</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> adventure to a world filled with the most terrible lizards of all: DINOSAURS!"—Goodreads</span></span></div></div></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-11493838872318505462021-11-10T16:58:00.001-05:002021-11-10T16:58:31.514-05:00November Grades 3 & 4 Book Club: Midnight at the Barclay Hotel <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2631163&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="130" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2631163&size=0" width="130" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>For November's Grades 3 & 4 Book Club, we read </span><i style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search/?searchtype=t&SORT=D&searcharg=midnight+at+the+barclay+hotel&searchscope=1">Midnight at the Barclay Hotel</a> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">by Fleur Bradley. Vivian, Xavier, Ben, Teddy, and Thomas were present for our discussion. Ms. Colleen used questions from the <a href="http://nebula.wsimg.com/d95e8b36265af20701098c27cda10a81?AccessKeyId=4ED3B3DEA8E93A46B86D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1">Educator's Guide</a> to start our conversation.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">For <b>December's Book Club</b>, we will be reading <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=dear+justice+league&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tmidnight+at+the+barclay+hotel">Dear Justice League</a> by Michael Northrop.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2580814&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="136" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2580814&size=0" width="136" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">"Does Superman ever make mistakes? What was Wonder Woman's eleventh birthday like? Does Aquaman smell like fish? In this new middle-grade graphic novel, iconic heroes are asked big and small questions, and when they are not busy saving the world, the Justice League even finds time to respond. Their honest and humorous answers will surprise and delight readers of any age, as it turns out that being a superhero is not too different from being a kid."—Summary</span></p><p><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><b>To register:</b> visit the circulation desk, email Miss Colleen at jamlibyouth@gmail.com, or give us a call at (401) 423-7280. We will gather in the Meeting Hall. Masks are required for this indoor event.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><b>For New Book Club Members: </b></span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">At each session, the kids vote on a book to read together for the next month. Then, Miss Colleen orders enough copies of that book through the Ocean State Libraries consortium. You pick up the book at the library (usually a week after the last book club). Books are never due before Book Club. Please reach out with any questions.</span></p><div><br /></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-7909626340864100252021-11-08T17:05:00.000-05:002021-11-08T17:05:01.691-05:00December Grades 3 & 4 Book Club Suggestions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2611522&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="135" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2611522&size=0" width="135" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tantihero/tantihero/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/exact&FF=tantihero&1%2C2%2C/indexsort=-">Antihero</a> by Kate Karyus Quinn </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Piper Pajaro and Sloane MacBrute are two 13-year-old girls with very different lives but very similar secrets. Popular, outgoing Piper is strong. Like, ripping-the-doors-off-cars strong. She longs to be a superhero, even if she tends to leave massive messes in her wake. Snarky Sloane, on the other hand, is super smart. Like, evil-genius-smart. To help her family, she has to put those smarts to use for her villainous grandfather.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When a mission to steal an experimental technological device brings the two girls face-to-face with each other, the device sparks and the two girls switch bodies! Now they must live in each other's shoes as they figure out a way to switch back."—Summary</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2580814&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="136" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2580814&size=0" width="136" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tdear+justice+league/tdear+justice+league/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tdear+justice+league&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Dear Justice League</a> </i>by Michael Northrop, illustrated by Gustavo Duarte<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Does Superman ever make mistakes? What was Wonder Woman's eleventh birthday like? Does Aquaman smell like fish? In this new middle-grade graphic novel, iconic heroes are asked questions, both big and small, and when they are not busy saving the world, the Justice League even finds time to respond. Their honest and humorous answers will surprise and delight readers of any age, as it turns out that being a superhero is not too different from being a kid."—Summary</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2632721&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="156" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2632721&size=0" width="156" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tsaucy/tsaucy/1%2C4%2C8%2CB/exact&FF=tsaucy&1%2C5%2C/indexsort=-">Saucy</a> by Cynthia Kadohata</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">"Being a quadruplet can make it hard to stand out from the crowd. Becca's three brothers all have something that makes them... </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">them</i><span style="background-color: white;">. Jake has his music and dancing, Jammer plays hockey, and K.C. thinks they're all living in a simulation and doesn't see the point of doing much of anything. Becca is the only one with nothing to make her special.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;">But when she finds a tiny, sick piglet on the side of the road, Becca knows this is it. This is her thing. She names the piglet Saucy and between her own pleading and Saucy's sweet, pink face, Becca convinces her family to take her in. Soon, Saucy is as big a part of the family as anyone else—and getting <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">bigger</i>. With each pound Saucy gains, she becomes more capable of destroying the house and landing Becca in trouble.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Some tough decisions need to be made about Becca's pet, and her search for solutions brings to light exactly where Saucy came from. Turns out, there are a lot more scared piglets out there, and saving them may take Becca and her brothers finally doing something together."—Summary</div></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-79021656682800258132021-10-19T16:32:00.007-04:002021-10-21T10:25:33.181-04:00November Grades 3 & 4 Book Club Suggestions<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> For November, we will be reading:</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2631163&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="130" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2631163&size=0" width="130" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2022 <a href="https://olis.ri.gov/youth/ricba/index.php" target="_blank">RICBA</a> Nominee</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><div><i><br /></i></div><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=midnight+at+the+barclay+hotel&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tthe+leak">Midnight at the Barclay Hotel</a> </i>by Fleur Bradley</span><div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"When JJ Jacobson convinced his mom to accept a surprise invitation to an all-expenses-paid weekend getaway at the illustrious Barclay Hotel, he never imagined that he'd find himself in the midst of a murder mystery. He thought he was in for a run-of-the-mill weekend ghost hunting at the most haunted spot in town, but when he arrives at the Barclay Hotel and his mother is blamed for the hotel owner's death, he realizes his weekend is going to be anything but ordinary.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, with the help of his new friends, Penny and Emma, JJ has to track down a killer, clear his mother's name, and maybe even meet a ghost or two along the way."—Summary</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We will meet on Wednesday, November 10, at 3:30 p.m. in the Sydney Wright Room. </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">To register, visit the circulation desk, email Miss Colleen at </span><a href="mailto:jamlibyouth@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #0062a0; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">jamlibyouth@gmail.com</a><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">, or give us a call at (401) 423-7280.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>For New Book Club Members</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">At each session, the kids vote on a book to read for the next month. Then, Miss Colleen orders enough copies of that book through the Ocean State Libraries consortium. You pick up the book at the library (usually a week after the last book club). Books are never due before Book Club. Children should finish the book before coming to Book Club. Please reach out with any questions.</span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Other suggestions:</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2650932&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="137" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2650932&size=0" width="137" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tthe+leak/tleak/1%2C20%2C21%2CB/frameset&FF=tleak+for+the+love+of+truth&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">The Leak: For the Love of Truth</a> </i>by Kate Reed Petty, illustrated by Andrea Bell</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">"Ruth Keller is brash and precocious; she argues with her dentist, her parents, and her teachers. So, when she discovers a strange black slime in the man-made lake of her suburban neighborhood, she decides to investigate. Fortified by the encouragement of those around her, Ruth seeks the truth at all costs, even if it means taking on the rich local country club owner, who she believes is responsible for the pollution. Between the teasing of former friends and a sudden viral spotlight, Ruth discovers how difficult it is for a journalist to take a stand for what's right in the face of critique and controversy."—Summary</div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2580814&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="136" height="200" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2580814&size=0" width="136" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tdear+justice+league/tdear+justice+league/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tdear+justice+league&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">Dear Justice League</a> </i>by Michael Northrop, illustrated by Gustavo Duarte<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Does Superman ever make mistakes? What was Wonder Woman's eleventh birthday like? Does Aquaman smell like fish? In this new middle-grade graphic novel, iconic heroes are asked questions both big and small, and when they are not busy saving the world, the Justice League even finds time to respond. Their honest and humorous answers will surprise and delight readers of any age, as it turns out that being a superhero is not too different from being a kid."—Summary</span></p></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-40851803289493980112021-07-14T15:55:00.004-04:002021-07-14T15:55:50.036-04:00August Grades 3 & 4 Book Club: Klawde, Evil Alien Warlord Cat <p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2563013&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="145" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2563013&size=0" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">For July's Grades 3 & 4 Book Club, we read the book <i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tklawde/tklawde/1%2C16%2C26%2CB/frameset&FF=tklawde+evil+alien+warlord+cat&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat</a> </i>by </span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">1. The book is written from two points of view. Whose?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">2. Who is our protagonist? Is there more than one? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">3. What planet is Klawde from? How does he arrive on Earth? How does he become Raj's pet? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">4. What is Klawde's real name? Who names him Klawde?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">5. Where does Raj's mom send Raj? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">6. Who does Raj meet at Camp Eclipse?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">7. How does Raj's relationship with Klawde change Raj?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">8. What does Klawde use his litterbox for?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">9. What happens at Survival Night?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">10. How does Klawde return to his planet? What happens when he gets there? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">11. What was your favorite part of the book? Your least favorite?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">12. How would you describe this book to a friend?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">For </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">August's Book Club</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">, we will be reading:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2609466&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="158" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2609466&size=0" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/taster+and+the+accidental+magic/taster+and+the+accidental+magic/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=taster+and+the+accidental+magic++++++++1&1%2C1%2C">Aster and the Accidental Magic</a> by Thom Pico</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">We will be meeting on Wednesday<b>, August 11 at 3:30 PM</b>. Book Club will be held outside on the lawn—Swinburne Street side. In case of inclement weather, Book Club will move indoors. Participants will be notified by noon, the day of, if the location changes. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">To register, visit the circulation desk or email Miss Colleen at jamlibyouth@gmail.com </span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">Be sure to stop by the library to pick up your copy!</span></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-20064075648200729702021-07-13T11:11:00.007-04:002021-07-13T11:11:42.786-04:00August Grades 3 & 4 Book Club Suggestions<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2609466&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="158" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2609466&size=0" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/taster+and+the+accidental+magic/taster+and+the+accidental+magic/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=taster+and+the+accidental+magic++++++++1&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-" target="_blank">Aster and the Accidental Magic</a> by Thom Pico</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">"Quiet . . . birds . . . nature. . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">That's what Aster expects when her parents move their whole family to the middle of nowhere. It's just her (status- super-bored), her mom and dad (status- busy with science), her brother (status- has other plans), and . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">. . . magic?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In her new home, Aster meets a mysterious old woman with a herd of dogs who gives her a canine companion of her own. But when she and her dog Buzz are adventuring in the forest, they run into a trickster spirit who gives Aster three wishes. After wishing for the ability to understand and talk to her dog, she becomes only able to talk in dog language . . . and the trouble she gets into is just starting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Maybe the middle of nowhere will be more interesting than Aster thought." — Summary</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2631163&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2631163&size=0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tmidnight+at+the+barclay+hotel/tmidnight+at+the+barclay+hotel/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tmidnight+at+the+barclay+hotel&1%2C%2C3">Midnight at the Barclay Hote</a>l by Fleur Bradley</div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;">"When JJ Jacobson convinced his mom to accept a surprise invitation to an all-expenses-paid weekend getaway at the illustrious Barclay Hotel, he never imagined that he'd find himself in the midst of a murder mystery. He thought he was in for a run-of-the-mill weekend ghost hunting at the most haunted spot in town, but when he arrives at the Barclay Hotel and his mother is blamed for the hotel owner's death, he realizes his weekend is going to be anything but ordinary.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, with the help of his new friends, Penny and Emma, JJ has to track down a killer, clear his mother's name, and maybe even meet a ghost or two along the way." — Summary</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2308801&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="133" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2308801&size=0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tfortunately+the+milk/tfortunately+the+milk/1%2C2%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tfortunately+the+milk&1%2C%2C4" target="_blank">Fortunately, The Milk</a> by Neil Gaiman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">"While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space." — Summary</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span></div></div></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-40481597548937819482021-06-09T16:18:00.000-04:002021-06-09T16:18:05.001-04:00June Grades 3 & 4 Book Club: From the Desk of Zoe Washington<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2597750&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2597750&size=0" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">For June's Grades 3 & 4 Book Club, we read the book </span><i style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington/tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington&1%2C%2C5">From the Desk of Zoe Washington</a> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">by Jenae Marks. This title is <a href="https://olis.ri.gov/youth/ricba/lists/nominees/ricba2022nominees.pdf">Rhode Island Children's Book Award nominee</a> for 2022. The below questions are from <a href="https://mailchi.mp/473fdbe08b81/april-book-club-from-the-desk-of-zoe-washington-1378387?e=51d4a3693d">Middle Grade at Heart</a>. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c;">1. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">Zoe wants to become the first Black girl to win the Kids Bake Challenge! and points out that she’s never seen many Black pastry chefs in cookbooks or on TV. Have you noticed a lack of diversity in certain careers? Why do you think that is, and what do you think can be done to change that?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">2. In one scene, Zoe feels judged by a white woman who sees Zoe, who is black, with her white stepfather. Have you ever felt the need to defend something that wasn’t actually wrong because someone judged you? What did you do? How did that make you feel?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">3. At first, Zoe refuses to tell Trevor why she’s upset with him. Do you think that was fair? When she did explain, whose side of the story did you connect with most? Have you ever said something you didn’t mean because you felt pressured to fit in, like Trevor? Or had someone hurt you in their attempt to fit in, like Zoe? What did you do? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">4. Zoe’s experience at the bakery internship doesn’t start the way she expects it to. Have you ever been excited about something, only to be disappointed? How did it turn out in the end?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">5. Were you surprised when Zoe’s grandma agreed to keep Zoe’s letter writing a secret? Do you think it was the right thing for her grandmother to do? Why or why not?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">6. Zoe is shocked when she reads stories of people who were wrongfully convicted and sent to prison for crimes they didn’t commit. How did you feel reading that? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">7. Zoe and Trevor talk about how they’ve each had discussions with their parents: “...because I’m black, I have to be extra careful around the police. Stuff like that.” If you’re a person of color, have you ever had that discussion? How did it make you feel? If you’re white, how did you feel reading that? What do you think it’s like to feel that, because of the color of your skin, you can’t trust the very people who are supposed to be helping and protecting you? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">8. As you read, how did you feel about Marcus? Did you believe he was guilty or innocent? Did your thoughts about Marcus change at all as you learned more about his story and the facts of what happened?</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">For </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">July's Book Club</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">, we will be reading:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2563013&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="145" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2563013&size=0" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tklawde+an+evil+alien/tklawde+an+evil+alien/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=tklawde+evil+alien+warlord+cat&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"> (Book #1) by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">"Klawde, the exiled ruler of the planet Lyttyrboks, and Raj, who just moved from Brooklyn to tiny Elba, Oregon, forge an unlikely friendship as they find their footing in a strange new world." — Source of summary not specified</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">We will be meeting on <b>Wednesday, July 14 at 3:30 PM</b>. Book Club will be held outside on the lawn—Swinburne Street side. In case of inclement weather, Book Club will move indoors. Participants will be notified by noon, the day of, if the location changes. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">To register, visit the circulation desk or email Miss Colleen at jamlibyouth@gmail.com </span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">Be sure to stop by the library to pick up your copy!</span></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-1749798788474006092021-05-13T12:11:00.001-04:002021-05-13T12:11:42.012-04:00May Grades 3–4 Book Club: El Deafo<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2357112&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="133" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2357112&size=0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">Rhode Island Children's Book Award Winner 2016</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">Newberry Medal Honor</span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">For May's Grades 3-4 Book Club, we read the book <i><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tel+deafo/tel+deafo/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tel+deafo&1%2C%2C2">El Deafo</a> </i>by Cece Bell. Alex and Emme were present. Here are some of the questions we answered during our discussion:</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">1. <i>El Deafo</i> is a memoir. What is a memoir? Are there benefits to writing a memoir as a graphic novel? What about drawbacks?</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">2. How does Cece lose her hearing? </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">3. We learn about Cece's friendships. Could you relate to any of Cece's friendships? How do Cece's friendships comfort her? How do they challenge her? </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">4. How does Cece use her El Deafo identity to cope with tough situations? </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">5. People react to Cece's Phonic Ear in a variety of ways. What are they, and why are their reactions important to Cece's story?</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">6. Cece grapples with her own feelings towards the Phonic Ear. Overall, do you think the Phonic Ear is something positive or negative for Cece? Why?</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">7. Cece describes feeling like she is in a bubble of loneliness. What does this mean? Have you felt this way? </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">8. How does Cece change throughout the book? </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Rating</b>: on a scale of 1—5 (1 is the lowest; 5 is the highest), what do you rate this book? Would you recommend it?</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">4! </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">4! </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">And yes, we would recommend it!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">For <b>June's Book Club</b>, we will be reading:</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2597750&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2597750&size=0" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington/tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington&1%2C%2C5">From the Desk of Zoe Washington</a> by Janae Marky</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Zoe Washington isn't sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she's never met, hadn't heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who's been in prison for a terrible crime?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A crime he says he never committed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Could Marcus really be innocent? Zoe is determined to uncover the truth. Even if it means hiding his letters and her investigation from the rest of her family. Everyone else thinks Zoe's worrying about doing a good job at her bakery internship and proving to her parents that she's worthy of auditioning for Food Network's Kids Bake Challenge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But with bakery confections on one part of her mind, and Marcus's conviction weighing heavily on the other, this is one recipe Zoe doesn't know how to balance. The only thing she knows to be true: Everyone lies." — summary</div></span></span></div></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">We will be meeting on <b>Wednesday, June 9 at 3:30 PM</b>. Book Club will be held outside on the lawn—Swinburne Street side. In case of inclement weather, Book Club may be moved indoors or via Zoom. Participants will be notified by noon, the day of, if the location changes. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">To register, visit the circulation desk or email Miss Colleen at jamlibyouth@gmail.com </span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">Be sure to stop by the library to pick up your copy!</span></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-26623927099050362212021-05-10T13:00:00.001-04:002021-05-10T13:00:09.286-04:00June Grades 3–4 Book Club Suggestions<p> </p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2413594&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="140" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2413594&size=0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">National Book Award Longlist</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tpax/tpax/1%2C27%2C32%2CB/frameset&FF=tpax&2%2C%2C6/indexsort=-" target="_blank">Pax</a> by Sara Pennypacker</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back" — provided by the publisher</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2597750&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2597750&size=0" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee 2022</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington/tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-" target="_blank">From the Desk of Zoe Washington</a> by Janae Marks</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"Zoe Washington isn't sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she's never met, hadn't heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who's been in prison for a terrible crime?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A crime he says he never committed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Could Marcus really be innocent? Zoe is determined to uncover the truth. Even if it means hiding his letters and her investigation from the rest of her family. Everyone else thinks Zoe's worrying about doing a good job at her bakery internship and proving to her parents that she's worthy of auditioning for Food Network's Kids Bake Challenge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">But with bakery confections on one part of her mind, and Marcus's conviction weighing heavily on the other, this is one recipe Zoe doesn't know how to balance. The only thing she knows to be true: Everyone lies." — summary </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2563013&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="145" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2563013&size=0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tKlawde%3A+Evil+Alien+Warlord+Cat+/tklawde+evil+alien+warlord+cat/1%2C9%2C13%2CB/frameset&FF=tklawde+evil+alien+warlord+cat&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat</a> (Book #1) by <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth</span><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;">"Klawde had everything. Sharp claws. Fine fur. And, being the High Commander of the planet Lyttyrboks, an entire world of warlike cats at his command. But when he is stripped of his feline throne, he is sentenced to the worst possible punishment- exile to a small planet in a quiet corner of the universe...named Earth.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Raj had everything. A cool apartment in Brooklyn. Three friends who lived in his building. And pizza and comics within walking distance. But when his mom gets a job in Elba, Oregon, and he is forced to move, all of that changes. It's now the beginning of summer, he has no friends, and because of his mother's urgings, he has joined a nature camp. It's only when his doorbell rings and he meets a furball of a cat that Raj begins to think maybe his luck is turning around..." — summary</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-59508762730586014882021-04-15T09:34:00.000-04:002021-04-15T09:34:03.323-04:00April Grades 3-4 Book Club: The 13-Story Treehouse<p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2285842&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="133" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2285842&size=0" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;">For April's Grades 3-4 Book Club, we read the book <i>The 13-Story Treehouse </i>by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton. Alex, Emily, and Emme were present. Here's what we discussed!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. There are lots of rooms in the 13-Story Treehouse. Which one is your favorite? What type of rooms would you include in your own treehouse?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2. In Chapter 2, Andy wakes up to find Terry painting an animal. What type of animal is Terry painting? Why? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">3. In Chapter 3, we meet Jill. Who is Jill? Who is she looking for? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">4. On page 30, Andy points out, "...although the first part of my sentence (no) was <i>technically </i>a lie, the second part (she's not here) was <i>definitely </i>the truth, which cancels out the lie." Do you agree with Andy? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">5. Who is Mr. Big Nose? What is he angry about? What happens when he gets angry?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">6. Terry has a super long to-do and to-don't list. Do you make lists? What type of lists?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">7. In Chapter 5, Andy and Terry have a disagreement. What is the disagreement? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">8. Who is Bill? What does he bring Terry?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">9. Who is Mermaidia? How does she trick Terry? How does Andy prove to Terry what Mermaidia truly is? What happens to Mermaidia?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">10. Terry gets trapped in a bubble of burp gas. How does Andy free him?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">11. What happens the second time Bill comes?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">12. Who saves Andy and Terry from the gorilla?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">13. How does Andy and Terry's book get delivered to Mr. Big Nose?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last question: In your opinion, what was the funniest (or best) part of the book? Why?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Rating</b>: on a scale of 1—5 (1 is the lowest; 5 is the highest), what do you rate this book? Would you recommend it?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">4! 4! 5! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">For an average of 4.333333... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">and yes, they would recommend it!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">For <b>May's Book Club</b>, we will be reading:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2357112&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="133" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2357112&size=0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tel+deafo/tel+deafo/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tel+deafo&1%2C%2C2">El Deafo</a> by Cece Bell</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Rhode Island Children's Book Award Winner 2016</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Newberry Medal Honor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">"Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful—and very awkward—hearing aid. The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear—sometimes things she shouldn't—but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for." — from the publisher's website</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">We will be meeting on <b>Wednesday, May 12 at 3:30 PM</b>. Book Club will be held outside on the Library lawn, under the trees on the Swinburne Street side. Masks are required, and social distancing will be practiced. In the case of inclement weather, Book Club may be moved indoors or via Zoom. Participants will be notified by noon, the day of, if the location changes. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">To register, visit the circulation desk or email Miss Colleen at jamlibyouth@gmail.com </span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana;">Be sure to stop by the library to pick up your copy!</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-50856635359188288632021-04-13T13:20:00.002-04:002021-05-10T12:41:54.015-04:00May Grades 3–4 Book Club Suggestions<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2357112&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="133" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2357112&size=0" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rhode Island Children's Book Award Winner 2016</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div style="text-align: center;">Newberry Medal Honor Book </div></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tel+deafo/tel+deafo/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tel+deafo&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-" target="_blank">El Deafo</a> by Cece Bell <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"El Deafo is a funny, deeply honest graphic novel memoir for middle graders. It chronicles the author's hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with a powerful and very awkward hearing aid called the Phonic Ear. It gives her the ability to hear—sometimes things she shouldn't—but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her, Phonic Ear and all. Finally, she is able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for." — provided by the publisher</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2413594&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="140" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2413594&size=0" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">National Book Award Longlist</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tpax/tpax/1%2C27%2C32%2CB/frameset&FF=tpax&2%2C%2C6/indexsort=-" target="_blank">Pax</a> by Sara Pennypacker</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back" — provided by the publisher</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2597750&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2597750&size=0" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee 2022</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington/tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tfrom+the+desk+of+zoe+washington&1%2C%2C5/indexsort=-" target="_blank">From the Desk of Zoe Washington</a> by Janae Marks</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Zoe Washington isn't sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she's never met, hadn't heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who's been in prison for a terrible crime?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A crime he says he never committed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Could Marcus really be innocent? Zoe is determined to uncover the truth. Even if it means hiding his letters and her investigation from the rest of her family. Everyone else thinks Zoe's worrying about doing a good job at her bakery internship and proving to her parents that she's worthy of auditioning for Food Network's Kids Bake Challenge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But with bakery confections on one part of her mind, and Marcus's conviction weighing heavily on the other, this is one recipe Zoe doesn't know how to balance. The only thing she knows to be true: Everyone lies." — summary </span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Ms. Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12997443170618026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-89297940580184234242021-03-10T16:32:00.000-05:002021-03-10T16:32:59.470-05:00March Grades 3-4 Book Club: The One and Only Bob<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2595388&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="140" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2595388&size=0" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">For March's Grades 3-4 Book Club, we read the book <i>The One and Only Bob </i>by Katherine Applegate</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">. Alex and Emily was present. Here's what we discussed!</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>How does Bob feel about the phrase “man’s best friend,”
which he heard on a TV show he watched with Ivan? Why does that phrase make him
so angry? </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Discuss how Bob's early experiences in life shaped his personality.
What does Bob mean when he says, “When you’re an animal, it helps to be a
realist”? (p. 32) <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Compare Bob’s character with Ivan’s. How were their early
lives different and how were they similar? Why do you think Ivan was so
accepting of Bob sleeping on his stomach when he first came to the mall? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Discuss the difference between Bob’s friendship with Ivan
and Ruby and his interactions with Minnie and Moo, the guinea pigs, and Nutwit,
the squirrel. Why does he dislike Snickers, the poodle? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>According to Bob, what are the biggest differences
between dogs and humans? What is the one human feature that he says he would
find very useful? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why does Bob hate to walk past the animal shelter?
Describe his feelings about the animals he can hear in the shelter. What does
he mean when he says, “. . . the shelter harshes my mellow.”? (p. 77) <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Compare Bob’s stories about his conversations with
Droolius, when he was a stray, and with Kimu the wolf, when he visits the zoo.
How does Bob feel about their different environments and their interactions
with humans? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Describe Bob’s impressions of the zoo and the animals
that live with his friends Ivan and Ruby. What does he mean when he says he is
considered “enrichment” at the zoo? (p. 102) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why doesn’t Bob like Kinyani? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why has Bob never told anyone the secret that haunts him?
Why does he think he is really a coward? </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Describe the ways in which Bob shows
bravery at the zoo after the tornado and at the animal shelter later. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>How does Ruby come up with the idea to save the baby
gorilla Kudzoo? </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why do the other elephants allow Ruby to go with Bob to find
Ivan? Why does Bob call Ruby “wise beyond her years”? (p. 191) <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why hasn’t Bob told any of his animal friends about
Boss? Why did he not look for her on the highway? What does he mean when he
says, “There’s a certain freedom that comes with owning your faults”? (p. 234) <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Compare Boss’s experience of the last several years to
Bob’s. How has her life experience affected her feelings about people? What
does Boss mean when she says, “I’ve had to forgive myself plenty, just, you
know, to get through the day”? (p. 256) Why is it so hard for Bob to forgive
himself? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why does Bob go to look for Boss’s puppy? What does he
mean when he says to Ivan, “I let her down once, and now, well, I have a second
chance”? (p. 290) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What is the bravest thing Bob does in his rescue of Rowdy?
How have Bob’s feelings about people changed throughout this story?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>If the author writes another story about this group of animals (a Ruby story or one about Kimu, perhaps?), do you think you will read it?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Please rate this book between 1 and 5, with 1 being the worst and 5 the best.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>-2 Fives!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Book Club will be meeting on </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Wednesday, April 14 at 3:30 p.m. We will be reading <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/t13+story+treehouse/t++++++13+story+treehouse/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=t++++++13+story+treehouse&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">The 13 Story Treehouse</a> by Andy Griffiths. We will be meeting via Zoom. </span></span></div></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-story treehouse that has a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of sharks, a library full of comics, a secret underground laboratory, a games room, self-making beds, vines you can swing on, a vegetable vaporiser and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically shoots your favourite flavoured marshmallows into your mouth whenever it discerns you're hungry. Life would be perfect for Andy and Terry if it wasn't for the fact that they have to write their next book, which is almost impossible because there are just so many distractions, including thirteen flying cats, giant bananas, mermaids, a sea monsters pretending to be mermaids, enormous gorillas, and dangerous burp gas-bubblegum bubbles!</i></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Books are already available. Please be sure to register so that Miss Colleen can email you the Zoom password!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-65181283593085916532021-02-10T16:55:00.002-05:002021-02-10T16:55:20.963-05:00February Grades 3-4 Book Club: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2209398&size=0" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="149" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2209398&size=0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">For February's Grades 3-4 Book Club, we read the book <i>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory </i>by Roald Dahl</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">. Alex and Emily was present. Here's what we discussed!</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Who does Charlie live with? Where do they live? </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What does he get as his only birthday present? And why does
he eat it so slowly?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What would have happened if Charlie hadn't found a Golden
Ticket? How would he have survived?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What role does Grandpa Joe play in Charlie's life?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Is it strange that no one ever comes out of Willy Wonka’s factory?</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Tell me a little bit about the other 4 ticket winners: Augustus
Gloop, Veruca Salt, Mike Teavee and Violet Beauregarde.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Which is the worst offense: being gluttonous (eating too
much), greedy, spoiled, or lazy? Which of those do you relate to the most? (No
one's judging – we're all guilty of something!)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Do you think that Roald Dahl believes that the parents
of the contest participants are good?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>How do the kids react when they are in the factory? <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>In what ways does Willy Wonka tempt the children to
misbehave?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What can one tell about Willy Wonka's character? Is he
likable and kind, or sneaky and cruel?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What is the Oompa-Loompas' purpose in the novel?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>How does the theme of karma play a role in the story?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What will Charlie be like as the factory owner? Will he let
children come explore, or keep it closed to the public?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>If you could create a candy – any candy in the world – what
would it taste like and what other effects would it have? Go crazy; it doesn't
have to be rooted in reality. Willy Wonka certainly isn't.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Which would have been the most fun room in the factory to
explore? Why?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Would you call the end of the book a happy one? Why or why not?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Would you read the sequel to this book, </b></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator</i></b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">? </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Please rate this book between 1 and 5, with 1 being the worst and 5 the best.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>-2 Fives!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Book Club will be meeting on </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Wednesday, March 10 at 3:30 p.m. We will be reading <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tone+and+only+bob/tone+and+only+bob/1%2C1%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tone+and+only+bob&1%2C%2C5">The One and Only Bob</a> (the sequel to <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tone+and+only+ivan/tone+and+only+ivan/1%2C5%2C15%2CB/frameset&FF=tone+and+only+ivan&4%2C%2C10">The One and Only Ivan</a>) by Katherine Applegate. We will be meeting via Zoom. </span></span></div></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.</i></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Books will be available within a week. Please be sure to register so that I can email you the Zoom password!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-46475639826857755422021-02-10T11:41:00.002-05:002021-02-10T11:41:18.297-05:00March Grades 3-4 Book Club Suggestions<p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1651708&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="129" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1651708&size=0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tcharlie+and+the+great+glass+elevator/tcharlie+and+the+great+glass+elevator/1%2C3%2C12%2CB/frameset&FF=tcharlie+and+the+great+glass+elevator&3%2C%2C9">Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator</a> by Roald Dahl</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in </span><i style="background-color: white;">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</i><span style="background-color: white;">, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world’' first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this remarkable, intergalactic joyride.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2151021&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="140" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2151021&size=0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tmasters+of+disaster/tmasters+of+disaster/1%2C2%2C5%2CB/frameset&FF=tmasters+of+disaster&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Masters of Disaster</a> by Gary Paulsen</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Roped into wacky attempts to break world records, imitate scenes from books, and other inspired ideas, Riley and Reed follow their fearless leader Henry into the wilderness, the bull-riding ring, a haunted house, a cataclysmic collision with explosive life forms, and off the roof of a house on a bike.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2210846&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2210846&size=0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tsecrets+at+sea/tsecrets+at+sea/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=tsecrets+at+sea&1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">Secrets at Sea</a> by Richard Peck</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-64896404074903078152021-01-13T16:38:00.002-05:002021-01-13T16:38:27.096-05:00January Grades 3-4 Book Club: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81DGnELabjL._AC_UY218_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="142" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81DGnELabjL._AC_UY218_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">For January's Grades 3-4 Book Club, we read the book <i>Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing </i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">by Judy Blume. Alex and Emily was present. Here's what we discussed!</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How does Peter
get a pet turtle?</span></b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>
How does Peter’s mother react to his new pet? </b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why doesn’t Peter’s mother want him hanging around the park alone?</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why doesn’t Peter like Sheila very much?</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What happens to Fudge when his mother leaves him with Sheila, </b></span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Peter and Jimmy Fargo?</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What did Sheila write on the report that upset Peter and Jimmy?</b></span></span></p><p><br /></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> What is Peter’s dad doing on the day Fudge and
Peter were at the office?</b></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What was Peter’s father’s idea to get Fudge to ride the Toddle-Bike?
And, did it work?</b></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What day will Peter never forget? </b></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why do you think Fudge decides to swallow Dribble?</span></b></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><p><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Do you think Peter sees the puppy as his reward for being a good kid? Does it make up for all he's been through?</span></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why does Peter need boundaries from Fudge? Is it only to protect his stuff?</span></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Do you think that Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher treat Fudge better than they treat Peter? Why or why not?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How does living in New York City make Peter's childhood unique and interesting?</span></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why does Mrs. Hatcher always seem to take Fudge's side over Peter's?</span></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What do we learn about how Peter's parents really feel about him vs. what he thinks they feel about him?</span></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Do you think events like those in the book could ever happen? Why or why not?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Would you call the end of the book a happy one? Why or why not?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Would you read the sequels to this book? It is a series.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Please rate this book between 1 and 5, with 1 being the worst and 5 the best.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Book Club will be meeting on </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Wednesday, February 10 at 3:30 p.m. We will be reading <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tcharlie+and+the+chocolate+factory/tcharlie+and+the+chocolate+factory/1%2C12%2C51%2CB/frameset&FF=tcharlie+and+the+chocolate+factory&3%2C%2C35">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</a> by Roald Dahl. We will be meeting via Zoom. </span></span></div></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><i>Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.</i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Books will be available within a week. Please be sure to register so that I can email you the Zoom password!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><br /></div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><br style="font-size: 18.72px;" /></div></div></h3>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-13831807339046198262021-01-13T12:43:00.003-05:002021-01-13T12:43:20.924-05:00February Grades 3-4 Book Club Suggestions<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1119069&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1119069&size=0" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tbfg/tbfg/1%2C9%2C29%2CB/frameset&FF=tbfg&2%2C%2C15/indexsort=-">The BFG</a> by Roald Dahl</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51M8z+9yTUL._SX326_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="328" height="179" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51M8z+9yTUL._SX326_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="118" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tfrog+princess/tfrog+princess/1%2C6%2C18%2CB/frameset&FF=tfrog+princess&5%2C%2C12/indexsort=-">The Frog Princess</a> by E.D. Baker</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1639885&size=0" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="134" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b1639885&size=0" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/tragweed/tragweed/1%2C4%2C9%2CB/frameset&FF=tragweed&1%2C%2C3/indexsort=-">Ragweed </a>by Avi</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ragweed, a young country mouse, leaves his family and travels to the big city, where he finds excitement and danger and sees cats for the first time.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1108388153754560135.post-22759435068215595672020-12-14T10:17:00.003-05:002020-12-14T10:17:20.994-05:00December Grades 3-4 Book Club: Clean Getaway<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2603897&size=0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" src="https://catalog.oslri.net/bookjacket?recid=b2603897&size=0" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">For the December's Grades 3-4 Book Club, we read the book <i>Clean Getaway </i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">by Nic Stone. Alex and Emily was present. Here's what we discussed, with help from the publisher's website.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Reflect on the following quotes:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a. “Looks like we’re both trying to make a run for it.” (p. 48)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>b. “It’s possible to know too much about the folks in your life.” (p. 77)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>c. “So people don’t have to enjoy the wrong they’re doing to do it?” (p. 85)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>d. “Man, I hate this world sometimes.” (p. 136)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>e. “They get seventeen more days. Most of them good.” (p. 211)</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Guilt is a recurring theme in this book. How does guilt motivate G’ma? How does guilt affect Scoob?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What is your opinion of G’ma? Was she a good person? Explain the multiple facets of her character. Is anyone all good or all bad?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What are some lessons or universal themes in this book? Did it make you think about anything in a new way? What? And why?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What are your thoughts about the relationship between G’ma and G’pop? Do you agree with her choice to not bring their son to visit G’pop in prison? Do you agree with her choice to keep secrets from her son? Reflect on this relationship.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Do you think Scoob will ever tell his dad about what G’ma confessed to him? Why or why not?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What realization does Scoob come to when he says, “I’m sorry you lost your mom.” (p. 215) Do you think kids sometimes forget their parents are people, too?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What do you think of Scoob’s decision to bury G’ma’s treasure box in Mexico? What would you have done?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Do you think events like those in the book could ever happen? Why or why not?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Would you call the end of the book a happy one? Why or why not?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Please rate this book between 1 and 5, with 1 being the worst and 5 the best.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-4</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-4</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Book Club will be meeting on </span><b style="font-weight: normal;">Wednesday, January 13 at 3:30 p.m. We will be meeting via Zoom. </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">We will be reading <a href="https://catalog.oslri.net/search~S1?/ttales+of+a+fourth+grade+nothing/ttales+of+a+fourth+grade+nothing/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=ttales+of+a+fourth+grade+nothing&1%2C%2C4"><i>Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing</i></a> by Judy Blume.</span></span></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px rgb(211, 211, 211); color: #444444; vertical-align: top; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="bibInfoData" style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>"Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem."</i></span></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Books will be available within a week. Please be sure to register so that I can email you the Zoom password!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><br /></div></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 7.5pt 0in;"><br /></div></div></h3>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com