October

October is one of my favorite months, because I love to read slightly scary stories to students! Some of my favorite stories are "The Ghost-eye Tree" by Bill Martin, Jr., "The Witch's Broom" by Chris Van Allsburg, and "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman. The last one has a wonderfully creepy book trailer!

The Graveyard Book Trailer Narrated by Neil Gaiman -

MEISD Library

Well, my plan was to post weekly, but as you can tell that has not happened. Ms. Toni and I are working on cleaning up the shelves in the library. We are cleaning books that have gotten grubby over the years and repairing books and labels. Ms. Toni is also busy labeling books for AR.

School has gotten off to a really great start this year and we have already placed an order for new books. Hopefully, they will be in, processed, and on the shelves before Thanksgiving.

Save up your money for the Scholastic Book Fair in the library November 1st through November 5th!

See you soon and keep reading!

New Books!

We have just put out new books! For the elementary level, we have several new picture books, the complete set of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books, 6 Goosebumps, and a new series of Martin Bridge books.

For JH/HS, we have a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction including "Sunrise Over Fallujah" by Walter Dean Myers, "Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side", and the rest of the Leven Thumps series.

There's something for everyone. Come by and check them out!!!

Twilight

Well, I read "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer earlier this year. The tension between the two main characters and the writing was well-developed. However, I was rather disturbed by Bella's callousness when she joked about locking the doors at the Prom so that her classmates, her friends, could be slaughtered.

Sorry it's been so long since the last post. I have been busy processing lots of new books. We now have all of the Twilight books for you high school students (and teachers), and lots of sports books and a series of Jack Sparrow books for elementary students. Anyone might be interested in the World's Deadliest series or the Most Amazing series. Please post feedback and let me know which books you like and which you don't.

Christmas stories

It is time to bring out Christmas stories. A few of my favorites are Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, Santa Calls by William Joyce, and The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. What are your favorites?

Books, books, books

I am a little behind reviewing latest releases because I have been trying to catch up on some classics. Recently, I've read "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Fahrenheit 451", and "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman". They all deserve to be classics.

For fun I recommend "I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You" for 7th grade up, and for elementary, "Scared Witless". The later is a collection of short scary stories with tips on telling them effectively. "The Stranger" by Chris Van Allsburg, "The Ghost-Eye Tree" by Bill Martin, Jr., and "Diane Goode's Book of Scary Stories and Rhymes" are all favorites for this month (October). - Happy Reading!