Wednesday, August 11, 2010

New books this week in the kids library

We have a bunch of new books this week in the library. See below for the list. The books highlighted in Purple are my recommendations for a good read. Enjoy!!!


Picture Books

1. Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan

2. Little Miss Muffet Counts to Ten by Emma Chichester Clark

3. Blue Chameleon by Emily Gravett

4. Furious George Goes Bananas by Michael Rex



Chapter Books

1. The Sisters Grimm, : the inside story by Michael Buckley

2. We the children by Andrew Clements

3. Fairies and the quest for Never Land by Gail Carson Levine



Teen Books

1. Restoring Harmony by Joëlle Anthony

2. The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

3. The Poison Eaters and other stories by Holly Black

4. The White Cat by Holly Black

5. Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter

6. Artemis Fowl. The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer

7. Dark Flame by Alyson Noël

Monday, August 9, 2010

It feels like the kids just got out of school yesterday and now we are back to buying school supplies for a new year. Along with school supplies, you might want to look at these 2 websites to ease your child back into school mode slowly.


Cool Math
Coolmath was designed for the frustrated, the confused,the bored students of the world who hate math. Coolmath was designed for the students who just need to get through this stuff so they can reach their other academic goals. Coolmath was designed for the math geeks of the world who love math and want more, more, more!
http://www.coolmath.com/

Room 108

Room 108 is a primary education site for kids. There are lots of free online games but all with an educational focus. There are over 400 pages of kids educational games, interactive writing, animated stories, songs, kids puzzles, art, math, science, social studies, distance learning and much more. A great resource for primary kids games and teacher teaching resources!

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html

Have fun!