Book giveways and Contests

Since I have been on Twitter, a whole new world has opened up to me – the giveaways and contests that are abound. I follow authors and book publishers and there is so much information out there that it is almost overwhelming but also puts you on the cutting edge of information that most people do not have.


This mornings tweet that I read from Becca Fitzpatrick is for her upcoming book – Crescendo. This is the sequel to Hush Hush and falls into the paranormal romance genre. It was a good story with a twist using angels as the romance hero instead of the usual vampire. In order to create excitement for the book, the publishers have a book contest underway. If you have read Hush Hush and would like to own a copy of the sequel, then follow the link below.

http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=31078

Cool Website of the day - Guinness Book of World Records

I always see the kids pouring over the Guinness World Record books in the library. Usually boys – which is fantastic! We just received the latest edition and I was going through it utterly amazed. I decided to have a look at their website and it is pretty cool. They have polls, what happened on this day calendar, as well as the latest records that are being attempted. Check it out – you will not be disappointed and you may find a record to break!


http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/

Dinosaur Storytime Theme



Dinosaurs are cool!!!!



Dinosaurs are really cool to do as a storytime theme. You can set up your storytime area with dinosaurs as well as lots of books about dinosaurs. Here is what I am doing this afternoon:

Gathering activity:

Talk about the different dinosaurs. See what dinosaurs that the kids like.

Books:

1. The lost Dinosaur Bone by Mercer Mayer

2. Franklin’s Class Trip by Paulette Bourgeois

3. Tadpole Rex by: Kurt Cyrus

4. Dino-Hockey by: Lisa Wheeler

Activity:

Dinosaur Dinosaur

(Tune: “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear”)

Dinosaur, dinosaur, turn around.

Dinosaur, dinosaur, touch the ground.

Dinosaur, dinosaur, shut the door.

Dinosaur, dinosaur, jump and roar.

Dinosaur, dinosaur, tie your shoe.

Dinosaur, dinosaur, stomp in goo.

Dinosaur, dinosaur, turn off the light.

Dinosaur, dinosaur, say “Good night.”



Dino-Pokey

(Tune: “The Hokey Pokey”)

You put your claws in,

You take your claws out,

You put your claws in,

And you scratch ‘em all about.

You do the dino pokey,

And you turn yourself around.

That’s what it’s all about!



You put your feet in

You put your feet out

You put your feet in

And you stomp them all about.

You do the dino pokey,

And you turn yourself around.

That’s what it’s all about!



You put your teeth in

You put your teeth out

You put your teeth in

And chomp them all about.

You do the dino pokey,

And you turn yourself around.

That’s what it’s all about!



You put your tail in

You put your tail out

You put your tail in

And you wag it all about

You do the dino pokey,

And you turn yourself around.

That’s what it’s all about!

 

Craft:

check out this website for tons of cool crafts!!!

http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Dinosaur-Crafts-for-Kids.html

Storytime : Colours

Ever get stuck on what theme to do for a storytime? This is a cool theme that can be age adjusted.
Gathering activity

Play "I Spy" with colours. Each child can have a turn searching for a colour in the room


Books

One yellow lion by Matthew Van Fleet

One Gray Mouse by Katherine Burton

Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch

Red Day Green Day by Edith Kunhardt

White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker

Activity

Play Red Light/Green Light
Craft

Make a traffic light with the 3 colours

Top 10 Hot teen reads at the library

The hottest teen reads in the library are:


1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham

3. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

4. Hunted: A house of night novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

5. Burned: A house of night novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

7. The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

8. The Reckoning by Kelly Armstrong

9. The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong

10. Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

Desperately seeking teens at the library

We are looking for teens to join our teen advisory group (TAG) at the library. We would like to have teen input in regards to the collection as well as their help with different library programs. The teens are lacking a presence at the library and we would like to change this. In order to entice teens to TAG, we are counting their hours for their community service hours required for school. So, TEENS .... what are you waiting for???? Call Kathy at the library or come and see us!

Top 10 Children DVDs at the library

Sometimes we get DVDs that you are not aware that the library has because they are not on the shelf for months because of the long reservation list. Here is a peek at our top 10 DVDs that may be of interest to you....


1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid

2. Starstruck

3. Alice in Wonderland

4. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

5. The Princess Protection Program

6. The Spy Next Door

7. Earth

8. Scooby-Doo! The mystery begins

9. Aliens in the Attic

10. Beverly Hills Chihuahua