Moye's Smallest Mountain Lions Visit the Library

First graders making diapers!

The youngest students have visited the library this week for an orientation on caring for library materials.  We shared a book entitled A Book of Hugs by Dave Ross and practiced several of the hugs described by the author including the brother hug, sister hug, arm hug and knee hug.  The children were great fun and eager participants when it came time to HUG!  We also viewed a PowerPoint presentation featuring my granddaughter, Cady.  The slide show compares the ways that book care is similar to caring for a baby, including the way we hold our books/babies with two hands, the way we keep the two clean and dry, the way we use quiet voices in the library and when talking to a baby.  I showed the children a video clip of Cady sifting through Brennyn and Corey's junk mail and we all shared a good laugh.  
The prekinder and kinder students colored diapers on paper doll babies.  The first graders made origami diapers.  All of the students lined up at the door to receive kisses on their heads while being sure to give their books a two-handed hug.

Junk Mail

Welcome Back, Mountain Lions!

Hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful, restful summer...I know I did!  I am happy to be back to school, though, and looking forward to seeing our second, third, fourth and fifth grade students this week for a quick introduction to Accelerated Reader (2nd grade) or the Bluebonnet Reading Program (3rd, 4th and 5th grades).  
I will also be attending a meeting for Reading is Fundamental (RIF) on Thursday morning in order to get information for this final year of the program.  

During the first two weeks of school, Ms. Manso and I have been busy adding over five carts of new books to the library database and processing each book so that it is ready to be checked out by
YOU!  Many of the new books were titles that I received for consideration for the Bluebonnet Master List.  Some of them are books that I received in exchange for writing a review for the EPISD book review publication.  The rest of the books were from my last order in the spring.  Check out the new biographies...Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and many more!  There are new books in every collection in the library! 

Next time you are in the library be sure to notice the new curtains courtesy of my sweet mom!  The new striped curtains on the windows were from my parents' living room in their old apartment.  The plaid curtains on the AR Store window are some my mother made for my parents' bedroom in their apartment.  When they moved in May, I inherited all of their curtains and I think they look great in our library!

Also, be sure to check out the story written by my dad in September's issue of Military Magazine.  The story is based on his days as a paratrooper at the end of World War II.  I have put the magazine and a picture of my father on the sofa table that Ms. Blanco donated to the library.  The story is patriotic, funny and touching.  I love having bits and pieces of my family in the library with me.