*/SLJ/**'s Trailee Awards: Vote for Your Favorite Book Trailers*Want an entertaining way to introduce students to some great books? Get them to vote for their favorite book trailers as part of /School Library Journal/'s first annual Trailee Awards. Whether it's Mary Downing Hahn describing the idea behind her /Closed for the Season/ (Clarion, 2009) murder mystery, 11 popular authors hilariously promoting their short stories in Jon Scieszka's /Guys Read: Funny Business/ (Walden, 2010), or an elementary student explaini ...Continue Reading

Listed below is rest of the list used for the 6th grade book club; /Crash/ - Spinelli /Tangerine/ - Bloor /Things not Seen/ - Clements /Armageddon Summer /- Yolen /Wednesday Wars/ - Schmidt /Saavy /- Law /Life as We Knew It/ - Pfeffer Anne Beier Children's Librarian Clifton Public Library Anne Beier wrote: Big Mouth, Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates Alanna: the First Adventure by By Tamora Pierce These were for 6th graders.  I have more and will post them when I am back at work. Anne Beier bei...@cliftonpl.org ...Continue Reading

Big Mouth, Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates Alanna: the First Adventure by By Tamora Pierce These were for 6th graders.  I have more and will post them when I am back at work. Anne Beier bei...@cliftonpl.org The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Lisa Bogart wrote: The Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankenwhiler Books by Joan Aiken Books in the Wrinkle in Time series by Madeline L'Engle The Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis Lisa Bogart labo...@juno.com On 10/9/2010 2:36 PM, Helwig-Rodriguez, Mary Louise ...Continue Reading

The Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankenwhiler Books by Joan Aiken Books in the Wrinkle in Time series by Madeline L'Engle The Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis Lisa Bogart labo...@juno.com On 10/9/2010 2:36 PM, Helwig-Rodriguez, Mary Louise wrote: Hi all,    I’m starting a book club for grades 5-8.  I was wondering if you could recommend some of your favorites that would content acceptable to the 5th & 6th graders, while ...Continue Reading

Hi Mary Louise, Here are some books that have been a hit with this age group and/or I plan to do with a book group in the future: -Among the hidden - by Margaret Peterson Haddix pg 153 -The strange case of origami yoda - by Tom Angleberger pg 160 -When you reach me - by Rebecca Stead pg 208 -Cirque du freak: a living nightmare - by Darren Shan -Mango shaped space - by Wendy Mass pg 288 -Jeremy fink and the meaning of life - by Wendy Mass pg 304 -The year money grew on trees - by Aaron Hawkins pg 304 -Tangerine ...Continue Reading

Life As We Knew It - by Pfeffer No More Dead Dogs - Korman Janet Dunn Children's Librarian Westwood Public Library 201-664-0583 > Hi all, > > I'm starting a book club for grades 5-8. I was wondering if you > could recommend some of your favorites that would content acceptable to > the 5th & 6th graders, while still being interesting enough to hold the > attention of the 7th & 8th graders. > > Thanks everybody! > > > > Mary Louise Helwig-Rodriguez > > Little Falls ...Continue Reading

Hi all, I’m starting a book club for grades 5-8.  I was wondering if you could recommend some of your favorites that would content acceptable to the 5th & 6th graders, while still being interesting enough to hold the attention of the 7th & 8th graders. Thanks everybody! Mary Louise Helwig-Rodriguez Little Falls Public Library hel...@littlefallslibrary.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscr ...Continue Reading

Thanks, collective brain.\xA0 Some great ideas here On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 11:55 AM, frances housten <fhou...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks, Mary! On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Morganmate <morg...@aol.com> wrote: Hi Fran, \xA0 Diary of a Wimpy Kid,\xA0 The Lasky Owl Books are also big in Linden Middle School.\xA0 Twilight (only books 1-3).\xA0 Hope this helps... \xA0 Mary -----Original Message-----From: Cranford Library <cran...@gmail.com>To: njy...@njstatelib.org Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 9:46 amSubject ...Continue Reading

Thanks, Mary! On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Morganmate <morg...@aol.com> wrote: Hi Fran, \xA0 Diary of a Wimpy Kid,\xA0 The Lasky Owl Books are also big in Linden Middle School.\xA0 Twilight (only books 1-3).\xA0 Hope this helps... \xA0 Mary -----Original Message-----From: Cranford Library <cran...@gmail.com>To: njy...@njstatelib.org Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 9:46 amSubject: [njyac] Book talk help Hey allI'm to give some booktalks next week to a group of 3rd to 5th graders\xA0 who read at 7th -8th grade le ...Continue Reading

Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson Mysterious Benedict Society By Trenton Lee Stewart Artemis Fowl By Eoin Colfer Redwall By Brian Jacques Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli Holes By Louis Sachar Warriors (Series) By Erin Hunter Watsons go to Birmingham 1963 By Christopher Paul Curtis The Absolutely True Story…How I visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible Rupes By Willo Davis Roberts Hey all I'm to give some booktalks next week to a group of 3rd to 5th graders  who read at 7th -8th grade level.  ...Continue Reading