elementary school
Booklist’s top 10 picks for YA SF/Fantasy 2008
Searching for your next fix beyond Tamora Pierce? Look no further than Booklist Online’s top ten SF/Fantasy picks for Youth, 2008–hot off the presses:
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2719491
You will recall that yours truly picked Nancy Farmer’s The Land of the Silver Apples earlier this year as one of her favorites! : )
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Books and Movies
We haven’t talked about books and movies lately so I thought I’d give you a peek at what I’ve been viewing lately. Kingdom of Heaven is an excellent movie for middle schoolers who would rather get their World History from buff Orlando Bloom in chain-mail than a stuffy history book. Don’t miss the second disk which [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )2.0 Tools Benefit Students and Educators
I ran across this wonderful article today by Steve Hargardon in School Library Journal from Oct 1, 2007 called A Little Help From My Friends. Here’s a neat summary of information from teachers and librarians ”in the trenches” who have integrated podcasts, blogs and other social networking tools into their curriculum with great success. Discussion includes Classroom [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Picture Book Folk Tales: East Indian
Here is a short list of ideas to conduct a children’s storytime featuring picture book folk tales. The theme I have selected is Folk Tales from India but I also list others below that would work equally as well, particularly if offered with additional selections that share the new theme. HungarianLibrarian believes that children should always [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Build a list..
New to HungarianLibrarian:
Build a list..
Calling all Children’s Services Librarians, book sellers, teachers, parents and anyone familiar with leading circle time, storytelling on a reading rug or who has ever been a child..
HungarianLibrarian will soon be building a page to serve as a dynamic, ever-growing list of themed picture books. What do children in your life [...]
Ian, age 8, shows the new window in his smile
Introducing Ian
(anyone know how to flip a sideways picture or wrap text?)
Ian, smart and energetic son of the HungarianLibrarian, proudly showed off the new holes in his smile last month. Now in second grade, he loves math, soccer ..and cats! His best pal, Pikachu, loves to snuggle with him under the covers and listen to bedtime [...]
