Book Week competition winners
Congratulations to the following students who won book vouchers for their great entries in our Book Week ‘Be creative with the theme: Fuel your mind’ competition:
First prize $50 book voucher went to Mark J. and Atahan E. for their great functional model of the library.
Second prize $30 book voucher went to Christopher L. for his clever Powerpoint presentation on the theme.
Third prize of $20 book voucher went to Brigette G. for her beautiful book display. I’d love one of these for my bookshelf at home.
Well done to all the entrants. Your entries have definitely adorned the library and given much viewing enjoyment to many.
Book Week | Comment (1)Fun puzzles for shortlisted books!
Another teacher-librarian has created a great website with fun puzzles to complete on each of the shortlisted books. Try them at:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~irenelesley/public_html/Bookweek2.htm
Have fun and tell me what you think!
Mrs Tokatlian
Winners Announced!!!!!!!
I’m excited to let you know that the winners for Book Week 2008 have been announced. I’m especially excited that Aaron Blabey’s book Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley is the winner of the Books for Early Childhood category. Follow this link to find out who the other winners are:
http://cbca.org.au/winners.htm
Don’t forget to come into the library and check out the books too. Happy reading!
Mrs Tokatlian
Hear the author read!
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley by Aaron Blabey is one of the shortlisted books for Early Childhood this year. You can see and hear the author, Aaron Blabey, read his book by clicking on the cover below:
Create two characters
Think of two people that you know such as family or friends (but don’t use their real names)
Create interesting names and write your own story about them like this:
While__________ likes to _______________________,
_______ likes to ______________________________.
While _________ likes to _______________________,
_______ likes to _______________________________.
While __________likes to _______________________,
_______likes to _______________________________.
While __________likes to _______________________,
_______likes to ________________________________.
Then send your story as a comment to this post. Have fun!
Mrs Tokatlian
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Book Week Shortlisted Books 2008
Follow the link to the list of Book Week finalist books this year. If you have a chance, borrow and read one of the three copies of each book that we have in the library. Then use this blog to comment on what you thought of the book. A page of judging criteria is on display in the library so you may like to use the points listed on the page to lead your discussion and decision making. Here’s the link:
http://cbca.org.au/shortlist.htm
Happy reading,
Mrs Tokatlian
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