September 2011

Welcome back to all returning students and a hearty Welcome! to all new students from your librarian, Mrs. Reiser-Jones. This is my weekly blog about what's going on in the Library and I hope you like it. Our first week of school went fine; I look forward to Monday when I get to meet the rest of my library classes - Mrs. St. Clair's 1st Grade, Ms. Tetreault's students, and all the Kindergarteners. Only 4th graders checked out books this week; next week Grades 1-3 will be bringing home a library book. Kindergarten students should begin borrowing books in October after we learn all about the library and library class routines.

On a somber note, if your child is asking questions about all the media coverage of September 11th, here are some books I recommend (available here and other libraries) -

• A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath - Young Reader's Edition from The New York Times.

• Heroes of 9/11: Ten True Tales by Allan Zullo - chapter book

• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein. This winner of the 2004 Caldecott Medal tells the true tale of Philippe Petit who wire-walked between the two towers in 1974. It is an amazing, inspiring story that, at the end, sensitively states, "Now the towers are gone. But in memory, as if imprinted on the sky, the towers are still there . . ."

For now, on this sunny Friday afternoon, let's lift the mood and look forward to a good weekend. More next week!