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From: jessica munich <munich.jessica@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:21 AM
Subject: HIT: ELEM: Books worth buying for Fall 2010 collection
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*Good evening! Here is my question -*-Just out of curiosity for those of you
who work in elementary school libraries when do you have to place your book
orders for the fall? Our district uses Titlewave (Follett) and I'm creating
my list now so I can submit it once school begins. Any new book
suggestions, fiction or non-fiction? I do have a student suggestion mailbox
and I have those but any new books you have seen worth buying? I also have
to focus on the Dewey #s 380-388, 593, 770-779, 960-969 and 970-979 as
well. Any suggestions are appreciated :) I will gladly post a hit and add
suggestions of my own.
Some suggestions of my own.....
Try these sites or check out your local bookstore and public library for
ideas.
www.kidsreads.com
http://planetesme.blogspot.com
children'sbookreviews.com
abookandahug.com
readkiddoread.com
amazon.com -bestsellers for children's books.
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*here are the responses I received....*
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I've just finished Heart of a Shepherd by Roseanne Parry, and Ingraine the
Brave by Cornelia Funke. Shepherd is a more serious, coming-of-age (but no
sex) book, excellent "heartland" story about life and death, honor and
responsibility on a western sheep ranch. Very descriptive in some places
(animal husbandry). Probably 5th up. Just received Church and Synagogue
Library Association's Rodda Award. Ingraine is fast and lots of fun,
magic and imaginative - less sinister than her Inkspell duo. Clever black
ink illustrations. High 3rd, 4th and up. Both are about 3 years old but if
you don't have them, do consider them.
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I try to spend most of my money in the spring because time doesn't usually
permit me to spend a large bulk in fall. I have other accounts to spend
leftover monies from and I find that something usually develops over the
summer that takes my time in the fall. Also we usually have to have our
money completely spent by mid-October in order to receive items and close
the books on 2010 before Christmas break. Our budget cycle runs during the
calendar year, so I will have additional money in mid-January for 2011.
Currently I think I have close to $2000 to spend on books and that is fine.
I just discovered yesterday that I'm going to have a split assisgnment so I
don't want much left-over to spend this fall.
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check out some of my latest blog posts which cover a couple of recent books
grades 4-6--fiction
One I really liked and just finished was The Wish Stealers by Trivas
I liked To Come and Go Like Magic
My blog is http://booksbypamelathompson.blogspot.com/
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Jessica, I'd recommend Franklin's Big Dreams by David Teague, being
published this month by Disney - great lead in for talking about dreams,
writing prompt, etc. Has lovely illustrations and David is eager to do
author visits. (This is his first book, and a great start.)
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Hello all!
I work on my lists all year long, and I turn them in the first day of
school. With budget concerns still looming, I make sure to spend as much of
my budget as I reasonably can before library funds are "re-purposed" by the
superintendent (and yes, this has happened before). I usually order new
books from Follett, replacements for lost and damaged books from
Perma-Bound, and to make sure I continue to receive new books throughout the
year I am purchasing a Junior Library Guild subscription (Follett now offers
this service as well).
One awesome resource I wanted to share is the ShelfTalker blog at
Publisher's Weekly. Twice a year, Elizabeth Bluemle compiles a list of
children's books sorted by how many stars they have received from review
sources like Horn Book, SLJ, etc. I love to use this when compiling my lists
because it allows to me to quickly make sure I haven't missed any books that
are receiving a lot of critical attention. Check out the latest one here :
http://tiny.cc/z8a9o.
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A new favorite of mine is Where the Moon Meets the Mountain by Grace Lin.
It's beautiful tale, with lots of authentic Asian folktales blended into
its plot.
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Jessica Munich
School Library Media Specialist
Thiells Elementary School
Thiells, NY
munich.jessica@gmail.com
"Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting
if..."; And then do it."
-Duane Michals
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