Happy New Year!
BE A GENIE IN SIX EASY STEPS by Linda Chapman and Steve Cole
"You who are witness to these words...Welcome to the Genie Handbook. This book is
unlike any other. If you are worthy, it will show you wonders." Thus begins the
journey of step-siblings Milly, Jess, Michael and Jason who have just stumbled on
an old book that will offer them a tremendous opportunity. Do they want to become
genies? If they do, and of course, they do, they will have to take the six tests
that will determine whether they have what it takes to be masters of magic. Step
by step the four children stumble and struggle to achieve their goal which is
actually to return to London and escape this new town their parents have brought
them to. The book is dedicated to E. Nesbitt and the book has the same ring of
adventure and magic and proving ones character to be worthy. As the children take
on task after task, they become very fond of the bookworm who is their teacher and
guide. They also begin to make friends and find acceptance in their new
surroundings. Just when it looks as though they've overcome every obstacle, they
are confronted with a couple of genies who have come back for what is rightfully
theirs. The book would be a wonderful read aloud for a class of third or fourth
graders. There's enough gentle suspense and adventure to keep things moving and
the occasional bit of humor to keep things interesting.
Here's a link to the book on abookandahug.com
http://www.abookandahug.com/advanced-search/search-results_m76/query:all/jr_title:Be+A+Genie+in+Six+Easy+Steps/order:alpha
Reading WOODS RUNNER a new one from Gary Paulsen,
Barb
Barb Langridge
Children's Services
Howard County Central Library
10375 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21045
410 313-7880
barb.langridge@hclibrary.org
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Original Message:
From: Thomas Kaun <tomkaun@GMAIL.COM>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
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Date: Saturday, January 2 2010 3:04 AM
Subject: Interesting discussion about the impact and future of social media
Hi folks-- and a happy and prosperous new year to all my friends and
acquaintances in library land!
From Steven Fry's blog here's a very interesting video discussion which
includes the actor and activist, Stephen Fry, Biz Stone, Founder and Chief
Executive of Twitter; and Reid Hoffman, Founder and Chief Executive of
LinkedIn. It is about 90 minutes long and is worth watching all the way
through if you have the time.
Heads up for those who are offended by political chat-- some is included in
the discussion. If you're offended by such discussion please don't bother
emailing me back telling me you don't think politics is appropriate for any
of these listservs. ;<)
http://www.stephenfry.com/2009/11/19/social-media-force-for-good/
Tom Kaun
Thomas T. Kaun, Teacher Librarian
Bessie Chin Library @ Redwood High School
395 Doherty Drive, Larkspur, CA 94939
tomkaun@gmail.com | Library Web site: http://rhslibrary.org | Professional
development blog: http://tomlmt2.blogspot.com/ | Library news blog:
http://libraryleaves.blogspot.com | Twitter: besschinlibrary
President
CSLA - NS
All California students need strong school libraries.
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