Author Visit- Sandra Feder

On Wednesday, November 29, we were lucky to host children's author, Sandra Feder.  The first book in her new series about a little girl who loves words is called Daisy's Perfect Word.  Ms. Feder introduced Daisy to the Kindergarten through 5th grade students at Town Meeting and met with smaller groups of students in the Umansky Library.  She helped the Kindergarten and 1st grade students make lists of their favorite words in a variety of categories.

Sandra Feder making the K-1 Favorite Word list.

K-1 Favorite Words

• apple
• bunny
• precipitation
• forgiveness
• fluffy
• squash
• pistachio
• family
• kindness
• lily
• sandwich

Library Words

• books
• quiet
• pictures
• reading

Sparkling Swain School Words

• cooperate
• education
• tech
• SMARTBoard

To learn more about Sandra Feder and her book, Daisy's Perfect Word, check out her website www.sandravfeder.com.

Sandra Feder reading from Daisy's Perfect Word.

What's your Bookprint?

A bookprint is the list of five books that leave an indelible mark on our lives, shaping who we are and who we become. 
You are what you read.  Check out these celebrities' bookprints:

http://www.scholastic.com/readeveryday/celeb-bookprints.htm

Then let me know what 5 books are in your bookprint.

What's your favorite book?

Leave a comment with your favorite book that you think we should buy for the library.

Just found this cool app called Tiled and made this tribute to Divergent by Veronica Roth. 

Do you keep a book journal?

Check out this WSJ article about the importance of keeping a record of all of the books you read.  The author mentions several options for your book journal, but there is also Goodreads.com.

The Benefits of a Book Journal

Vote for your favorite YA books of all time?

NPR is doing a survey.  Vote for your Top 10 favorites of all time!

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/24/157072526/best-ever-teen-novels-vote-for-your-favorites

Powerless

Powerless is one of the best books I have EVER read! (Probably because Matthew Cody is one of the best authors in the history of the world!) Powerless is an exciting book about a boy named Daniel Corrigan who moves from Philadelphia to Noble's Green, PA, the safest town on Earth. Daniel had no friends until he meets two of the Supers, Mollie Lee and Rohan. All of the Supers have powers: Eric and Clay are Super Strong, Bud is Super Stinky, Mollie is Super Fast, Louisa is Super Light, Rose is Invisible. Eric and Mollie are the only Supers that can fly. Someone has mysteriously been zapping the Supers' powers and memories that they ever had powers when they turn thirteen. Daniel and the Supers (Eric, Clay, Bud, Mollie, Louisa, Rose, and Rohan) have to defeat this mysterious thing before all of the Supers' powers get zapped!

                                      Reviewed by Hayley A.

Click here to see the Powerless book trailer.