Hi, my name is Mrs. Cecelia Bussell and I am taking care of the Library this year. Each month this year, we will be learning and reviewing skills needed in the library. We will also be learning about authors and illustrators who write some of our favorite books. 

In September, we will review the Rules of the Library, including how to behave when we are in the library and how to take care of the books that we choose to take home from the library each week.
We will also review our ABC's and their order and why this is an important skill in the library. In September we will be discussing the following authors:
        K-2  Tedd Arnold - Fly Guy Series
        3-5   Mary Pope Osborne - Magic Tree House series
        5-8   Rick Riordan


In October, we will be learning about the parts of a book. Starting with the outside of the book, we will learn what information these parts give us and how they will help us navigate the library. Moving to the inside parts of the book, we will learn how these parts can help us navigate the book and help us with projects when we use these books for information. In October we will be featuring the following authors:
       K-2   Eric Litwin/Kimberly & James Dean - Pete the Cat series
       3-5   Lauren Tarshis - I Survived... series
       6-8   Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events series


In November, we will begin discussing the Genre of Books beginning with Fiction books. We will discuss realistic fiction, historical fiction, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fantasy, mystery, science fiction, and graphic novels. In November we will learn about the following authors:
       K-2   Laura Numeroff - If You Give... series
       3-5   R. L. Stine - Goosebumps series
       6-8   James Patterson

I hope that you will take the time to read to your child/children and to ask your children about what they learned in the library. Take time to visit your community library so that they can see how they are both similar and different from our school library and to find more books written by the authors that we are discussing. Thank you and Happy Reading!!!!