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Happy New Year 2013 & Upcoming Events

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Well, the holiday school break and Christmas plans had me take a break from blogging.  Back at er now; Happy New Year to you all!  May our year be filled with amazing reads and learning opportunities.

First off "Family Literacy Week," will be a great time to do some extra reading as well as get involved in our local communities.





The same week (Jan 21-27) is also "Bring a Book to Work Week."



You could also help with the "Jam the GM Children's Book Drive" (Salmon Arm GM and Piccadilly Mall).




There is even more to choose from: so unplug from technology and attend a Salmon Arm Silverbacks or Sicamous Eagles game; try a family game night, skating or curling, or even a family scavenger hunt.  Get information flyers and "Activity Logs" from your schools (information also in local papers and the links above).  Remember to update your "Activity Log" to capture all of the wonderful things you participate in.

Have fun unplugging and playing!  Best wishes, and happy reading.  Ms. M.

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One more week until Christmas holidays.  Be sure to stock up on your holiday reading through our Parkview library and also through the Okanagan Regional Library (ORL).




Their fantastic Web Resources feature eresources for kids:







  

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Further you can get free music from      and ebooks and audiobooks from


Learn French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish, etc. with their








And if you like magazines, try their  resource which will give you popular magazines ranging from sports, science, fashion and entertainment.  

Speaking of magazines, our very own School District 83 "World of Information" link also has a new magazine database (EBSCO product): the Teen link offers magazines such as Elle, Cats, BMX Plus, Dogworld, Dance, Read, Dirt Bike, Ride BMX, etc..

Ask your teacher-librarian or teacher for the user names and passwords.

Happy reading and learning about our amazing world!

Library News, Nov., 2012

Congratulations everyone, we surpassed our $2000 Book Fair goal and made $2307 up just over $250 from last year – fantastic!  That means Parkview Library had $1100 to spend on Scholastic items.

Many of your “favs” are being catalogued as you read!

Thanks to students, staff, and parent Angie V for your help: in particular Jordann was at the Book Fair almost as much as the books.  This generous student even came in 3 hrs on the weekend to help set up.  Thanks for filling the library bucket so generously!


Book Fair Family Event - Wed evening we tried a Book Swap: bring a gently used book take some books!  What a success.  Thanks to families for your generous donations and participating in this great event - let's make it an anual event with our book fair.  Thanks also to Ms. Truscott and husband Mr. Hilton for serving hotdogs and hot chocolate - yum.

Our library’s next event is Red Cedar Book Awards.  Participating grade 4-7 students read a min. of 5 books of fiction &/or 5 books of non-fiction before the spring and then vote on their favourites.  Ms. M is busy ordering these scrumptious Canadian books.  
 
Winners Red Cedar book winners 1998-2011

Happy reading & researching!
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.  James Bryce   

"All Star" Scholastic Book Fair, Tue., Nov. 20th and Wed., Nov 2st

"All Star" Scholastic Book Fair is almost ready for you!
Big Nate and Friends
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not So Graceful Ice Princess, by Rachel Renee Russell

Breadcrumbs, by Anne Ursu


Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai



Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney




The Secret of the Fortune Wookie by Tom Angleberger

How to make Origami Fortune Wookie!

Also check out Scholastic's Featured Author and Illustrator Spotlight to learn more about talented illustrators and authors like Dav Pilkey, Paul Romanuk, Barbara Reid, Bruno St. Aubin, Shane Peacock, Laura Wade and more.  Try Scholastic's Kids Fun Online for games, activities, author features, writing tips, book excerpts, book products by theme.   This link will show you visuals of some of Scholastic's featured books.  Check out Scholastic Teen Reads for 12 & up.

So when is the Parkview Bookfair, you ask?  Well not only is there a Book Fair, but also a Book Swap!  That's right bring some books (gently used) take some books (from our Parkview Give-Away Collection [Note the Scholastic "new" books are not part of the Book Swap])

BOOK FAIR & BOOK SWAP TIMES

• Mon., Nov. 19th, Scholastic Book Fair “Preview Day” - NO SALES; teachers will sign up classes to preview books (Activity Room)

• Tue., Nov. 20th - Scholastic Book Fair Officially Opens, Activity Room
• General Sales at recess and after school til 4:30pm
• Intermediate Class sales during regular library times

• Wed., Nov. 21st - Final Day, Activity Room
• General Sales at recess and after school til 8pm sharp
• Primary Class sales during regular library times

• FAMILY EVENT - Gently Used BOOK SWAP: “Bring Books/Take Books,” gymnasium, 2:20pm-7pm
• Hot dogs & hot chocolate served from 5:30-6:30pm, gymnasium Reply below with your book wish list! See you soon! Ms. M

Remembrance Day, November 11th

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Nov., 11th, Remembrance Day - a very mixed emotions day.  Please see the side bar for various links for your perusal.  My favourite from Nettrekker this year is Halifax Seaport Farmer's Market Flash Mob produced by Veterans Affairs Canada.  Enjoy.

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Explore Halloween Virtually

Halloween is upon us!  For some amazing video clips (History Channel), interactive pumpkin carving patterns, rancid recipes and more, see the HALLOWEEN link on the right side bar:  scroll down to "Themed Information Pages."

Get your Halloween books - picture, fiction, and non-fiction -  @thelibrary!  Owwwwrooooooooooo!  See you Tue and Wed., Ms. M.