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Our 2014-2015 Book It season came to a close this morning, with a bang! Before I tell you about our Grand Finale Book It Bash, let’s take a quick look back at Book It over the last few months. In October, Miss FitzGerald and I introduced Book It to the Johnson community with a fun […]
Read MoreWith all of the special events and distinguished guests gracing the Johnson hallways in March, I’ve fallen behind in sharing our everyday excitement with you. Between the author visits and Cat in the Hat parties, we’ve had a wonderful month of learning, growing, and falling love with reading. Library circulation broke 14,000 books this month, […]
Read MoreWhere The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls A young boy named Billy and his two pups, Old Dan with the power, and Little Ann with the brains who rise to the top where sadness was waiting with a strange wonder of… Where The Red Fern Grows an amazing tale of love and adventure […]
Read MoreThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis Four children discover a new world that changes their lives by going into a wardrobe. This type of book is a fiction/fantasy book. My favorite part was the children battling, and the witch dies. The part I didn;t like was when the king gets tied […]
Read MoreLast Friday, students from all over Charlottesville City and Albemarle County zipped rain coats, boarded field trip buses, and made their way through the rainy city of Charlottesville to St. Anne’s-Belfield school. More than 1,200 students gathered in the STAB Convocation Center and sat, tapping their feet and twiddling their thumbs nervously. There was electricity in […]
Read MoreEsperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan This student book review was written by Annelise, a Johnson Elementary School student, and shared with the library via Google Docs. Annelise drafted and typed the book review independently. Annelise is in the fourth grade.
Read MoreWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls This student book review was written by Annabel, a Johnson Elementary School student, and shared with the library via Google Docs. Annabel drafted and typed the book review independently. Annabel is in the fourth grade.
Read MoreThursday afternoon, Virginia Festival of the Book author Anne Marie Pace stopped by Johnson to teach our students what it’s like to be an author. She had some great insider details about the writing and editing process, and even showed us real drafts of her Vampirina Ballerina series! Mrs. Pace started from the beginning, talking about where […]
Read MoreThis Thursday, author Sandy Pugh visited Johnson to put on a Peeper-ific show for our kindergarten, first, and second grade students! Sandy introduced us to the Peeper gang, read us a few Peeper stories, and even gave us a sneak preview of some new books that she has in the works. In the picture above, […]
Read MoreThe Virginia Festival of the Book is coming! Next week, world famous authors, illustrators, and publishers will flock to Charlottesville to give talks, presentations, and seminars about books of every genre. They’ll talk about the writing process, the publishing process, graphic design, and creating characters. They’ll sign books, share new stories, and inspire people of […]
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