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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis This book is about four children who lived in a professor’s house. They went into the wardrobe and found Narnia. Narnia is a wonderful land. Where animals can talk. Edmund met with the meanest witch. And he was under a spell. The children ran away […]
Read MoreThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis You should read The lion,The witch and the wardrobe it’s about these four children that live with this professor they this wardrobe and go in. Then they go into this place Narina they do crazy adventure.They meet people goes on journeys I think you should […]
Read MoreLast night was our first ever Family Book Club, hosted by Mrs. Rickabaugh and me for fourth grade students and their parents! We met from 6-7 PM in the library to share ideas, questions, and thoughts about the book while eating snacks and playing games. Participants enjoyed door prizes, interactive activities, old-fashioned apple pie and homemade lentils, […]
Read MoreThird graders continued their work with the almanac this week, finishing up their Almanac Scavenger hunts. Students finishing early got to wear a pair of Helper Beads and volunteer to answer questions for classmates that needed a little bit of extra help. The almanac isn’t the first reference tool that we’ve mastered this year – […]
Read MoreShiloh by Phyllis Reylonds Naylor Marty Preston is a boy that lives in West Virginia. One day, he saw a beagle near the old Shiloh schoolhouse. Marty named the beagle after the schoolhouse. Marty is the main character. Marty didn’t want to give back the dog to the previous owner. Marty loves shiloh so much. […]
Read MoreBluish by Virginia Hamilton Dreenie wants to be Natalie’s friend, but Dreenie is scared of her. Natalie’s skin is tinted blue, so is in a wheelchair and she always wears a hat. The girls are slowly becoming friends by will they overcome their differences? Read to find out. This student book review was written by […]
Read MoreFourth grade continued their quest with the Super 3 team this week, and this time I took a lesson from our awesome fourth grade team and used one of their favorite methods in the classroom – Must Do, Can Do. There is a list of activities on the board that the students MUST do before […]
Read MoreThis week, we had a special guest in the library. Miss FitzGerald came to visit during kindergarten classes, introducing a brand new way for students to experience independent reading and improve their reading skills during library time. What does it mean? How does it work? Why are these kindergarteners wearing funny glasses?? You’ll have to check […]
Read MoreThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book is a novel that’s written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave Mokean. It is the number one New York Times bestseller. It was also the winner of the 2009 Huge Award. It won the John Newberry Medal. This is probably the best book Neil Gaiman […]
Read MoreThe first few days back at school after winter break are no joke here in the Learning Leopard Library. Our voracious readers have had the same books for almost three weeks – and they are ready for MORE. In the past five days, we have checked out more than 620 books to Johnson students! Whether […]
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