Author in Our Midst!

 We are happy to announce that we have a published author on staff!  Melinda Josiah Geaumont, a social worker at CJL, is the author of the recently released book, Becoming Auma.  The staff helped Melinda celebrate her accomplishments with a book-signing event Wednesday afternoon.  Congratulations, Melinda!

To learn more about Melinda’s book, visit her website http://www.becomingauma.com.

Teachers Meet Jan Brett’s Hedgie

Author/illustrator Jan Brett visited with fans at a bookstore in South Portland last Friday (October 12, 2007).  Some teachers from Sanford traveled to South Portland to listen to Jan speak and to get her new book, The Three Snow Bears.  Mrs. Allis, Miss Kimball, and Miss Black can be seen in the photo above with Hedgie the Hedgehog.  Hedgie is one of Jan Brett’s favorite characters.

This is Jan Brett’s new book.  We hope to have it in the library soon.

Are you a Jan Brett fan?  Which of her books is your favorite?

New Big Books!

We have some new big books in the collection.  They are perfect for shared reading!

Other additions include the fluency intervention big books (one per theme) and two curriculum-related big books:  Graph It!  for first grade and Life in the Rain Forest  for second grade.  Come check out the extra large versions today!

Additions to the Guided Reading Collection

The Rigby PM Stars collection was purchased this summer.  The books (Guided Reading Levels A-H) are currently being processed.  Some of the new titles feature familiar characters:

Sally  Nick, Kate, & James

Bingo Little Dinosaur

Baby Bear  Little Chimp

The Rigby PM Plus Orange books (GRL I)

and Rigby PM Gold Tales and Plays (GRL L-M)were also purchased. 

Resources for Teachers

We have several new sets of multiple copies available.  They include:

  Artemis Fowl  by Eoin Colfer

 Rules  by Cynthia Lord (Maine author)

 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Poppy  by Avi

 The Lightning Thief  by Rick Riordan

 The Shoeshine Girl  by Clyde Robert Bulla

The Hundred Penny Box  by Sharon Bell Mathis

The Supernaturalist  by Eoin Colfer

Bud, Not Buddy  by Christopher Paul Curtis

Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan