Welcome Back, Readers!

I want to welcome you back to the start of another great school year.  I can't wait to see you all again in the library and share with you some great books.

Check back often here on our blog for information concerning the library and related events.
Oh, and while you're out shopping for your school supplies, don't forget our wish list...


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2014 ALA Award Winners Announced

The American Library Association has released the list of its 2014 literary winners.  I'll soon be ordering a copy of most of these for our collection, so be sure to stop by and see what we have in a couple weeks.

John Newbery Medal

Flora and Ulysses:  The Illuminated Adventures

by Kate DiCamillo

(who happens to be my favorite children's author and has won the Newbery multiple times)

John Newbery Honor Awards

Doll Bones by Holly Black

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

Paperboy by Vince Vawter

Michael L. Printz Award 

Midwinterblood 

by Marcus Sedgwick

 Michael L. Printz Honor Awards

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal

Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

Coretta Scott King Award

P.S. Be Eleven

by Rita Williams-Garcia

Coretta Scott King Honor Awards

March:  Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

Darius and Twig by Walter Dean Myers

Words With Wings by Nikki Grimes

Caught Reading...Melissa Pilcher

Congratulations to Melissa Pilcher who was caught reading after she had completed some work in class by Ms. Lowery.  She is the most recent student at WMS to earn a "Caught Reading" goody bag.  Keep up the good work, Melissa!

Caught Reading...Tiffany Schools

Tiffany was recently caught reading on the bus during, I believe, a field trip by Ms. Michele Mason.  What a great use of her time!

   

Caught Reading by Ms. Hinton...

Ms. Hinton, one of our 7th grade Language Arts teachers, recently caught some of her students reading at times when they could have been doing something else.  This is great!  These students received treat bags for their efforts.  Students, keep reading!  Teachers, keep catching!

Zach Wix and Cali Hunter

Logan Heckart on the last page or two of his chosen book.

Caught Reading...Bishop Browe

Our SRO officer, Deputy Forrest, stopped by to tell us that she sees 7th grade student Bishop Browe reading...a lot.  In fact, Bishop can be found reading many times as he moves from class to class  - using every free minute available to him.  Currently, he is working on reading his way through the Al Capone series by Gennifer Choldenko.  That's great, Bishop!  Just watch where you're going.  :)

Like all our students who are caught reading at a time when they could be doing something else, Bishop received a goody bag full of candy and coupons (some really good coupons).  We can't wait to see who'll be caught next!

Caught Reading by Ms. Walker

Our 8th grade science teacher, Ms. Donielle Walker, recently caught a few of her students reading during some free time in class.  This is wonderful!!!  Keep it up, guys.

Kendall Goodrum reading Veronica Roth's Divergent on her eReader.

Ryin Raney reading through a magazine, which are great sources of informational text.

Drew Gregory reading ScienceWorks.

Tracey Barrett looks close to the end of the book she's reading.

Each of these students will receive a small token of appreciation from the library for setting such a good example as a reader leader.  Who'll be next?

Caught Reading...Peyton Donoho

When Peyton finished a recent test in Ms. Hayley West's sixth grade class he chose to use this little bit of free time reading.  Good job, Peyton! 

There's more reading than ever going on at WMS this year.  We can't wait to see who'll be caught next!!!

Caught Reading...Dalton Williams

Sixth-grader Dalton Williams was caught reading in class one day by Ms. Kreslyn Ruckman.  Way to go, Dalton!  Keep it Up! 

Who'll be caught next???

Caught Reading...Luc Watson

Ms. Beth Williams caught Luc Watson reading Mike Lupica's Come Back Kids after he had finished a test one day.  Keep it up, Luc!

Will you be the next caught reading?