Shelfari Mania!

Students in Grades 4 and 5 are buzzing about books! They have recently joined a website called Shelfari that allows readers to keep track of the books they are reading, share recommendations, and write book reviews. Shelfari aims to allow it's members to do the following:

• Build virtual bookshelves to express themselves to their friends and to the world
• Discover books that are popular in their trusted circles of friends
• Influence peers by rating and discussing books online
• Discover and learn from people with similar reading tastes
• Participate in online book groups to further explore literature and share ideas
  

(quoted from www.shelfari.com)

Ask your Fourth or Fifth Grade student to show you his or her virtual bookshelf. You may even consider joining Shelfari. The possibilities are endless! Check it out!

Grade 3 Chapter Books - Bailey School Kids

The Bailey School Kids series, by Debbie Dadey, is a hot topic in Grade 3! We read Vampires Don't Wear Polkadots together and the students began to explore the other books on their own. The spooky and humorous stories are perfect chapter books for Grade 3.

Visit the library for recommendations for just right chapter books and series. Here are a few to get you started...

• Arthur series
• A-Z Mysteries
• Bailey City Monsters
• Barkley’s School for Dogs
• Berenstain Bears
• Black Lagoon
• Cam Jansen
• Commander Toad
• Dragon Slayer’s Academy
• Hank the Cow Dog
• Horrible Harry
• Jigsaw Jones Mysteries
• Junie B. Jones
• Magic Tree House
• Marvin Red Post
• Pee Wee Scouts
• Polka Street School
• Ready Freddy
• Scooby Doo
• Song Lee
• Matt Christopher sports series
  
• Stevie Diamond Mysteries
• The Littles
• Third Grade Detectives
• Time Warp Trio
  
• Zack Files

Chapter Books for Grade 2 - My Weird School Series

Over several classes, we read the chapter book Mrs. Roopy is Loopy, part of the My Weird School series by Dan Gutman. Ever since, we cannot keep the series on the shelf! Grade 2 students are eating up the books and visiting every day to see if any new books have been returned! The students love the fact that each book features a different unusual teacher. Mrs. Roopy, for example, is a zany librarian who dresses up as a different character every time the children come to the library. Dan Gutman is a popular author for children. His baseball card adventure series is well read as are two of his newer titles The Get Rich Quick Club and The Homework Machine. For more information about Dan Gutman and his books visit:

http://www.dangutman.com/