Our PJA Book Fair at Annie Bloom’s Books was a wonderful success!
Thank you to everyone who bought books during our fair. Together we raised $871.18 for new books for our library. So as promised, I will go buy that new Mighty Jack/Zita the Spacegirl book and several of the other books kids suggested during the fair. It’s always a joy to share the excitement of books with our kids in a new setting. Thanks to the teachers who were willing to walk over with their classes and for the family members who took time to chaperone the groups. I hope a good time was had by all! Here are a few photos of the moments.
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As November stretches into December and the darkness falls before dinner time, it’s the perfect season to read a spooky story by the flickering light of candle and fire. Here are three new books on our shelves that might raise the hair on the back of your neck. Reader beware! Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker
The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. No fox kit is safe. When Mia and Uly are separated from their litters, they discover a dangerous world full of monsters. In order to find a den to call home, they must venture through field and forest, facing unspeakable things that dwell in the darkness: a zombie who hungers for their flesh, a witch who tries to steal their skins, a ghost who hunts them through the snow . . . and other things too scary to mention. Featuring eight interconnected stories and sixteen hauntingly beautiful illustrations, Scary Stories for Young Foxes contains the kinds of adventures and thrills you love to listen to beside a campfire in the dark of night. Fans of Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Auxier, and R. L. Stine have found their next favorite book. Out To Get You by Josh Allen Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight. The everyday world is full of sinister secrets and these page-turning stories show that there's darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open. . . . Trace by Pat Cummings Trace Carter is still feeling out of place at his new home in his Auntie Lea's brownstone in New York, trying to forget the terrible accident that killed his parents, when one day he takes a wrong turn in the Public Library only to run into a crying little boy with tattered old clothes, who seems to be a ghost. Trace discovers the ghost has ties to his own history, and the accident, and that if he learns what the ghost boy knows he may finally be able to move on himself. The latest in this best selling author’s long line of hits Guts is already flying off our shelves at school. This is a true story from Telgemeier’s own life. It delves into the realities of living with anxiety and will give kids insight into how to cope with bullies and fear. Here’s a description from the publisher: Presents a graphic novel featuring a true story from the life of the author, Raina Telgemeier. One night, Raina and her mother both wake up with terribly upset stomachs, but they both think it is just a bug. When Raina returns to school, however, and the trouble doesn't go away, it only serves to feed her worries about changing friendships, school, and food. She has to find out what is going on, and fast.
Our annual Annie Bloom's Book Fair is here! That means 20% of all in-store and online purchases made during the sale, November 13-17, that specify "We're from PJA!" comes back to the school in the form of book credit! Be sure to tell your cashier or write it in the order notes online. Visiting the Book Fair is a great way to take care of your gift shopping, support your child's reading development, and help our library all at the same time. Annie Bloom's Books is located in Multnomah Village, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy. They are open daily 9am-10pm. Open until 9pm on weekends. As you lovingly strive to create a literacy rich environment for your child at home, consider these suggestions about variety, diversity, children’s voice and choice and perhaps most important of all, reading aloud to your child. They’re never too old!
Click the following link to read the article. https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/4-ways-to-make-home-library-your-kids.html Meet Michelle Martin, college professor and passionate advocate for literacy! She has co-created Camp Read-o-Rama, a program designed to help children of all backgrounds feel like readers. She focuses less on learning to read and more on the enjoyment of reading and strives to help kids experience and feel the books they read. She asks where is Blueberries for Sal for the black child? Many children have no concept of blueberry picking on a windswept island in Maine. She says, “Childhood doesn’t look the same across cultures, classes or races.”
Read this article in The Atlantic to see how she brings books to life for kids of all cultures, classes and races. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/10/children-books-michelle-martin/599887/ |
AuthorSafranit Molly is the librarian at Portland Jewish Academy. Archives
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