The eye of a green tree python
The eye of a young fairy penguin
The eye of a Grand Caymon Blue Iguana
The eye of a veiled Chameleon
12/04/2011
11/02/2011
Almost a new library...
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Ghost Stories/Paranormal
Classics
Black America
Native America
Holocoust
Books about Girls
Books about Boys
Graphic Novels
Plus the series section with books like Bone, Babymouse, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid
With this new system I will quickly be able to help students find books when their teachers send them in with a specific genre in mind.
11/01/2011
Glorious Fall!
Halloween was such fun this year and now it's November 1st. Of all the glorious things... it rained. I love the rain and I love looking out of the 2nd story window of the library at the huge Sugar Maple tree across the street. This year I've been asked to help with "pick - up" which means every afternoon I go out and help the students at the crosswalk. Today I will go out with an umbrella. Not only do I get to look at the view from the library window now I get to be part of it.
9/20/2011
Pirate Night in the Library
Tickets available in the library $3.00
Dinner and Pirate Fun!
October 4, 2011
6:00 P.M.
8/10/2011
WHAT'S NEW IN THE LIBRARY
We have new book shelves in the library.
"Ahoy Matties"
Scott Clayson (Damon, Dalyn's dad) built this amazing pirate ship and made it into a bookshelf for our library.
Jack Sparrow is scheduled to arrive today!
8/03/2011
8/01/2011
WE WON AGAIN!!!!!
We won the Provo City Library Summer Reading Challenge again! You are the best readers and I am proud of YOU. We get to keep the giant trophy for a second year and we will receive a big basket of books.
HURRAH
7/22/2011
LUMBERJACK FESTIVAL
There's a lumberjack festival in Pigeon Forge, Tennesee this summer. Log rolling might be a good way to keep cool. Read all about the history of logging in the Smoky Mountains.
http://www.lumberjackfeud.com/
http://www.lumberjackfeud.com/
Move over Paul Bunyan.
A Whale Shark
GULP!
This whale shark almost swallowed a man who was filming underwarter pictures in Mexico. The shark feeds with its mouth open, catching fish and planktin. With a 5 foot wide mouth and 350 rows of teeth, he might seem dangerous but he is actually docile.
As the largest fish in the sea, reaching lengths of 40 feet or more, whale sharks have an enormous menu from which to choose. Fortunately for most sea-dwellers—and us!—their favorite meal is plankton. (National Georgraphic)
Read more about this incredible animal at...
I bought a new "coffee table" book for the library about sharks. I can hardly wait to show it to you.
7/20/2011
7/17/2011
PALISADES RESERVOIR
Idaho
I spent the better part of a week at Palisade Reservoir in Idaho and Jackson Hole in Wyoming. The view of the lake from our cabin was spectacular; I could have stayed forever. We did have a little surprise. One morning we noticed that a very large section of the meadow grass, just to the side of our cabin, was matted down. We were pretty sure some kind of animal had spent the night. The following night my son used the night lens on his video camera and filmed whatever was out there...
It was a
"GYNORMOUS" BULL MOOSE
ten feet from the back door.
It made me want to re-read HATCHET by Gary Paulsen
JACKSON HOLE
This is the park in down town Jackson Hole. There are four arches made of elk antlers at each corner of the park. I sat and watched the pocket gophers play and then got caught in a wonderful summer rainstorm. It's my favorite weather.
If you are ever up that way be sure to stop by THE RAINEY CREEK COUNTRY STORE and get a "square ice cream cone."
Swan Valley, Idaho
http://www.visitidaho.org/attraction/roadside-attractions/rainey-creek-country-store/
Hope you are all having a great summer.
Don't forget to READ!
Hope you are all having a great summer.
Don't forget to READ!
7/06/2011
7/04/2011
5/30/2011
HELP... I'm being eaten by an alligator!
Meet Gus
Remember the alligator head I brought back from Florida... well this is the one I wanted to bring. His name is Gus and he is 13 feet long. He lives in the parlor of the LDS Deseret Ranch just outside of Orlando. For years he lived in the orange groves and was kind of a "pet." He got old and grumpy and way too aggressive so he ended up here. I could just imagine him at storytime.
5/20/2011
5/19/2011
Maria Gomes Valentim
About to turn 115
Guinness World Records confirms that Brazilian Maria Gomes Valentim has taken the title of 'Oldest Living Person' aged 114 years and 313 days. Maria was born on July 9, 1896, in Carangola, Brazil, where she has resided all her life. She attributes her longevity to a healthy diet.
How did the Guiness Book of World Records get started?
On May 4, 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party in North Slob in County Wexford, Ireland. He became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, then later realized it was impossible to confirm in reference books. He then thought that a book supplying answers to such questions could be popular.
The first 197-page edition of the "Guinness Book of Records" was bound on Aug. 27, 1955, and went on to the top of the British best-seller list by Christmas. Over 400 million copies have sold since. The most recent one to hit the shelves is the "Guinness World Records 2011."
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