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
8/01/2011
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."
5/14/2011
5/13/2011
5/06/2011
The year is winding down. Today is the last day to check books out from our Freedom Academy Library. But please, don't stop reading. The Provo, Orem and soon to be finsihed Springville Public Libraries are magical places.
I hope you will all sign up for the Provo Library Summer Reading Program. We won the summer reading challenge last year and we can do it again.
Used with permission. "Words and Music by Susan Elliott and Joe Romano, ©2009. For more information on Susan Elliott and Joe Romano and their library/school programs, please contact Susan Elliott at (713) 660-0356, or visit their web site at http://www.moodindigojazz.com/.”
CLICK ON THIS LINK... to hear a delightful song about
Summer Reading
Summer Reading
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/trc/2010/manual/themesong.mp3
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READ THIS SUMMER!
I hope you will all sign up for the Provo Library Summer Reading Program. We won the summer reading challenge last year and we can do it again.
Used with permission. "Words and Music by Susan Elliott and Joe Romano, ©2009. For more information on Susan Elliott and Joe Romano and their library/school programs, please contact Susan Elliott at (713) 660-0356, or visit their web site at http://www.moodindigojazz.com/.”
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