Week Three!

Welcome to week three at Lincoln Library! The library is now fully open and classes are being scheduled throughout the day. Stop in to browse for a new book, check out the new magazines that are coming in every day or to use the computers. If you need help with anything, all you have to do is ask! 

I came across a great article today about Common Core and the Library. It does a great job of highlighting what the library can do in terms of supporting the classroom curriculum and get kids the access they need to be successful. I'm still learning the ropes (and figuring out where everything is!), but if you'd like to collaborate I'd love to work with you! If you have projects coming up and would like me to start looking at what resources we have and what resources we need, let me know. 

Book of the Week:

This week we have not just one book to highlight, but an entire series! While looking through the office I stumbled across a great series by Jon Scieszska, The Time Warp Trio. I have several of the books and they have awesome titles like: It's All Greek to Me and Your Mother was a Neanderthal. these are not new books, but they are new to me (and you) and are worth a look! Admittedly I wanted to start reading several of them right away, but instead I'm putting them out for all of you. Make sure you check out the display of Time Warp Trio books when you stop into the library this week!

A little taste of what you might find....

 The Knights of the Kitchen Table

What would happen if three regular kids from Brooklyn got a mysterious blue Book with silver designs that could transport them anywhere in time or space? What if these three guys met up with King Arthur, the knights of the Round Table, Merlin the magician, one burping and gas-leaking giant, and a fire-breathing dragon? The Time Warp Trio series would happen. (from Jon Scieska's website)

Your Mother was a Neanderthal

The good news about the Stone Age is that there are no homework assignments or tests. The bad news is that there are hungry saber-toothed tigers, rampaging wooly mammoths, a tribe of cavemen who love rotten meat, and a tribe of cave women who look like they are getting ready to sacrifice the Time Warp Trio. If this book costs $14.99 in hardcover, $4.99 in paperback, and there are 3 members in a trio, would you do your math homework if you were a wooly mammoth?