Don’t forget it’s Food for Fines time!  For every can of food you bring in to the library, we will delete $1 from your overdue fines account.  All food collected will be donated to a local food bank.  Take advantage of this opportunity to help others less fortunate!

Next week is our Book Fair, and the books have arrived!  The selection looks absolutely fabulous!  I realize that some fairs are better than others, but I think you’ll really be impressed with the books we have to offer at this one.  Yes, there are plenty of copies of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (all 4!).  We’ve got New Moon with both covers, and lots of anime to choose from.  Stop by the library next week and check it out!

Well, it’s officially November now, and the Book Fair is almost here.  Don’t forget!  November 16 – 20!  See you in the library at the Book Fair!

We just received our first order of new books for the school year.  They’re bright and shiny, and they smell so good!  I really believe the smell of new books beats warm cookies!  Okay, maybe that was a little bit of an exaggeration.  Stop by the library soon and check out the new selections.  Here are a few titles to tempt you – The Reformed Vampire Support Group, The Thirteenth Skull, The Skin I’m In, Blood Trail.  Hope to see you in the library soon!

Oct. 19 – Oct. 23 is Teen Read Week!  Pre-teens and teenagers are celebrating reading nationwide this week.  This year’s theme is “Read Beyond Reality @ Your Library.”  If you check out a science fiction or fantasy book from our library this week, Mrs. Carney will give you a raffle ticket.  Three ipod shuffles will be raffled off at the end of the week.  Limit is one entry per day – good luck!

Mark your calendars!  Lied’s Fall Book Fair will be held in the library during the week of Nov.  16 – 20.  Scholastic has promised to send us lots of copies of the newest Diary of a Wimpy Kid.   Our Book Fair week will end on the day that the New Moon movie is released – we will be selling the book with commemorative movie cover, as well as a New Moon poster!  You can visit our Book Fair website at  http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/publish/lied     Stop by the library any time to pick up a book fair flyer!

Teen Read Week

Teen Read Week is right around the corner!  We’ll be celebrating the week of  Oct. 19 – 23.  The Teen Read Week theme this year is Read Beyond Reality @ Your Library.

Have you seen the movie trailer for the new Cirque du Freak movie yet?  The release date is October 23, 2009, and the preview looks so good!  I haven’t even started the series yet, so I’m relying on my students for help!

Welcome back!  It’s the start of the 09-10 school year here at Lied, and everybody is ready to read.  Have you stopped in at the library yet?  You will be visiting for an orientation with your English (8th gr.) or Reading(6 and 7) class.  I’m looking forward to meeting each of you – be ready to tell me about a great book you read over the summer!

Who’s ready to get started on this year’s Nevada Young Readers’ Award nominations?  Take a peek up on the top bar of this page – I’ll post the entire list there.