Fabulous February Family Fun

Mardi Gras Magic February 6th, 2010

Here we are making fun crafts themed around Mardi Gras; like masks, necklaces, crowns, and party poppers.

Celebrate Valentine's Day February 13th, 2010

We celebrated by making our own valentines and heart wreaths (and maybe a paper airplane or two).

Get the Olympic Spirit February 20th, 2010

We made Olympic and sports themed crafts like the Olympic rings, people out of pipe cleaners and more.

Pajama Day February 27th, 2010

We all wore our pajamas to the Library to make things like friendship bracelets and name tags for our stuffed friends.

Read Some Award Winners

Newbury Award Winner:
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Newbury Award Honor Books:
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacquelline Kelly

Caldecott Winner:
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pickney

Caldecott Honor Book:
All the World, Illustrated by Marla Frazee, Written by Liz Garton Scanlon

Readergirlz

Young Writers Society

KidsClick!

KidsHealth

The Stacks for Kids

Best Books of 2009 Compiled by School Library Journal purchased in Memory of Bron Hutchinson

Picturebooks
All the World by Elizabeth Scanion
Birds by Kevin Henkes
Chicken Little by Rebecca Emberley
Epossumondas Plays Possum by Coleen Salley
Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli
Let's do Nothing! by Tony Fucile
Night Lights by Susan Gal
Thunder-Boomer by Shutta Crum

Junior Fiction
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
The Secrets of Zoom by Lynne Jonell
Tumtum & Nutmeg by Emily Bearn
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Nonfiction
J 535 The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors by Chris Barton
J 551.573 The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder by Mark Cassino
J 569.9 Lucy Long Ago: Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came From by Catherine Thimmesh
J 595.78 Butterflies and Moths by Nic Bishop
J 932 Pharaoh's Boat by David Weitzman
J 940.4 Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy
J 973.4 The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr by Judith St. George
J 978 Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl by Albert Marrin
J BIO Claudette COLVIN: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
J BIO The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo FARNSWORTH by Kathleen Krull
J BIO Anne FRANK: Her Life in Words and Pictures: From the Archives of the Anne Frank House by Menno Metselaar
J BIO Sojourner TRUTH's Step-Stomp Stride by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Young Adult
The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge

Books from the Kansas State Reading Circle 2009 Recommended Reading List purchased in Memory of Bron Hutchinson

Children's Fiction
A Isn't for Fox: An Isn't Alphabet by Wendy Ulmer
Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter by Kathy Whitehead
The Best Story by Eileen Spinelli
City Witch, Country Witch by Wendy Wax
Daddy Hug by Tim Warnes
Friends and Pals and Brothers, Too by Sarah Wilson
LaRue for Mayor by Mark Teague
Ms McCaw Learns to Draw by Kaethe Zemach
One Tractor: A Counting Book by Alexandra Siy
The Peace Bell by Margi Preus
Red Sled by Patricia Thoman

William Allen White Selections 2009-2010 Donated in Memory of Bron Hutchinson

Children's Fiction
Red Sled by Patricia Thoman
The Rising Star of Rusty Nail by Lesley M. Blume
Dexter the Tough by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A Friendship for Today Patricia C. McKissack
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
Bravo Zulu, Samantha by Kathleen Duble
Seeing Sky-Blue Pink by Candice Ransom
Way Down Deep by Ruth White

Young Adult Fiction
Iron Thunder by Avi
Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury
Leap of Faith by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Elephant Run by Roland Smith