Have a Wonderful Summer!
The Wilbur Library wishes you a wonderful summer!
Also, we would like say “THANK YOU” to our students, parents, volunteers, faculty, staff and administration for making our Buy-One-Get-One Free Spring Book Fair a successful one!
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The days are getting longer, the weather is getting a little warmer. These small signs of spring are occurring, even though snow is still on the ground. That means that the Spring Book Fair is right around the corner!
The Book Fair will be “buy one, get one free.” If a student buys one book or other item (like a pencil), he or she can get another one of equal or lesser value for FREE! For example, if a child chooses one book for $10.00, he or she can get another book for $10.00 or less and that second book will be FREE.
The book fair will be from Monday, April 11th through Friday, April 15th. Students will be able to shop at the book fair during their regular library class period.
Parents: Please think about volunteering at the book fair! A notice will be sent home with all students in early March.
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Thank you to all Wilbur students, parents, parent volunteers, faculty, staff and administration for making our Fall Book Fair a success!
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On Sunday, November 15th, at 2:00pm, Kate DiCamillo will appear at Borders Bookstore in Newark. She will be reading and signing copies of her newest book The Magician’s Elephant.
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The Blue Hen Awards were announced on Saturday. Sponsored by the Children’s Services Division of Delaware Library Association, the winners are books chosen by young people from a pre-selected list.
Picture Book: A COUPLE OF BOYS HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER by Marla Frazee
Chapter Book: NIGHTMARE AT THE BOOKFAIR by Dan Gutman
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The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award is given annually to children’s’ books that most effectively and engagingly invite children to think about issues related to peace, social justice, world community and equality of gender and race. More information may be found at http://www.janeaddamspeace.org.
2009 WINNERS: (announced 4/25/09)
For Younger Children:
Planting the Trees of Kenya: the Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola
Honor Books for Younger Children:
Silent Music: a Story of Baghdad by James Rumford
The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos by Lucia Gonzales, illustrations by Lulu Delacre
For Older Children:
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margaria Engle
Honor Books for Older Children:_
Ain’t Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry by Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson
The Shepherd’s Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter
Award Winning Children’s Books for 2009
Award Winning Children’s Books for 2009
Newbery (distinguished contribution to children’s literature)
THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean (HarperCollins)
Honor Books:
THE UNDERNEATH by Kathi Applet, illustrated by David Small (Atheneum)
THE SURRENDER TREE: POEMS OF CUBA’S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM by Margaria Engle (Henry Holt)
SAVVY by Ingrid Law (Dial)
AFTER TUPAC & D FOSTER by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam)
Caldecott (distinguished American picture book for children)
THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes (Houghton Mifflin)
Honor Books:
A COUPLE OF BOYS HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER by Marla Frazee (Harcourt)
HOW I LEARNED GEOGRAPHY by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar Straus Giroux)
A RIVER OF WORDS: THE STORY OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet (Eerdmans)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards (African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults)
BOOK: WE ARE THE SHIP: THE STORY OF THE NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL by Kadir Nelson (Jump at the Sun / Hyperion)
Honor Books:
THE BLACKER THE BERRY by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Amistad / HarperCollins)
KEEPING THE NIGHT WATCH by Hope Anita Smith, illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Henry Holt)
BECOMING BILLIE HOLIDAY by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Wordsong / Boyds Mills)
ILLUSTRATOR: THE BLACKER THE BERRY by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Amistad / HarperCollins)
Honor Illustrators:
WE ARE THE SHIP: THE STORY OF NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL by Kadir Nelson (Jump at the Sun / Hyperion)
BEFORE JOHN WAS A JAZZ GIANT by Carole Boston Weatherfold, illustrated by Sean Qualls (Henry Holt)
THE MOON OVER STAR by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney (Dial)
NEW TALENT: BIRD by Zetta Elliott, illustrated by Shadra Strickland (Lee & Low)
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (distinguished book for beginning readers)
ARE YOU READY TO PLAY OUTSIDE? By Mo Willems (Hyperion)
Honor Books:
CHICKEN SAID, “CLUCK!” by Judyann Ackerman Grant, illustrated by Sue Truesdell (HarperColllins)
ONE BOY by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook)
STINKY by Eleanor Davis (Little Lit Library)
WOLFSNAIL: A BACKYARD PREDAATOR by Sarah C. Campbell, photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell (Boyds Mills)
Pura Belpre Award (Latino authors and illlsutrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books)
ILLUSTRATOR: JUST IN CASE by Yuyi Morales (Roaring Brook)
Honor Books:
PAPA AND ME by Arthur Dorros, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez (Rayo / HarperCollins)
THE STORYTELLER’S CANDLE / LA VELITA DE LOS CUENTOS by Lucia Gonzalez (Children’s Book Press)
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A REBOZO? By Carmen Tafolla, illustrated by Amy Cordova (Tricycle Press / Ten Speed)
ROBERT F. SIBERT AWARD (distringuished informational book for children)
WE ARE THE SHIP: THE STORY OF NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL by Kadir Nelson (Jump at the Sun / Hyperion)
Honor Books:
BODIES FROM THE ICE: MELTING GLACIERS AND REDISCOVERY OF THE PAST by James M. Deem (Houghton Mifflin)
WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALICE?: HOW ALICE ROOSEVELT BROKE THE RULES, CHARMED THE WORLD, AND DROVE HER FATHER TEDDY CRAZY! By Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham (Scholastic)
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Library News
Book Fair Safari – Have you HERD? Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our library the week of November 17th – November 21st. Students will have an opportunity to purchase books at the fair during their library class. Families may also stop in during afternoon conferences or on Thursday, November 20th from 4:30 to 7:30pm during evening conferences. We’re looking forward to seeing you during our Stampede to Read!
Award Winning Books
Blue Hen Awards
Picture Book Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto
Chapter Book No Talking by Andrew Clements
The Blue Hen Award is sponsored by the Children’s Services Division of the Delaware Library Association. Young people vote on the books at the end of the summer from a pre-selected list. Winners at announced at the Delaware Book Festival.
JANE ADDAMS CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
Younger Children:
THE ESCAPE OF ONEY JUDGE: MARTHA WASHINGTON’S SLAVE FINDS FREEDOM by Emily Arnold McCully (Farrar Straus Giroux)
Honor Book for Younger Children
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge (Hyperion)
Older Children:
WE ARE ONE: THE STORY OF BAYARD RUSTIN by Larry Dane Brimmer (Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills)
Honor Books:
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic)
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Jamie Hogan (Charlesbridge)
Birmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston Weatherford (Wordsong/Boyds Mills)
Coming Soon!!!!! Battle of the Books! Are you ready????? There’s still time to prepare for the competition by reading some of the great books many of which we have in the library.
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Welcome to Wilbur Library!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. If you are looking for a good book to read, here are some books that have come highly recommended!
Grades K – 2
Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey
Bear Dreams by Elisha Cooper
But, Excuse Me, That Is My Book by Lauren Child
Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming
Duck & Goose by Tad Hills
Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor
Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires
Good Boy, Fergus! by David Shannon
Hi, Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Oink? by Marge Palatini
Moose Tracks by Karma Wilson
Grades 3 – 5
Blizzard of the Blue Moon by Mary Pope Osborn
Sporting Events: From Baseball to Skateboarding by Gabriel Kaufman
Lose, Team Lose! by R. L. Stine
Pirate Bob by Kathryn Lasky
Atomic Ace and the Robot Rampage by Jeff Weigel
Clarice Bean, Don’t Look Now by Lauren Child
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff by Jennifer L. Holm
Rock Jaw, Bone Vol. 6 by Jeff Smith
Way Down Deep by Ruth White
Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
Jazz by Walter Dean Myers
Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes
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