Kid Stuff

Inspired by Santa's jolly chuckle, our 2nd-5th grade book club decided to read books filled with laughs during our December 13th meeting. Here's a list of books sure to tickle your funny bone:

It's a new year for our 2nd-5th grade book club, with a new format. While each month is still genre-based and features some excellent discussions, we've traded in our sack suppers for fun crafts. For our September 20th meeting, we all brought books from "Around the World". Here's a list of what our book clubbers shared:

1. Miss Mary Ann = First Light by Rebecca Stead (Greenland)

2. Aziza = Monsoon by Uma Krishnaswami (India)

3. Kaya = Bleach #7 by Tite Kuba (Japan)

Every year, the Children's Department compiles a list of our favorite books for our teacher newsletter. This year, we would like to share those titles with everyone! It's a pretty long list, so we decided to break it down into 3 posts: picture books, fiction books, and nonfiction books. And now . . . our favorite picture books of 2009!