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Aug 7 - 14

• Fire Drill/Lockdown 

• Syllabus /Rules

• Library Tour

• Getting to Know Our Library! 

• Every Rotation, there will be a challenge.

GUESS HOW MANY BOOKS WE HAVE IN OUR LIBRARY! 

We have 14,783 Books in our library. 

The Kindergarten students in Mrs. Venugopal's class achieved a remarkable feat by guessing 15,982, which was the closest estimate! They each picked out some cool posters!

Aug 25 - Sep 2

Everyone who has turned in their permission slip will get to check out books.

• K - 2nd - Bookmark Coloring 

• 3rd - 4th Library Word Search 

• 5th - 8th Library Genre Crossword 

• 7th - 8th Book Spine Poetry

When did the first library open in the U.S.? 

- Mrs. Yellowman's 8th-grade class and Mrs. Wolperts' 7th-grade class won! The first library was established in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin. 

Sep 3 - 10

• K - Read Library Lion / Coloring Worksheet

• 1st - Read Frog & Toad / worksheet.

• 2nd - Start Book - Hi Fly Guy/Worksheet  

• 3rd - Start Book - One & Only Ivan / Worksheet

• 4th - Start Book - The Barnabas project / Start Create your creatures. 

• 5th - Start Book - Wonder / The Dewey Top Ten Worksheet

• 6th - Start Book - Winkle In Time / The Dewey Top Ten Worksheet

• 7th - Start Book - Finding Zasha / The Dewey Top Ten Worksheet

• 8th - Start Book - Captain Kingdom / The Dewey Top Ten Worksheet

What was the world's largest fine for an overdue book? 

It was returned after 47 years which cost $345.14

The closest was Mrs. Chittapur's 6th-grade class at $343.00.

Sep 11 - 18

• K - The Giraffe and Half

• 1st - The Giraffe and Half

• 2nd - The Giraffe and Half

• 3rd - One & Only Ivan / Worksheet

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

The most expensive book ever sold was The Codex Leicester, a 72 page manuscript by Leonardo de Vinci.

How much did it sell for?

it was bought by Bill Gates for  $30.80 million in 1994 

(inflation adj. $63.3 million)

We had a few winners

8Y, 8N, 5C, 7W, 6C

Sep 19 - 26

• K - Kissing Hand

• 1st - Grumpy Monkey / Worksheets

• 2nd - Where the Wild Things Are

• 3rd - One & Only Ivan 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

Published worldwide, The Guinness Book of World Records has been translated into more than 40 languages. It is one of the top-selling copyrighted books in publishing history, selling an average of about 3.5 million books annually and more than 150 million books since it was released.

What year was it first released?

1955

WINNERS

7H, 6C

Sep 29 - Oct 6

• K - A Little Spot Of...

• 1st - The Good Egg

• 2nd - The Sour Grape

• 3rd - One & Only Ivan 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

Why are there sometimes blank pages at the end of a book?

A: So you can write your notes for later.
B: Printers can only print and bind books with pages in specific multiples.
C: For tic-tac-toe, of course
D: The publisher wants you to think you’re getting a bigger book for your money.

WINNERS

7H, 4J, 8Y, 2SH, 3H, 8N, 5C, 1K, 6C, 6M, 4P

Oct 16 - Oct 23

• K - Pumpkin Jack

• 1st - Pumpkin Jack

• 2nd - Pumpkin Jack

• 3rd - One & Only Ivan 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

Which president was known for reading the most?

 On a normal day, he'd read a book before breakfast with another two later in the day (allegedly). This puts reading habits to shame. Over his life, he read thousands of books.

Theodore Roosevelt

WINNERS 

   7H, 5C, 7W, 6M, 4P

Oct 24 - Oct 31

• K - Duckie & Snaps

• 1st - Duckie & Snaps

• 2nd - Duckie & Snaps

• 3rd - One & Only Ivan 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom  

The earliest known physical bookmark dates to when?

It was made of leather discovered in a Coptic codex in Egypt.

It’s still the earliest surviving bookmark.

 6th Century ( 501 – 600 B.C.)

WINNER

6M  (567 B.C.) 

Nov 3 - Nov 10

• K - Fall Books

• 1st - Fall Books/Coloring

• 2nd - Fall Books/Coloring

• 3rd - One & Only Ivan 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

What year was the first yearbook created?

·  The first formal modern yearbook was at Yale College, because printed photography did not yet exist, the Yale College yearbook included printed silhouettes of the students.

1806

                                  WINNER

  7W  (1805)

Nov 12 - Nov 19

• K - Winter Books

• 1st - Winter Books/Coloring

• 2nd - The Cow Jumped Over the Moon Books/Coloring

• 3rd - One & Only Ivan 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

                  Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary provides an unsurpassed guide to the English language, documenting (HOW MANY WORDS) through 3.5 million illustrative quotations from over 1,000 years of history across the English-speaking world.

How many words are in this dictionary?

• It took more than 70 years to complete the first edition of the OED.

• Digitizing the OED took a lot of work.

• In the late 1980s, it took more than 120 typists, 55 proofreaders, and a total of 67 million keystrokes to digitize the entire contents of the Oxford English Dictionary. The process took 18 months.  

                                                               600,000 words

                                WINNER

   8Y  (676,767)

Nov 20 - Dec 4

• K - Winter Books

• 1st - Winter Books/Coloring

• 2nd - Winter Books/Coloring

• 3rd - One & Only Ivan 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

What is the #1 most stolen book?

·  The most stolen book from public libraries in the United States.

·  It is followed in the ranking by the Christian Bible in its different languages and editions.

 Guinness World Records

WINNERS

 8Y, 8N, 7W, 6C,6M

Dec 5 - Dec 12

• K - Winter Books

• 1st - Winter Books/Coloring

• 2nd - Winter Books/Coloring

• 3rd - One & Only Ivan 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

Beverly Cleary was a successful author. She wrote some favorites like Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins and many more.

How many books has she written?

40 Books

Her very first book was Henry Huggins in 1950.

She has sold over 90 million copies. 

Winner

7H

Dec 15 - Jan 6

• K - Winter Books

• 1st - Winter Books/Coloring

• 2nd - Winter Books/Coloring

• 3rd - One & Only Bob 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

When did libraries start using library cards?

·   In the first year they produced 35,762 handwritten cards for the catalog.

·   The first library card catalog was created at Harvard.

·   The cards were largely written by some of the first women employed in a library.

·       Improved organizing library materials, becoming a lasting standard.

                                                             1840

   Winners

8Y, 5C, 6C, 4P

Jan 7 - Jan 14

• K - Winter Books

• 1st - Winter Books/Coloring

• 2nd - Winter Books/Coloring

• 3rd - One & Only Bob 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

Superheroes have to pay the rent, too. What comic book character worked as a librarian when he/she wasn’t out fighting crime?

                    Batgirl

  Winners

8Y, 3H, 5C, 6M, 7W

Jan 15 - Jan 23

• K - Winter Books

• 1st - Winter Books/Coloring

• 2nd - Winter Books/Coloring

• 3rd - One & Only Bob 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

Surprisingly, public libraries outnumber McDonald’s franchises in the U.S. How many more libraries are there than McDonalds?

3000

                 Winners 

             5S, 6C

Jan 26 - Feb 2

• K - Winter Books

• 1st - Winter Books/Coloring

• 2nd - Winter Books/Coloring

• 3rd - One & Only Bob 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

Feb 3 - Feb 10

• K - Valentine's, Dental, Dino Books

• 1st - Valentine's, Dental, Dino Books/Coloring

• 2nd - Valentine's, Dental, Dino/Coloring

• 3rd - One & Only Bob 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom

Feb 11 - Feb 19

• K - Valentine's, Dental, Dino Books

• 1st - Valentine's, Dental, Dino Books/Coloring

• 2nd - Valentine's, Dental, Dino/Coloring

• 3rd - One & Only Bob 

• 4th - A Wrinkle In Time

• 5th - Wonder

• 6th - Winkle In Time

• 7th - Finding Zasha

• 8th - Captain Kingdom