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More Book Reviews By the Mustang Reviewers

Jacob's Review of Spirits in the Park by Scott Remus  (Book 2 of the Gods of Manhattan series)

     

Scholastic Book Fair Coming Soon!

 "Our Super Heroes" is the theme for this years book fair.  We are celebrating all of our "real" super heroes from firefighters to special people who make our lives better.  Students can submit a one page essay on someone they consider a super hero.  A committee will select the best essays from each grade level.  Winners will receive a free book ($5 or less) off the fair.  Proceeds from the Scholastic Book Fair go to support our Accelerated Reader program and replacement books.

Student Book Reviews from Mrs. Goodall's Class

Students from Mrs. Goodall's class selected new books to read and review. Look for these reviews on our media page as well as Mrs. Goodall's blog. These students will also present their reviews on the FMN Ford Mustang News Show.

Leah's Review of Diamond Willowby Helen Frost

 

 
 Olivia's Review of Phillipa Fisher's Fairy Godsister by Liz Kessler

 

 

 

 

 

Eunice's Review of Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop  by Jennifer Allison

 

Addisen's Review of The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas

 

  

Jacob's Review of Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus 

 

Brian's Review of The Storyteller by Edward Myers

     Hope's Review of Hummingbird by Kimberly Angle

 

 

  Our Book Munchers Club is about to begin another year. Ms. Taylor-Wong and Mrs. Harp are looking forward to working with  4th and 5th grade students interested in reading all of the Georgia Book Award nominated books in preparation for the Helen Ruffin Bowl in January.  For more information on the HRB go to http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/hrrb/ .

The Rising Star of Rusty Nail by Lesley M. M. Blume is a fun story about the town of Rusty Nail, MN and its quirky inhabitants.  The heroine of the story is ten-year-old Franny Hansen who has dreams of becoming a famous concert pianist.   The story begins with Franny and her best friend Sandy throwing water balloons at unsuspecting town folks.  Because of the trouble that follows, Franny comes to know the "commie" wife of the town's only lawyer.

Set in the early 1950's during the Cold War, The people of Rusty Nail are in a tizzy about the new Russian woman in town. Fearful that she is a Communist spy, the women of the town set out to get rid of the threat. Franny sees an opportunity in befriending the woman. She comes to learn that hard work pays off in more ways than she could have imagined and that people are not always what they seem.

We have just received two big shipment of books in the media center.  Many of the hard to find AR levels from 0.0-0.9 books are now available.  We have several new series books:

• Warriors by Erin Hunter
• Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka
• The Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine
• Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
• Hank Zipzer by Henry Winkler
• The Fariy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
• Molly Moon by Georgia Byng

Pick one of these books to try.  I'll bet one of them just won't be enough! 

Happy Reading!    Mrs. Harp

New Books in the Ford Library

 

 

Rising Star of Rusty Nail: One of the Great Books for Book Munchers

  Our Book Munchers Club is about to begin another year. Ms. Taylor-Wong and Mrs. Harp are looking forward to working with  4th and 5th grade students interested in reading all of the Georgia Book Award nominated books in preparation for the Helen Ruffin Bowl in January.  For more information on the HRB go to http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/hrrb/ .

The Rising Star of Rusty Nail by Lesley M. M. Blume is a fun story about the town of Rusty Nail, MN and its quirky inhabitants.  The heroine of the story is ten-year-old Franny Hansen who has dreams of becoming a famous concert pianist.   The story begins with Franny and her best friend Sandy throwing water balloons at unsuspecting town folks.  Because of the trouble that follows, Franny comes to know the "commie" wife of the town's only lawyer.

Set in the early 1950's during the Cold War, The people of Rusty Nail are in a tizzy about the new Russian woman in town. Fearful that she is a Communist spy, the women of the town set out to get rid of the threat. Franny sees an opportunity in befriending the woman. She comes to learn that hard work pays off in more ways than she could have imagined and that people are not always what they seem.

Great New Books Arriving Daily

We have just received two big shipment of books in the media center.  Many of the hard to find AR levels from 0.0-0.9 books are now available.  We have several new series books:

• Warriors by Erin Hunter
• Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka
• The Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine
• Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
• Hank Zipzer by Henry Winkler
• The Fariy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
• Molly Moon by Georgia Byng

Pick one of these books to try.  I'll bet one of them just won't be enough! 

Happy Reading!    Mrs. Harp