Falling Books Bookend (red and green versions also available), £22.50, Design My World
Umbra Conceal Invisible Bookshelf, £10.50, Henry Tibbs
We visited the webpage http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/ to find some activities - printed out the paper doll and dressed it and then laminated it for a Junie B bookmark...Learners use skills, resources, & tools to:
"This story starts with a train rushing through the night...."
No one knows where or how it will end!
Abundant reading research proves that the following components of an independent reading program increase students' reading achievement and motivation to read:
http://projectinfolit.org/pdfs/PIL_Fall2010_Survey_FullReport1.pdfAbstract
BY ALISON J. HEAD, PH.D. AND MICHAEL B. EISENBERG, PH.D.
PROJECT INFORMATION LITERACY PROGRESS REPORT NOVEMBER 1, 2010
THE INFORMATION SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
RESEARCH SPONSORED BY MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
Tony Millett who is LIANZA's resident expert on Copyright advises :
"Section 47(2) of the Copyright Act 1994 (as amended) permits a sound recording, film, or communication work to be played or shown for the purposes of instruction to "persons who are students or staff members at an educational establishment or are directly connected with the activities of the establishment" without infringing copyright. However, the copying of a film is not permitted without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
It is certainly not true that "anything on the Internet is fair game". There is copyright in most types of material on the Internet, unless the author or copyright owner has waived copyright, specifically granted permission, or made the work available via a Creative Commons licence which permits copying or downloading, or unless the work is out of copyright.
Shared by Angela Soutar on the school library list serv.
and
http://www.cafepress.com/LibraryGifts
Margaret Mahy's new picture book is an absolute delight - exquisitely illustrated by David Elliot, it tells the story of a hardworking farmer who is oblivious to the marvellous moon that brings all the animals out to frolic and celebrate in the magical night-time, until one night...
Everything about this book is perfect - the story, the language, the art work, the book design (by Sarah Elworthy and David Elliot) with its cut-out window and open-the-flap barn door, and the whole experience leaves you with a smile on your face and the memory of all the times that you've been filled with wonder yourself at a world transformed by silvery moonlight.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371575,00.asp
The library wants as many people as possible to record the opening paragraphs of children's book Mr Tickle to track differences in vowel sounds.
