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New Books for Big Kids

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:00:08 +0000

Three new books by Pam Muñoz Ryan have been added to our library through the points collected from our Scholastic.com account: Riding Freedom, Esperanza Riding, Becoming Naomi Leon.

From the Scholastic website:

Pam Muñoz Ryan has written over 25 children’s books. Each of her celebrated novels tells the story of a strong character in a specific time and place. Esperanza Rising is about a young girl who flees from Mexico to California to work in a labor camp. Riding Freedom is an account of little-known heroine Charlotte Parkhurst, a girl in the 1800s who is determined to become a horse rider but faces obstacles because she is female. Muñoz Ryan’s newest book, Becoming Naomi León, focuses on a girl whose mother reappears after a 7-year absence.

Who will be the first TIS student to read these new books?

A Snowy Day at TIS

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:30:42 +0000

Snow is very rare for us here in Tsukuba, so when it snows we want to play in it!

Here are some books about snow that you can find in our library. How many have you read?

New Library Books

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:18:31 +0000

Here are some new books that arrived in our library recently.

Bat’s Big Game by Margaret Read MacDonald
Crazy Like a Fox by Loreen Leedy
Dark Day in the Deep Sea (Magic Treehouse #39) by Mary Pope Osborne
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex
Horrible harry and the Dead Letters by Suzy Kline
Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe
The Witches by Roald Dahl

Who will be the first to read them?

Free Summer Subscription to TumbleBooks

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:48:24 +0000

Tsukuba International School has a free subscription to the TumbleBook Library until August 31, 2009. Click here for more information.

Happy Tumbling!

Books Donated by Nishimachi International School

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:40:11 +0000

We were very lucky to receive a very large donation of high quality books from Nishimachi International School yesterday. The donation totals 252 books and includes English, Japanese, and French titles in both fiction and non-fiction. We are extremely grateful to Ms. Tammy Hayano of Nishimachi International School and her Grade 3 class for arranging to send the books to our school. We promise to put them all to good use!

New Books Added to Library

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:21:38 +0000

We recently received a nice collection of new books for our library.

It’s nice to see that some of the classic books that we adults read as children are still around for our kids to enjoy.

Book Review by SI: Araminta Spookie 2: The Sword in the Grotto

admin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:31:54 +0000

I read the book Araminta Spookie 2: The Sword in the Grotto by Angie Sage. This book is about two girls, Wanda and Araminta, who need to find a present for Sir Horace’s five hundredth birthday. They found what they want to give him, but a portcullis trapped them. This story took place in a cave and a haunted house. The eight characters in the house include ghosts and wizards. My favorite character is Edmund, who is a ghost. I like him because he is brave and helpful. Funny things happened like Uncle Drac falling out of his bedroom. I recommend this book because it is funny and gives many details. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would give this book an 8.

You can see our book reviews and a list of some of the books in our library on our Library Thing page.

Book Review by MF: Araminta Spookie 2: The Sword in the Grotto

admin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:30:11 +0000

I read a book called Araminta Spookie 2: The Sword in the Grotto. The author is Angie Sage. The story is about Wanda and Araminta finding a sword for Sir Horace’s birthday. Wanda is interesting because she is crazy! Uncle Drac is Araminta’s Uncle. The funniest part of the story is when Uncle Drac fell out of his sleeping bag and squished his friend Big Bat. I liked the character Sir Horace because he is a ghost and a knight. I would recommend this book because it has a lot of details and a good ending. I would give this book a score of 10 out of 10.

You can see our book reviews and a list of some of the books in our library on our Library Thing page.

Caldecott Medal Winners Added to Library

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:58:24 +0000

In addition to the books that arrived earlier this month, we have just received a shipment of Caldecott Medal books. The Caldecott Medal is awarded to the artist (not necessarily the author) of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in a particular year. The Caldecott Medal and the Newberry Medal are the highest awards in children’s literature in the United States.

The following books have been added to our library.

2006 Medal Winner: The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster
2006 Honor Book: Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth
2005 Honor Book: Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale illustrated and written by Mo Willems
2004 Honor Book: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
2003 Medal Winner: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
1999 Honor Book: No, David! by David Shannon
1996 Medal Winner: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
1988 Medal Winner: Owl Moon illustrated by John Schoenherr, written by Jane Yolen
1988 Honor Book: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe
1964 Honor Book: Swimmy by Leo Lionni
1963 Medal Winner: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
1949 Medal Winner: The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
1948 Medal Winner: White Snow, Bright Snow illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, written by Alvin Tresselt

You can read more about the Caldecott Medal on the American Library Association website and Wikipedia. You can also see a list of the award winning books (both medal winners and honor books) on the ALA site.

New Books Arrive from Scholastic

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:00:33 +0000

Tsukuba International School is a member of Scholastic, a mail order club that is very popular with schools in North America. It is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and children’s media. While its primary focus is children’s books, it also offers magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos, and toys.

Students at our school are given the opportunity of ordering books from Scholastic on a regular basis. Our September order recently came in and the kids were SO excited to receive not just their own books, but some extra books for our school library.

Here is a scene from our morning meeting. One of our students is sharing a new book with her schoolmates.

And here are some of the new books that we have added to our school library.

It is great to see the kids so excited about books!

If you are interested in learning more about our school library, please have a look at the Library page on our website where you can see a random sampling of our collection and even search for books online. We only have a very small portion of our books online right now, but we will keep working on getting our full collection online over the school year.