We are off to a great start in the library this year! Students have eagerly awaited the 3rd book in the Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen triology, Circle. We finally got to read it this week! And now we're wondering, what shape is next? ...
Summer 2019
What an amazing year we had in the Upland Terrace Library! I'm looking forward to another great year starting this Fall. But most importantly, I hope all of our awesome Upland students will keep reading over the summer! There are lots of reading programs for kids with incentives and prizes. Check in with our county library by attending the summer reading kick off party Friday, May 31 at the Veridian Event Center. You can also drop in to ...
4/29 – 5/3
We are down to our last couple of weeks in the library! All of our books will be due back Friday, May 10, so this is our last week to check out books. I've been saving this read aloud for a while now and think out Upland students will love it! In People Don't Bite People by Lisa Wheeler, children learn why its good to bite food but bad to bite people! "Its good to bite a carrot. It's good to bite a steak. It's bad to bite your sister! She's ...
4/22 – 4/26
In celebration of Earth Day (April 22) this week, we are reading The Digger and the Flower, by Joseph Kuefler. What happens when a bull dozer named Digger stumbles upon a little flower in the middle of a concrete city? He sets in motion a series of events that will change him and the city forever. We also have a number of books on display about Earth Day and related subjects, like recycling, conservation and weather. Encourage your kids to ...
4/15-4/19
To celebrate National Library Week, (April 8 - 12) we are reading The Librarian of Basra, by Jeanette Winter. This is the fascinating story of Alia Muhammad Baker, chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, a coastal city in Iraq. The Iraqi invasion reached Basra on April 6, 2003, but with the help of friends and neighbors, Alia managed to rescue 70% of the library's collection before it burned to the ground 9 days later. The ...
4/8 – 4/12
April is National Poetry Month and this week is National Library Week! There's a lot going on at Upland Terrace this week. But to celebrate in the library, we are exploring all kinds of poetry, including concrete poems. In Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems by Bob Raczka, the kids love to see how these poems look like their subject. We're reading a poem about time that looks like a clock, and one about a balloon in the shape of a balloon. ...
4/1 – 4/5
What a fun book this is! Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey has been one of our top requests this year, and it finally came in. Thelma is a pony who wishes with all her heart to be a unicorn. Even though her best friend Otis likes her the way she is, Thelma isn't satisfied until she transforms into the pink, glittery unicorn of her dreams. But she soon finds out fame and fortune aren't all they seem. It isn't long before she's lonely and ...
3/18 – 3/22
Pocket Full of Colors by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville tells the fascinating story of Mary Blair, Disney artist extraordinaire. It's a Beehive Book nominee for 2019 in the informational category. From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary saw the world in vivid hughes everywhere she went. She challenged the men at Disney, who only thought in black and white, with ...
3/11 – 3/15
Lion Lessons by Jon Agee is our last Beehive Book Nominee from the picture book category. It came out in 2016, but was just nominated this year. It's a fun look at what it takes to get your "lion diploma." And who better to teach a young boy than a lion himself! But what looks like an easy road to becoming a lion is actually quite challenging - you have to learn how to look fierce, roar authentically, prowl around, sprint and pounce - not ...
3/4 – 3/8
If you've ever ridden a bike through a capital city, you know the thrill and the advantage of seeing the sites on two wheels. This week, we are reading about the woman who led the movement in Europe to make big cities bicycle friendly. Pedal Power, How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World, by Allan Drummond, is the story of how Maartje Rutten and her friends led the protest movement in the Netherlands in the 1970's. Because of ...