• Sep282008
    Merlin's Dragon

    POSTED AT 03:18 PM

    I just finished reading T.A. Barron’s latest book, titled Merlin’s Dragon.  It’s about a small lizard-like creature named Basil that hatches out of a mysterious green egg.  As years go by, its special talent and character grows, but its body remains very small.  It learns a great deal about the land and creatures in its “neighborhood” and hears the stories of magical creatures and people in other lands, but never has the opportunity to leave its own home until one day a portal opens up, and Basil is transported to a magical place where he meets the great wizard, Merlin.  It's the beginning of many adventures for the little lizard, but with each adventure it’s clear that although he may be small, he can make a big difference.

    I enjoyed reading about Basil’s adventures and the lands (the roots, really) of the Great Tree of Avalon.  Basil is both a brave and funny character.  The book is alive with magic—the kind we think of when we think and read about wizards, dragons and other mythical creatures and the kind that we see and hear in the nature that is all around us.

    I hope you’ll take the opportunity to read Merlin’s Dragon and share what you think about this new book.


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    Sep252008
    Author! Author!

    POSTED AT 11:19 PM

    This coming Monday morning, author T.A. Barron will be visiting LMS.  Mr. Barron writes about heroes and nature.  Most of his books take place in a long ago land and time.  If you love fantasy, wizards and nature you will love his books.  This is a wonderful time to learn more about Merlin, the most famous wizard of all.  (Sorry, Harry!) There is adventure, romance, humor and more as we learn about his boyhood and how he came to be that wizard.  While learning about Merlin (and the other book characters) we learn about nature and how each of us can take part in making positive changes to our lives and the world we live in.  We have many copies of Mr. Barron's books; come check out a few!

     

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    Aug072008
    August

    POSTED AT 09:40 PM

    I've just returned from an interesting weekend with about 120 other librarians.  (Believe it or not, we were a pretty loud group!)  While our focus was on the best ways to help you, our students, learn-- especially through reading and research, we also talked about books we enjoy.  Most especially, we talked about the books you enjoy.  Several librarians were reading Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer.  Some of us discussed The Looking Glass Wars and there were a number of us waiting for Brsinger.  These were just a few of the titles being talked about!  You can contact me through this blog or by email if you have any requests.  I do try to get titles you're interested in reading, you know!
     
    Amazingly, August is well under way and we'll be seeing each other again, soon!  I hope you've chosen and read one of the books from the Summer Reading list.  If you want to keep some notes to help you remember the book better, there's a handy outline you can use on our library web page.  Click on "Summer Reading" in the left-hand column and then "note-taking help."  You may save the document or print it out. 
     
    Also, I thought I might ask you for your help with a question I'm grappling with right now.  I'm considering a new laptop computer for home.  I'm writing this blog on my PC.  The question:  Should the new laptop be a PC or a MAC?  If you have an opinion, I'd like to know!
     

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    Aug022008
    More summer reading

    POSTED AT 02:14 PM

    Well, I finished The Mysterious Benedict Society and enjoyed it very much.  It’s a little bit fantasy and a little bit sci-fi.  I enjoyed the characters very much, especially Kate.  The end contains a bit of surprise about one of the characters!  Did I mention that I read the MBS on a Kindle?  The Kindle is a wireless reading tool. It’s about the size of a book. I downloaded the MBS (over 400 pages in print) in less than 1 minute!

     

    Presently, I’m listening to Seeing Red by Frank Beddor.  It’s the second part of a trilogy that is supposed to be the “real” story of Alice in Wonderland.  The first title is The Looking Glass Wars.   I like the premise of the story and the characters (who are drawn from Louis Carroll’s books).  However, it’s too violent for my taste.  In this case, less description would be better!  Ugh!.

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    Jul212008
    Summer and Learning

    POSTED AT 03:51 PM

    Monday, July 21, 2008
    Hi LMS Students!
     
    As you can see, I'm spending part of my summer learning new things.  For example, I'm learning about blogs.  I've read blogs, of course, but haven't actually written one.  So, this is something new for me.  If you have comments or suggestions, I'd love to read them. You can email me through the mailbox icon on the top right of this page. 
    I'm also doing some reading (I know, you're not surprised by that!).  I recently finished reading Party Girl and A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Bunce.  Curse is a novel based on the Rumpelstiltskin story; it's a complex story, but If you like novels based on fairy tales, I think you'll like this one!  I'm currently reading The Mysterious Benedict Society and listening to a book called Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith.  It's a little bit mystery, a little bit humor, and a lot about philosophy--questions about friendship and "duty."  I mention it because I want you to know that every once in a while, I do read an adult book!
     
    Mrs. Herr

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