Library Announcements

We look forward to seeing all of our students in the library.
All K-4 classes visit the library once each week to learn how to use the
library, to be introduced to the best in children's literature, and to check
out books.

See the Jewish Book Month Bookmark Contest page for the announcement of this 
year's winners.

Jewish Book Month for 2009/5770 comes to a close with the beginning of 
Hanukkah.  The library has been busy with Jewish themed books read by Mrs. 
Katzin to the Kindergarten through fourth grade classes during their regular 
library class time, focusing on winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award.

We have a Sydney Taylor Manuscript Competition winner in the Hillel Torah 
family.  Faye Silton, grandmother of Yakira and Dina Robinson, wrote Of 
Heroes, Hooks, and Heirlooms, published by the Jewish Publication Society in 
1997.  It tells the story of twelve-year-old Mia, the daughter of Holocaust 
survivors, who must share a family heirloom for her class Heritage Project.  
Mia learns to crochet so she can make a lace collar like the one her 
grandmother is wearing in the family's only surviving photograph.

On Wednesday, December 2nd, we hosted a VOYA booktalk program from the Skokie 
Public Library for our third and fourth grade students.  The students were 
excited to receive illustrated cards that described the featured books.

Welcome to new members of the Birthday Book Club: Tami Schneiderman, Shiri 
Kolom, Amitai Kolom, and Tehilah David.

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Here are the newest members of the Birthday Book Club: Meira Linzer, Hersch 
Linzer, Shana Rosenberg, and Yaakov Rosenberg.

Thank you to the Otani family for their book donation.

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The newest members of the Birthday Book Club are: Natalie Booker, Shirelle 
Borochov, Samantha Levy, Joey Levy, Ray Goltz, David Attar, Ariel Peritt, and 
Dana Koenig.

Thank you to Laurie Pinchot and Paige Janko for donating books to the library.

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Here are some new members of the Birthday Book Club: David Gaffen, Amelia 
Needle, Sarah Quintas, Rebecca Quintas, Zack Miller, and Max Miller.  
Thank you also to the Kutliroff family for their large book donation.

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Birthday Book Club

Celebrate your child's upcoming birthday by donating a book to the Hillel 
Torah Library in his or her honor!  Present and future students will benefit 
by your contribution as well as enable the school to purchase superior 
literature and resource materials for all grades.

For information regarding library donations, please contact Rachel 
Blumenthal, 847-674-4950.  Please mail your check to Judy Mendelsberg,     
8955 N. Crawford, Skokie, Il 60076.