1.Anderson, Laurie Halse Chains
2.Bartoletti, Susan The Boy Who Dared
3.Cassidy, Cathy Scarlett
4.Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games
5.Connor, Leslie Waiting for Normal
6.Frost, Helen Diamond Willow
7.Haddix, Margaret Peterson Found
8.Herlong, M. H. The Great Wide Sea
9.Hiaasen, Carl Scat
10.Korman, Gordon Schooled
11.Law, Ingrid Savvy
12.Mass, Wendy 11 Birthdays
13.McKissack, Patricia C. A Friendship for Today
14.Mull, Brandon Fablehaven
15.Pearsall, Shelley All Shook Up
16.Roy, Jennifer Yellow Star
17.Schmidt, Gary D. Trouble
18.Scott, Michael The Alchemyst
19.Shafer, Audrey The Mailbox
20.Sonnenblick, Jordan Notes from the Midnight Driver

"Fun with Genres" Reading Program

This month's Reading Program Genres are:

1. Historical fiction

2. Poetry

Students in grades 1-5 can participate by filling out the Reading Program form (found at the checkout counter in the library) and turning it in to the library. One point will be given for each form completed and turned in. In April, students will have the opportunity to turn in points for prizes. Best of luck to all of you.

2011 Bluestem Award Nominees

In the spring of 2008, the ISLMA board approved establishing a committee to explore the possibility of a new book award that would fit between the Monarch and Rebecca Caudill Awards. The award is designed for students in grades 3-5 who are ready for longer titles than found on the Monarch list, but not quite ready for the sophistication of some of the Rebecca Caudill titles. Named in honor of Big Bluestem which is the state prairie grass, the award may include both timeless classics and current titles, as well as books that have appeared on Monarch and Rebecca Caudill lists. This year's list is as follows:

1. Barrows, Annie Ivy and Bean
2.Bishop, Nic Nic Bishop Frogs
3.Clements, Andrew No Talking
4.Dahl, Roald BFG
5.DiTerlizzi, Tony Kenny and the Dragon
6.Hopkinson, Deborah Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
7.Jonell, Lynne Emmy an the Incredible
Shrinking Rat
8.Levine, Ellen Henry’s Freedom Box
9.Lin, Grace Year of the Dog
10.Mills, Claudia Being Teddy Roosevelt
11.Newman, Leslea Hachiko Waits
12.Nobleman, Mark Tyler Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman
13.O’Connor, Barbara How to Steal a Dog
14.Selznik, Brian Houdini Box
15.Sonnenblick, Jordan Dodger and Me
16.Spinelli, Eileen Where I Live
17.St. George, Judith Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln
18.Van Draanen, Wendelin Shredderman: Secret Identity
19.Weeks, Sarah Oggie Cooder
20.Wiles, Deborah Aurora County All-Stars

These titles are currently on display in the library. Some of the titles are available for check-out. All titles will be available shortly.

All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn
Travis and his sister, Corey, can’t resist a good trick—so when they learn that their
grandmother’s sleepy Vermont inn has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a
little “haunting” of their own. Scaring the guests proves to be great fun, and before long,
the inn is filled with tourists and ghost hunters eager for a glimpse of the supernatural.
But Travis and Corey soon find out that they aren’t the only ghosts at Fox Hill Inn. Their
thoughtless games have awakened something dangerous, something that should have
stayed asleep. Restless, spiteful spirits swarm the inn, while a dark and terrifying
presence stalks the halls and the old oak grove on the inn’s grounds. To lay the ghosts
to rest, Travis and Corey must first discover the dark history of Fox Hill and the horrors
visited on its inhabitants years earlier.