Congratulations to fifth grader Mia W. in Ms. Dreiling's class for answering the most titles correctly! She figured out 22 of the 25 titles. There is a 23-way tie for second place, with 21 titles answered correctly. Most of the second place winners are fourth graders; way to go!

The answers:

1. Little Red Riding Hood by the Brothers Grimm
2. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
3. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
4. Dracula by Bram Stoker
5. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
6. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
7. Watchmen by Alan Moore
8. Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault
9. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
10. Aladdin by Anonymous
11. The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
12. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
13. The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
14. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
15. Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
16. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
17. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
18. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
19. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
20. Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
21. The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
22. the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
23. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
24. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
25. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie or Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stephenson

You can purchase the shirt, called "Storytellers," from Threadless.

Next (school) year's California Young Reader Medal (CYRM) nominees were announced February 1. Every year, in the library, we read the nominees for the Primary and Picture Books for Older Readers categories; the Intermediate category books are for independent reading.

PRIMARY (Grades K-3)
On Meadowview Street written and illustrated by Henry Cole. Greenwillow Books, 2007.
Let's Do Nothing written and illustrated by Tony Fucile. Candlewick Press, 2009. (E FUC)
The Odd Egg written and illustrated by Emily Gravett. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated written by Florence Heide. Illustrated by Sylvia Van Clief. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009. (E HEI)
I Need My Monster written by Amanda Noll.  Illustrated by Howard McWilliam. Flashlight Press, 2009.

PICTURE BOOK FOR OLDER READERS (Grades 4 and up)
Goal! written by Mina Javaherbin. Illustrated by A.G. Ford. Candlewick Press, 2010. (E JAV)
Henry's Freedom Box written by Ellen Levine. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Scholastic Press, 2007. (E LEV)
Wabi Sabi written by Mark Reibstein. Illustrated by Ed Young. Little, Brown & Co., 2008. (E REI)

INTERMEDIATE (Grades 3-6)
Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette Haworth.  Walker & Co., 2008.
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2008. (PB LOO)
The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O'Conner. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009.

I recently purchased a t-shirt with 25 book covers drawn to resemble characters from books. Some of the fifth graders were interested in what each book is, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to have the students test their knowledge of books!

Students have until February 18 to submit their book title guesses. Forms can be found in the library near the Reading Rug. Students may collaborate but must submit their own forms. The five students who have the most titles correct will win a prize.

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