T-Day Trivia 11/10

What is Uncle Benny's occupation? 

 If you know the answer, submit it with your name in the box at the circulation desk.
 Good Luck!


Answer: Firefighter. No winner today.

T - Day trivia is coming!

Test your MCBA IQ with T-Day trivia! Each Tuesday and Thursday (the "T" days) I will post a trivia question from one of this year's nominees on the blog. If you think you have the answer, stop by the library and put your guess in the box. On Wednesday and Friday, I will draw one correct answer for our winner. 

It will be a great way to build your trivia muscles preparing for the Battle of the Books.

Check back on Tuesday for our first question.

Join the Book Club

Join the MCBA Book Club! Skype with the author!

Our first book will be Nan Marino's Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace.

We will meet on Tuesday's from 3:30-4:30 to read and discuss the book and enjoy a snack beginning on November 17th.  Interested 6th graders please see me for an alternate time. Please complete the permission form and return it by November 12th. 

MCBA 2016 Launches November 10th

Let the countdown begin! We will kick off this year's MCBA program with an assembly in the library on Tuesday, November 10th at 8:10. Meet the nominees and hear about what is in store for this year's reading extravaganza.

Let the wild reading rumpus begin!

Check out our e-books!

Just added to our e-book collection:

Wings of Fire

Flora and Ulysses

Kizzy Ann Stamps

Legend of the Ghost Dog

You can download these to your device, or read right on your computer. Find them at our Follett Shelf

Back to School

The countdown is on, as we enter our final weeks of summer vacation. It was such a long break this year and I hope you were able to get a good jump start on your MCBA reading.



I have read 17 nominees so far and have some early favorites.
Kizzy Ann Stamps! I had no expectations for this book, had never heard of it, and the cover didn't excite me at all. And in the best way, this book grabbed me from the beginning. I loved it! If you liked last year's Lions of Little Rock, you will enjoy this one. Kizzy is a brave girl with a strong voice, and her story is told in letters to her new teacher at an integrated school. Her dog is important, too!

I also enjoyed Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace. When Elvis Ruby, the most famous celebrity in the world and winner of TweenStar freezes onstage, his father thinks he needs a break from all the paparazzi. So he send him off to a small town in New Jersey, to work at his aunt's pancake restaurant. He changes his name and appearance, and is finally able to relax...until he meets Cecilia. Cecilia recognizes him and has a very big secret to keep. Keeping a secret is not easy.
A fun read, and it moves quickly, told in alternating chapters by Elvis and Cecilia.

I am anxious to hear which books you have loved and which you didn't! (The School for Good and Evil was not my favorite...more on that later.)
I'm really looking froward to connecting with my readers in a few weeks!

The 2015-2016 list is here!

The highly anticipated list of nominees for next year has arrived. The list includes award-winners, favorite authors and lots of new authors and stories to explore. I've been busy getting them ordered, so they will be all set to go when we return in the fall.

But don't wait until fall! Get a head start now by taking the list to your local public library and dive into some leisurely summer reading. (I love reading a good book at the beach, on the porch, at the campsite...)

Set a goal and surprise yourself by how much you read this summer.

I'll be doing the same, and will be eager to discuss all of them with you when we return in September.


Happy reading!