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I am the elementary librarian at The American School in Japan.
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Don’t Be A Bad Kitty

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During library lessons we’ve been talking about being responsible library patrons.  This Bad Kitty bookmark sums up a lot of our conversations about book care.  Next week in the library there will be a Bookmark Challenge.  Students will be encouraged to design their own bookmarks and if they feel they have a really outstanding bookmark, enter their bookmark in a design challenge contest.  All bookmarks in the design challenge will be due by October 9th.

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Gr. 4 Book Bingo

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Realistic Fiction – Rules by Cynthia Lord

Rules is the story of a twelve-year-old girl named Catherine, who is torn between caring for her autistic brother David and doing what she really wants to do during summer break.

Mystery – Swindle by Gordon Korman

If you like books about kids taking matters into their own hands, you’ll enjoy this fast-paced mystery.  After being “swindled”, Griffin Bing and his team will do just about anything to get back his Babe Ruth baseball card.

Adventure –  Magic Pickle and the Planet of the Grapes by Scott Morse
A lunchtime accident in the lab creates the Magic Pickle, the perfect superhero, ready to save the world from all sorts of bad guys and fight for truth and justice!

Fantasy – I Freddy:  Book One in the Golden Hamster Saga by Dietlof Reiche

I, Freddy Freddy is not an ordinary hamster.  Freddy is a thinking, talking, reading, writing hamster.  In order to get out of the pet store, Freddy must come up with a plan.  What will Freddy do to get out of the cage that is holding him back?  If you have never picked up the first book in this series, give it a try if you like Fantasy and Humor.