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Bostian Elementary School!

If we do not give our children mostly positive reading experiences, they will not choose to be readers . . . Dr. Michael Pressley

The first quarter of our school year is already over! It was a quick trip! You are AWESOME readers!! Keep earning those AR points!  We will have a Team Store to spend your Bulldog Bucks you are earning through AR.  There will be lots of cool prizes.

Our Fall Book Fair will begin on Saturday, November 7 during PTA's annual Fall Festival and will run through November 12.  We will have a wonderful selection of books at our Scholastic Book Fair.  Fall is a great time to curl up with a good book!

Students have been hearing about the books nominated for this year's NC Children's Book Award and will have an opportunity to vote on their favorite title in March.  These books are available at our school library and the Rowan Public Library. These are some of the best books for children published in the last three years.  I hope you will read a lot of them! The titles in the picture book category are:  

A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker

Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen by Cari Best

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach

Traction Man Meets Turbodog by Mini Grey

Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski

Katie Loves the Kittens by John Himmelman

The Little Bit Scary People by Emily Jenkins

Wind-Wild Dog by Barbara Joosse

Two Bobbies: a True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival by Kirby Larson (One of Mrs. Isenhour's favorites!)

Abe's Honest Words by Doreen Rappaport

Night Boat to Freedom by Margot Theis Raven

Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton

Nothing by Trouble:  The Story of Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher

The Doghouse by Jan Thomas

Titles in the junior book category:

Frogs by Nic Bishop

The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country Music by Bret Bertholf

Moving Day (Allie Finkle Series) by Meg Cabot

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

Extreme Animals:  The Toughest Creatures on Earth by Nicola Davies

Diamond Willow by Helen Frost

Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Cracker! : The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata

Savvy by Ingrid Law

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

Edward's Eyes by Patricia Maclachlan

This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman

Tryouts for the Battle of the Books team will be held in Dec.!

Battle of the Books List

Becoming Naomi Leon

The Best School Year Ever

Bunnicula

A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray

Everything on a Waffle

How to Steal a Dog

The Last Holiday Concert

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Poppy

Ruby Holler

Tuck Everlasting

Yellow Bird and Me 

Fifth graders are working on an IMPACT units about Native Americans and weather.  First grade is getting ready to begin an IMPACT unit on geometry.  

It is time to "FALL" into some good books!!!

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