Chickadees Continued

A Splash of Red:

The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

written by Jen Bryant

illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Author Jen Bryant's website, LINK

Illustrator Melissa Sweet's website, LINK

Artwork by Horace Pippin LINK

Information about Horace Pippin from the National Gallery of Art, use your bold type and look for "Background". LINK

Miracle Mud today LINK

More Chicks!

Book Trailer from Scholastic LINK

An Interview with the Author and the Illustrator LINK

Joshua Bell's Website LINK

The Story Behind the Story LINK

The Story Repeated LINK

Chickadee Nominees 2014-2015

The Chickadee Award

The Chickadee Award is a very special award chose by Maine students in grades K-4. During the months of January, February, and March we will be reading the ten Chickadee award nominees. Nominees include biographies, folktales, and fiction. What do you think an award winning book should include?

Here is a short video about this year's nominees LINK

Here is a link to the Chickadee Award website, LINK

Foxy! by Jessica Souhami, 398.2 SOU

 The first title we will read is Foxy! by Jessica Souhami.  You'll find this book in the 398.2 section of the library.  What kind of books are in the 398.2 section? 

Hour of Code

"The Hour of Code" is a international effort to get as many students as possible to explore the language of computer coding.  Students of all ages at South School will be participating in this fun event between December 8th and  December 19th.  I encourage you to visit the following links to explore coding on your own.  -Mrs. Tibbetts

Code.org LINK

For the iPad, Kodable

Halloween Links!

Audio Stories

LINK

Increase Your Speed

Become a better researcher, writer, and computer user!  Use Type to Learn to increase your keyboard skills.  Download the program at home with this link. LINK  Be patient.  It took me 20 minutes to download it on my computer.  Use your district ID and password to login.  Have Fun!

Make New Friends at the Library!

When school starts I love to introduce students to the many wonderful characters that they can find on the library shelves. Visiting characters in series is like spending time with old friends. One of the new characters we will meet this year is Otis the tractor.  He is the creation of author and illustrator Loren Long. Watch the video below to learn more about the craft of illustration.

Here is another visit with author Loren Long.


You can visit author Loren Long at his website. LINK

You can visit Otis at his very own website. LINK