The End of the Beginning

So the question came up recently... when is the beginning of the school year over?
When are we in the middle?

I think by the time we get to October we are well into our academic year, but is the beginning really over?  Hard to say.

What I can say is that Upham Library activity is in full swing now.

Our theme for the year school-wide is:

Look for the Awesome!

That is also our theme for the year in the library as students and Ms. J. find fascinating things to share and talk about.

Follow your curiosity and see where it takes you.

Look who is reading on their own...

The Upham Library's Book Buddies opened up a new copy of Gaston and as far as I can tell, they seem to be enjoying it.

Everyone is getting caught reading this summer

A marble statue reads a book in the Newton Free Library.

Working that Summer Reading Bingo...

Have you read in a hammock yet?  Ms. J. has. 
Check it off. 
It looks like she is reading a magazine. 
Have you read any good magazines this summer? 
How about a food and cooking magazine?
Or a sports magazine? 
Anyone read about the World Cup in a magazine? 
The only problem with reading in a hammock... it is so comfortable it is pretty easy to fall asleep.

Reading on a boat?!

Here I am reading away on board our kayak.  I'm reading a graphic novel memoir about a women who grew up in Iran titled, Persepolis. It is fun to read outside, but it is very hard to paddle and steer while reading!

Caught reading in New York City

Ms. J. was recently visiting the Big Apple and in addition to eating dim sum in Chinatown and catching a show on Broadway she was caught reading in some interesting spots.  Can you guess where she is in each of these photos? She was reading The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. It was 864 pages and it weighed over 2 pounds!  It was long and it was heavy to carry around but it was amazingly good which is why I managed to finish it.  Then I read a book by Carl Hiassen who wrote Chomp and Hoot and Scat.  He is a very funny writer.

Reading at the beach

Ms. J. reads Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer on a nice quiet stretch of the beach at Walden Pond.