Friday, January 31, 2020

February 2, 2020


Training Camp (Wizenard #1), (2019)
by Kobe Bryant & Wesley King

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Dear Basketball
by Kobe Bryant
2018 Oscar winner animation short film






Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice, (2019)
words by Debbie Levy and pictures by Whitney Gardner

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American Panda, (2018)
by Gloria Chao

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Broken Strings, (2019)
by Eric Walters & Kathy Kacer

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Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, (2018)
by Sylvia Acevedo

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Friday, January 24, 2020

January 26, 2020


Students are invited to join me in the Library Media Center on Monday, January 27 at 8:10am to watch the ALA Youth Media Awards live streamed from the ALA Midwinter conference in Philadelphia. 


If you love the Spy School series, you will enjoy another mystery series by Stuart Gibbs. 

Belly Up (FunJungle #1), (2010)
by Stuart Gibbs

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Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights, (2019)
words by Mikki Kendall and pictures by A. D'Amico

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Ordinary Hazards, (2019)
by Nikki Grimes

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When You Trap a Tiger, (2020)
by Tae Keller

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Karl's New Beak: 3-D Printing Builds a Bird a Better Life, (2019)
by Lela Nargi

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Sunday, January 19, 2020

January 19, 2020

Tomorrow we honor the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. Here is a beautiful picture book to launch discussion.

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation, (2019)
written by Barry Wittenstein and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

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TBH, This is So Awkward, (2018)
by Lisa Greenwald

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A World Below, (2018)
by Wesley King

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Clean Getaway, (2020)
by Nic Stone

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The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper #1), (2018)
by Catherine Doyle

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Grand Theft Horse, (2018)
by G. Neri

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Sunday, January 12, 2020

January 12, 2019

This is the week of the Scholastic Book Fair!  Here is a link to the Scholastic Book Fair online flyer.



This graphic novel series is not new but it is new to our library. At the beginning of the school year many students were requesting it from other libraries so I thought we should have copies in our library.

Steven Universe Volume 1, (2014)
by Rebecca Sugar and Jeremy Sorese

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Remember last year I told you there were two books on this list that have my heart? Well, those of you who knew me from Hampden Meadows know this book was my obsession.  I was hoping it would get a Newbery sticker. However, it won a Schneider Family Book Award (the second one for talented author Leslie Connor). 

The Truth as Told By Mason Buttle, (2018)
by Leslie Connor

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I just finished this one and it is so, so good! 

The Best At It, (2019)
by Maulik Pancholy

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Rick Riordan Presents is a division of the Disney-Hyperion Publishing family with a goal "to publish great middle grade authors from underrepresented cultures and backgrounds, to let them tell their own stories inspired by the mythology and folklore of their heritage." Yes please and thank you!

Race to the Sun, (2020)
by Rebecca Roanhorse

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Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed and Murdered Through History, (2019)
by Alison Mathews David and Serah-Marie McMahon

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Saturday, January 4, 2020

January 5, 2019

Next week is the BMS Scholastic Book Fair! It will take place from January 13 - January 17th. Here is a link to the Scholastic Book Fair online flyer. 


Parents, please read this message from the BMS Book Fair Team who need help making this a success.


We now have the entire Moon Base Alpha series in the BMS Library. For those students who love the Spy School series, this is another series by Stuart Gibbs you may enjoy.

Space Case (Moon Base Alpha #1), (2014)
by Stuart Gibbs

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Psst...I am going to let you in on a secret. If I was a middle school student, I would have a difficult time voting this year because this week's title and next week's title both have my heart. A novel in verse based on true historical events with a genius researcher and author in Susan Hood. EVERY person I have handed this book to has come back to say they loved it. 

Lifeboat 12, (2018)
by Susan Hood

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Pet, (2019)
by Akwaeke Emezi

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Sunny Rolls the Dice, (2019)
by Jennifer L. Holm

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The Poison Eaters, (2019)
by Gail Jarrow

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