The book club for 5th-grade students had a marvelous time with D. J. MacHale, who was kind enough to come to our club meeting on Friday, February 10. Mr. MacHale answered questions about the Pendragon and Morpheus Road series (while avoiding plot spoilers!) and about books, writing, and reading. The students were polite, knowledgeable, and appreciative--I was very proud of them! Authors Week has once again stirred up tremendous interest in reading and writing. I would like to acknowledge Anne Lin, Pennekamp parent, who put together this fabulous week! In addition to D. J. MacHale, our school also met Debra Garfinkle, author of many books but most recently the Zeke Meeks series. The library has all four of the Zeke Meeks books (four more are to come) and there is a waitlist of eager students for each one. Likewise for D. J. MacHale's books: students have been checking out our library's copies, the public library's copies, and buying out our local booksellers. Authors Week has created such an enthusiasm for reading among our students. Thanks to the Pennekamp PTA for funding the event and helping our students become readers--and possibly authors, too! |   |
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Barbara Siegemund-Broka, library resource specialist, maintains this blog to inform Pennekamp students and families about library news and related content. Any opinions expressed here are solely her own.
What's Ms. Barbara reading?
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell
Worth repeating:
His eyes are soft. “Do you know why I became a librarian?” I wait for him to tell me, because of course I don’t. “Dewey,” he says. “As in the decimal system.” I’m not sure if he’s joking or not, but he continues, “I like order. I like organization. The idea of all the information in the world, all organized, everything in its place—I like that idea.” He clears his throat. “But I’ve been doing this job for a long time. And the thing I’ve learned is that stories aren’t about order and organization. They’re about feelings. And the feelings don’t always make sense. See, stories are like …” He pauses, brow furrowing, then nods, satisfied in finding the right comparison: “Water. Like rain. We can hold them tight, but they always slip through our fingers.” I try to hide my shock. Joe doesn’t seem like the poetic type. His caterpillar eyebrows knit together. “That can be scary. But remember that water gives us life. It connects continents. It connects people. And in quiet moments, when the water’s still, sometimes we can see our own reflection.” --From When You Trap a Tiger, by Tae Heller, winner of the 2021 Newbery Medal Archives
May 2021
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