Welcome
to the Malletts Bay School Library Homepage
We
strive to provide friendly and helpful services.
We offer a collection that meets the grades 3 through 5 needs of the
Colchester educational community. Our
hours of operation are 8:15a.m. to 3:15p.m. Monday through Friday.
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The
Malletts Bay School Library houses over 11,000 books, videos, audiocassettes,
vertical file information and periodicals. Materials are checked out for two
weeks with the exception of reference materials, current periodicals, and
newspaper. However a material must
be returned before another is checked out.
The student may borrow up to 2 materials at one time.
If your student is working on a special project, we would be happy to
make an agreement about additional books. Materials
may be renewed if no one else is waiting to borrow them.
We do not charge fines for overdue materials.
Students will be informed of their overdue books.
We do ask for a replacement fee for lost or damaged books.
In addition to all of the lovely materials found in the library, we also
have an activity table and puzzle table where the students may choose to
participate.
Please
send a note in with your child if you would like to borrow a book to read aloud
at home. You are also welcome to
come in and select a book, for your child.
Students come to the library once a week. The library classes are 45 minutes long. The students may also visit the library anytime 8:15-3:15 Mondays - Fridays with their teacher's permission. During library classes the students gain information about books, authors, genres, characters, series, reference skills, and appreciation of life long learning using a variety of teaching techniques. If you would like to view the library newsletter please click on the Unified Arts Newsletter.
Programs
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Red Clover |
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The Red Clover Award program is a state-wide children’s choice picture book program for grades Kindergarten through fourth. There are ten picture book nominees that vary widely in subject matter and style. Every student hears the following stories throughout the year. The students compare stories, language, and artistic styles. In April every student has a chance to vote for their favorite Red Clover book. The state then compiles the votes and names the winner in May.
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
| When Dinosaurs Came with Everything | E. Broach |
| Fred Stays with Me! | N. Coffelt |
| White Owl, Barn Owl | N. Davies |
| Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella | P. Fleischman |
| Dadblamed Union Army Cow | S. Fletcher |
| Sky Sweeper | P. Gershator |
| The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County | J. Harrington |
| Wind Flyers | A. Johnson |
| Henry’s Freedom Box | E. Levine |
| Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend | M. Watt |
The fifth grade students may participate in the school vote, but I will not be able to send their vote to the state.
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher Books |
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Dorothy
Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Program (DCF) is held in grades fourth
through eighth in the state of Vermont. This
award is in honor of Dorothy Canfield Fisher, the late Vermont author.
They honor 30 contemporary authors, who have written a story within that
last two years, as nominees. The
students need to have read or heard three DCF books to be able to vote for their
favorite in the spring. The winner
is invited to Vermont to receive his/her award.
A few of the student from around the state are invited to watch the
presentation. This year’s
nominees that can be found at the MBS Library are:
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Books 2008 - 2009
| Home of the Brave by K. Applegate | The Seems: the Glitch in Sleep by J. Hulme |
| The Traitors’ Gate by Avi | Dragon’s Egg by S. Thomson |
| Jack Plank Tells Tales by N. Babbitt | Diary of a Wimpy Kid by J. Kinney |
| Tracking Trash by L. G. Burns | Robot Dreams by S. Varon |
| Elijah of Buxton by C. P. Curtis |
The True Meaning of Smekday by A. Rex |
| Who Was First? By R. Freedman |
Way Down Deep by R. White |
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Chase by J. Haas |
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by L. Schlitz |
| A Crooked Kind of Perfect by L. Urban |
The Wednesday Wars by G. Schmidt |
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Beowulf by J. Rumford |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by B. Selznick |
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Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by L. Jonell |
Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by C. Kadohata |
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Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow by J. Sturm |
Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf by J. Holm |
The MBS Library purchases the DCF titles that are appropriate for the fourth and fifth graders. If you would like to see the full list, please click here www.dcfaward.org.
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The
library will host several special events throughout the school year:
Book Fair-- November 11-14
Children’s Book Week
I Love to Read and Write Week
National Library Week
Volunteers
If
you have time to donate during any of the library events, please talk with Lynn
Hebert or Janet Stewart.
Library
Staff
Lynn
Hebert ~ Librarian
Janet Stewart ~ Library Assistant