Crocker Library

Here are a few book recommendations from our 5th graders. Stay tuned for more!

Today, we celebrated Library Lovers’ Day in the Crocker Library! We made library love notes with candy, worked on our book love bulletin board, made bookmarks, and shared some seriously cute puppy bookmarks. You may have seen a few students and teachers walking around with snazzy buttons celebrating this important day, too.

Thanks to everyone in our community for sharing, supporting, and loving our amazing library!

This week we’re celebrating National Puzzle Day. National Puzzle Day is actually Tuesday, January 29, but we’ll be celebrating all week. Stop by the library to help out with our puzzles or start working on a puzzle at home!

Our awesome Crocker Book Fair is this Wednesday and Thursday (8 am – 8 pm) and Friday (8 am – 5 pm) in the multipurpose room.

This week,  New York Times best selling author Deborah Underwood will be coming to Crocker to talk with students. Underwood is the author of The Quiet Book, The Loud Book, The Christmas Quiet Book, and co-author of the Sugar Plum Ballerina series. Want to know more? Check out this interview with Deborah Underwood and take a look at the trailer for her newest book.

Bring your whole family to our book fair! Remember, if you can’t make it during business hours, you can shop online now through December 10th. See you at the book fair!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

Bad Kitty is the winner of the 2012 Crocker election — in a landslide victory! Three hundred and forty five students voted in our election to choose a favorite picture book character. First through fifth grades voted online. Kindergarten voted on paper ballots. 

Our election was surprisingly like a real political election. Some voters were very vocal about their preference and attempted to sway others. Some voters had trouble making up their minds until the last minute. Some voters didn’t like any of the candidates!

Here’s a more detailed view of the vote count. Bad Kitty got 135 of 345 votes!

Thank you for voting!

This week we’re having an election at Crocker. We’re voting to determine who is our favorite picture book character. This year’s candidates are: Bad Kitty, Chico Bon Bon, Elephant and Piggie, Pete the Cat, and Lucy the Bear. Voting started on Tuesday and will continue throughout the week. Kindergarteners are voting by paper ballot. The rest of us are voting online.

As of the end of the day on Tuesday, over 25% of the students have voted. Bad Kitty has a commanding lead with almost 50% of the vote.  With 75% of the votes yet to be cast, we’ll have to wait to see who wins. Final results will be announced on Friday!

Thanks to all of the Crocker Cougars who helped Pete the Cat walk 21 laps at the 2012 Walk-a-thon! He had a great time and was the top walker in the Cool Cat category.

Inspired by Jan Thomas’ book Rhyming Dust Bunnies, Ms. Butler’s class made their own rhyming dust bunnies. These are some pretty funny bunnies!