Webster Bible Church and Webster Christian School Library Blog

“A collection of poems that celebrate the wonder, mystery, and danger of the night and describes the many things that hide in the dark.” (Follett Titlewave) On each successive two-page spread, a poem on the left-hand page is paired with a related informational sidebar and lavish illustration on the right-hand page.  The nocturnal topics include [...]

“Freddie finds a mysterious package outside his apartment containing sneakers that allow him to run faster than a train, and inspire him to perform heroic deeds.” (Follett Titlewave) Freddie’s father died while serving in the military, so Freddie and his hard-working mother are struggling to make ends meet.   Freddie is very excited to receive [...]

“Seventeen-year-old Lily, half-mermaid and half-human, has been living on land and attending high school, where she develops a crush on a boy but is afraid to tell him of her true destiny as the ruler of the undersea kingdom of Thalassinia.” (Follett Titlewave) This book is dripping with popular appeal.   The tantalizing cover and title [...]

  Early each morning the elderly Amos McGee rises to meet the day and catch the 6 a.m. bus to the city zoo.  While at work, the zookeeper spends time with his animal friends– playing chess with the elephant, racing the tortoise, wiping the rhino’s nose, sitting with a penguin, and reading to an owl.  [...]

“Step-by-step instructions explain how to create cataloging records that can be used in library automation systems.” (Follett Titlewave) Easy MARC explains the MARC fields and subfields most commonly used when cataloging materials for school or small public libraries. The following information is covered:  tag number and name, whether or not the tag is repeatable or [...]

“Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.”(Follett Titlewave) As the first volume in the Sisters Grimm series, this book explains that Sabrina and Daphne are the great-great-great-great grandchildren of Wilhelm Grimm, one of the Brothers Grimm.    In fact, according to Sabrina [...]

photo © 2009 Ed Yourdon | more info (via: Wylio) What can I do to attract readers to my blog, engage their interest, draw them into the discussion, and earn their following? The final Teacher Challenge addresses how to promote a blog. Today I read some excellent posts about blog promotion: How to Promote Your [...]

“A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.”(Follett Titlewave) First impression:  This book, with it’s luminescent cover and prize-winning illustrator, is different from anything else I’ve read by Pam Munoz [...]