Meeting New Friends in the Library (plus a CHARACTER CONTEST!)

Just a few of our new Minerva Louise fans!

I've recently started a brand-new unit with my kindergarten classes that I'm calling "Friends and Favorites".  I've selected some of my favorite picture books that have multiple stories with the same characters.  After enjoying the first book in the series, the students can select another from a display in the library to sign out.  (Hopefully they're introducing these characters to some new friends at home!)

On their way out of the library, some of the students noticed some familiar names were stuck to our computers.  Yes, all of the computers "wear" tags with the names of characters from books that live in this library.  Telling someone that the program they need can be found on "Mudge" is much easier than saying "the computer in the back row, second from the windows"! 

The new friends we've met so far!  Do you recognize a favorite?

I will list below the names of all the computers in the library.  Can you guess what books they're from?  Send me an email at kmman@chariho.net with a matching list of authors & titles before the end of school next Friday, May 10th.  Please put "Character contest" in the subject line.  Don't forget to tell me your name and the names of your Ashaway School student(s)!  I will declare a winner in my next blog post! 

Ramona

Hooper Humperdink

Amelia

Minerva Louise

Mudge

Frog

Moira

Elmer

Wilbur

Fudge

Harold

Need some help?  Did you know you can access our online catalog on the web?  It's true!  Just go to http://opac.chariho.k12.ri.us/ and click on "Ashaway School".  Students in grades 3 and 4 have been trained how to use the library OPAC (online catalog), so this activity would be great practice for them! Don't be surprised if you find more than one title for each character; one title [with author's name] is all you need for each name in the list above.