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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Calling all Hobbit Fans!

Hobbit fans!

Did you know that Hobbits eat six meals a day?  They love to eat.  Which Hobbit meal do you think Americans should add to breakfast, lunch, and dinner?  


Second Breakfast
Elevensies
Afternoon Tea

Hit the “comment” button and write in your choice.  If you want you can add why you chose the one you did.

And if you want to learn more about hobbits, check out one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books from the library!





        For all you Hobbit fans, here are the riddles from the book.  Can you answer them?  They are really difficult.  Hit the “comment” button and list your 9 answers, - or however many you can get! You’ll see others’ answers, too.

This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.   
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What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?    
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No-legs lay on one-leg, two legs sat near on three legs, four legs got some.  
 
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An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
'That eye is like to this eye'
Said the first eye,
'But in low place
Not in high place.'    
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Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking   
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It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.   
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Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.   
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A box without hinges, key or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.   
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Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.    ________________


Good luck!

Connie

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Season's Readings

               Every Christmas I re-read Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales.  I love this story of a boy's Christmas memories.  

 




           Recently I discovered a new favorite Christmas book, Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting, by Jim Murphy.  This is the true story of how, during the fighting of World War I, English and German soldiers defied orders and agreed to have a truce for four hours on December 25th.  The soldiers met in No Man's Land, the space between their front lines, shook hands, chatted and wished each other Merry Christmas.  Hundreds of other truces were arranged along the front on Christmas day. What an amazing demonstration of "Peace on earth and goodwill towards men."   

          I recommend this book.  It gives the reader lots to think about in this time of seemingly endless wars in parts of our world.


         What's your favorite Christmas book?
  

        However you celebrate the season, I wish you peace, --and a new year filled with great books to read!

Connie

Friday, December 7, 2012

Bookworms @ the Scarborough Public Library

Bookworms, the Scarborough Public Library’s book club for middle schoolers, wants YOU!



We ALWAYS have snacks and we ALWAYS have fun!  








We meet every Wednesday from 3-3:45 in the meeting room at the library.  We are just finishing our first book, Life as We Knew It, about what happens to Miranda and her family when a meteor hits the moon, knocking it out of its orbit.  Soon there are tsunamis, volcanoes, no electricity, very little food, sickness, and more. Will life ever be like it was before?  We had some great discussions about this book.















We’ll be starting a new book soon and would love for you to join us! Come and help us choose which book we will read.



Stop by the Youth Services Room at SPL and sign up TODAY!

Connie

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

What Are You Reading?

What are you reading?

I just read a new book and it is so good!  It’s called I Swear and is by Jane Davis. 



      High school senior Leslie Gatlin is bullied by Jillian, Beth, Jake, Katherine, and Macie.  Leslie is bullied to the point that she commits suicide. Her parents bring a lawsuit against the group of bullies.  Suddenly the bullies, who have lots of secrets to protect, are in the hot seat. The story is an edge-of-your-seat page turner, told from the different points of view of the bullies.   Macie Merrick is the manipulative queen of the bullies, and her character, though over-the-top mean, is great fun to hate. While by the end of the story it seems like most of the bullies, with the exception of the evil Macie, will now make better choices, still, Leslie is dead and that can never be changed. A new book on an important topic.

Tell me what you are reading!