Craft Books for the Holidays

Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa this winter season, here are some craft books you might find interesting:

Checkout Books from DPL ~ ONLINE!!

Did you know you can “borrow” books ON-LINE from the Denver Public Library?  All you need is a DPL card!  Already have a Denver Public Library Card?  GREAT!!  Go online to http://tinyurl.com/ntjezff and search their eBook collection!!  You can upload the eBook to any electronic device or computer as long as you have some type of eReader program (such as Kindle’s FREE eReader program)!

Don’t have a DPL card?  Register online @ http://tinyurl.com/nbx9shd. (FYI …You will be asked to list your “home” branch when registering … the closest “library branch” to Skinner is the Smiley Branch.)

Chasing Down This Book!

Brooklyn has suffered a lot in this past year ... the death of her boyfriend and one of her best friends.  What's more, she's being haunted by a ghost ... the ghost of her best friend.  Why is he there?  What does he want?

Nico is also being haunted, but he's being haunted by the ghost of his brother Lucca, Brooklyn's dead boyfriend. Nico knows what Lucca wants, but he isn't sure he can do it.

Chasing Brooklyn is an amazing story of survival, young love, and ghosts intertwined and shared via two character's voices through the words of poetry.

It is most definitely a book you want to pick up and devour!

LOTS to smile about in SMILE!

Middle school is tough!  Yesiree, just ask Raina in Raina Telgemeier's graphic novel Smile.

I remember getting braces when I was younger.  It was kinda a right of passage.  Most students were getting braces, so I wasn't too worried about being teased. But then again, I didn't have ANY of the issues that Raina faced!!

Telgemeier does an amazing job pulling the reader into Raina's drama.  You are right there with every tear, frustration, heartbreak, and hope.  And when Raina exclaims "being a teenager is no fun at all", you'll find yourself nodding in agreement.

THANKFULLY things work out for Raina, but not in an unrealistic-life-is-happily-ever-after-with-singing-and-talking-animals way ... you know there are going to be other issues in Raina's life, but you are confident she'll manage, AND you can't wait for the next book to be right there as she does.

New Books @ Your SKINNER LIBRARY!!!

They have arrived!!!  Yep!  Over 200 new books have recently arrived at Skinner Middle School!
Be sure to stop by and take a peek!   I hope to soon post reviews about these four (4) books:

I am REALLY excited to read these four novels!  They all come with GREAT recommendations! Let's see if I agree ...

Sorry for the poor lighting on these next pics.  For some reason my phone camera wouldn't access the flash.  Bummer.  

Newest Books in EJ's Corner

Here are the latest books added to EJ's Corner:

Not all stories are told through words ...