2006-2007  CALENDAR  OF  EVENTS

SEPTEMBER    Washington library orientation
                        Library card sign up month at all public libraries.  Do  you have your card?

OCTOBER        Our Project  D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) begins

NOVEMBER      Operation Wish Book, Nov.1-30 Donate a new book for a child at  Christmas

                        Children's  Book  Week and Idaho Family Reading Week, Nov. 12-18

JANUARY         Kindergarteners  begin  checking out books  beginning second semester

                       Newbery & Caldecott Awards  are announced

MARCH           Read Across America/Celebrate Dr. Seuss Day,  March 2

                       Vote for Young Reader's Choice Award prior to spring break

                       Last  Project  D.E.A.R.  calendar is due March 31st

APRIL             National Poetry Month.  Special display of student poetry.

                       National  Library Week,  April 15-21

MAY                Annual Book Fair,  May  14-18

                       Reader's  Theater,  May 23

                       Time to begin  rounding up library books,  May 29

JUNE               Summer  reading programs start at all public libraries

SPECIAL YEAR LONG LIBRARY ACTIVITY

One of the activities that we are doing  this year is exploring different  genres each month so that the students will become familiar with the multitude of  literary styles, form and content that are  available for their reading  pleasure.  I hope this will encourage everyone to broaden their reading by sampling  a few of  these genres.

September     Fantasy     Stories having elements that are impossible such as talking animals and magical powers.

October     Mysteries     Suspenseful stories about a  puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.

November     Historical  Fiction     Stories with real and invented characters that take place in the  past.

December     Folktales, Fairytales, Fables and Myths     Stories from many different countries, often with a message that were initially  passed on by word of  mouth.

January     Realistic Fiction     Stories with made up characters that take place in modern  time.  Often these stories deal with current social situations  or concerns.

February     Biography and  Autobiography     A  biography is a story of a real person's life that is written  by another person.  An autobiography is written by the subject of the book.

March     Science Fiction     Stories that blend futuristic technology  and  scientific fact with fiction.

April     Poetry     Written verse that expresses a thought.

May     Non Fiction     Information books based on fact.