Thursday, November 17, 2011

Christopher Paolini is coming to Billings!

Montana author Christopher Paolini has completed his series,
'The Inheritance Cycle" with the recent publication of his 4th book,
Inheritance.


Read about the author and his books at:
http://www.alagaesia.com/

See the author IN PERSON in the Billings Holiday Parade.
When:  Friday night, 7:00 p.m., November 25th
Where:  Downtown Billings

Look for Christopher on the dragon float leading the parade!

Read about it in the Billings Gazette at:
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_b780523a-a970-59e2-b3a9-9915e7e8342e.html

And then meet him at a booksigning in Barjon's Bookstore after the parade, 8:00 p.m., downtown.
http://barjonsbooks.com/contest/

View The Inheritance trailer at:


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Social networking safety

5th & 6th graders,
Read this cartoon.  Then use the information at the end to solve your library assignment:


Extra time?   Try this:

Friday, November 11, 2011

Hatchet Jeopardy

Fifth Graders have read Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
Now, try the "Hatchet Jeopardy" challenge.

You will need a team of two players
and a team to compete against.
Those four people share one computer and use this link:

HATCHET JEOPARDY

Set the number of teams to 2 teams and click on start.
Give your team a plus when you get a question right;
click on the minus if you get a question wrong.

Good luck!




Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Yay!!! A new Parmly Library!

Library design by Will Bruder, architect.


Billings is getting a new public library!
Thank you, Billings voters!