Forest North Comic Book Club Convention

We had the best time in Comic Book Club today learning from industry professionals! Mrs. Rapé, our Forest North Office Specialist, used to be a comic book inker! Mrs. Lajaunie, who used to work at Forest North, now owns local comic shop Titan Moon! They gave us all kinds of interesting information! Check out the video on my tweet.

5th Grade Writes Book Grabbers

I did a fun project with 5th grade before winter break called "Book Grabbers."  Remember those flyers where you pull a tab at the bottom for a phone number?  Our tabs were the call numbers of books we recommended.  Students were all encouraged to use these summaries to film a Book Talk from the Bathtub after winter break, as well!  Stay tuned for those on our YouTube channel, but in the meantime, check out a bunch of the ones we've already filmed!

Comic Book Club

Comic Book Club has zoomed by the past few weeks, and we already find ourselves at our last meeting.  It has truly been a joy to work with these awesome kids.  Comics unites the coolest kiddos!  I hope when we do a spring session, we have more kids involved in it.  At yesterday's meeting, we made our own comic books.  Check out the geniuses at work below.  

We also have developed an awesome roll call system where one of our members announced our special secret superhero names, and then we say our catchphrase.  I am Library Girl (secret's out!) and my catchphrase is "Check it out!"  

Next week, at our last meeting, we have a special secret guest who works at Forest North but also has prior experience coloring comics professionally!  I can't wait to hear her stories & experiences!

Our comic book club members hard at work creating their own comics.

Z Man's comic.  I love this!

Book Talk From the Bathtub: Meriam

Meriam did a Book Talk for "Heidi Hecklebeck Has a Secret" by Wanda Coven.  Check out this YouTube video!

Book Talk From the Bathtub: Ben

Ben did a Book Talk for "Little Lions, Bull Baiters and Hunting Hounds: a Book About Dog Breeds" by Jeff Crosby.  Check out this YouTube video!

Book Talk from the Bathtub: Evie

Evie did a Book Talk for "Roller Girl" by Victoria Jamieson.   Check out this YouTube video!

Book Talk from the Bathtub: Aiden

Aiden did a Book Talk for "Zombie Winter" by Jason Strange. Check out this YouTube video!

Book Talk From the Bathtub: Elizabeth

Elizabeth did a Book Talk for "Someone Named Eva" by Joan M. Wolf.  Check out this YouTube video!

Comic Book Club

We had an awesome first meeting of the Comic Book Club yesterday!  Mr. H. and I were so impressed by how great our kids were- we made up our own super hero names, and then started looking at some comics.  They were so engaged in the comic books, I couldn't believe it when ten minutes in, it was completely silent in the library- not a common occurrence in here! We already got started writing scripts so we can do some book talks for comics!  I can't wait for our next meeting- stay tuned for our Book Talks!

Thanks again to the super generous Titan Moon Comics for donating comics to our club!  We really appreciate it!

Comic Book Club Starts Tomorrow!

While this session of Comic Book Club is only open to 3rd-5th graders, our marketing blitz on KEGL apparently is working - check out this video of a mini Library Girl, first grader Katie!  We'll see you at our first meeting 2:45-3:45 tomorrow, readers- feel free to bring a friend!

A very special thanks to Titan Moon Comics in Cedar Park for donating many comic books for our readers to choose - how lucky are we?  Thanks, Titan Moon!

Comic Book Club Starts 11/10/15!

I am so excited to announce the start of Comic Book Club tomorrow at the Forest North Library!  We're going to read comic books, make movies about them, and even try making our own comic books!  Mr. Hashbarger and I will meet in the library with any interested 3rd-5th graders on the next 5 Tuesdays.  Join us - just turn in an application to the library!  The deadline has passed, but for now, we still have space- check out this video for more information.

Announcing Comic Book Club!

Mr. Hashbarger and I are so excited to start Comic Book Club at Forest North, with comics generously donated by Titan Moon Comics. Check out this box of comics I went to pick up!  Check out information at the left, and an application will be posted in another upcoming blog entry.

Bluebonnet Book Reviews

Two very special students, Kara and Andy, have submitted special book talks for your viewing. They have written reviews for two Bluebonnet Book Award nominees. Kara reviewed Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things, and Andy reviewed The Hound of Rowan. They then set out turning their book review into a real script, and set up a set to film their reviews. They trained on how to use a Flip Video Camera to record and edit each other's reviews. Here are their finished products:



Please feel free to come check out Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things or The Hound of Rowan anytime here at your friendly Forest North Elementary Library!