Welcome to the Media Center
Welcome to the 2009 – 2010 school year!
Media Center – (919)
570-2209
Staff
Mrs. Stephanie Fiedler, Media Specialist –sfiedler@wcpss.net
Mrs. Mandie Hershberger – Media Assistant – mhershberger@wcpss.net
Our goal in the Media Center is to instill a love of reading
in our students by allowing them maximum access to our resources.
By exposing them to a wide variety of genre in various media
forms, we work to enhance their knowledge and help them to
become life-long learners.
Media Center
The
Media Center is open from 8:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Check out limits are based on grade level:
Kindergarten – 1 book
1st Grade – 1 book
2nd Grade – 2 books
3rd Grade – 3 books
4th Grade – 4 books
5th Grade – 5 books
Media Center Rules:
1. No talking when the teacher is talking
2. Treat others the way you wish to be treated
3. Whatever rules you have in your classroom, you also have
in the Media Center
Book Fair was
a Success!
This year's Book Fair was a huge success! Thank
you to everyone who volunteered to help make it such a special
experience for our students. Mark your calendars now for next
year's dates - November 5th - 19th, 2010. See you at the fair!
Tumble Books
website
username: nfpe
password: books
The TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection
of animated talking picture books.
Online Library
Catalog
Our library’s catalog (as well
as those in all Wake County public schools) is now accessible
from
home. Just go to http://destiny.wcpss.net and
click on “North
Forest Pines Elementary.”
If
you are a parent or guardian of one of our students, you
may get a library card and can check out up to six books
at a time. Just stop by the Media Center to set up an account.
Please note that your child may not check out any books
under your name.
Volunteer Opportunities
We have many volunteer opportunities in the Media Center.
Whether you have a little or a lot of time to share, we
have the job for you! Please call Stephanie Fiedler at
570-2209 for more information.
To volunteer in any Wake County public school,
you must first register from within any WCPSS school at https://volunteer.wcpss.net. Please
note that you must re-register at the beginning of every
school
year.
North
Carolina Children’s
Book Award Books
The North Carolina Children’s Book Awards program began
in 1992. Each year, children in public and school libraries
throughout our state vote for the book that will become that
year’s winner. The nominees are selected by the North
Carolina Library association and consist of picture and junior
books. This year’s nominees are:
Picture
Books
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Junior Books
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| Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of
Abraham Lincoln by Doreen Rappaport. Hyperion Books for
Children, 2008. |
Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadahota.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007. |
| The Doghouse by Jan Thomas. Harcourt,
2008. |
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost Farrar. Straus, & Giroux,
2008. |
| Katie Loves Kittens by John Himmelman.
Henry Holt Books for Young Children, 2008. |
Edward’s Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan. Atheneum
Books, 2007. |
| The Little Bit Scary People by Emily Jenkins.
Hyperion Books for Children, 2009. |
Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on
Earth by
Nicola Davies. Candlewick Press, 2006. |
| Night Boat to Freedom by Margot Theis
Raven. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2006. |
Found by Margaret Haddix Peterson. Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers, 2008. |
| Nothing but Trouble: The Story
of Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. |
Frogs by Nic Bishop. Scholastic Non-Fiction, 2008. |
| Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen by Cari
Best. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2006. |
Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech. Joanna Cotler Books,
2008. |
| Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton. HarperCollins
Children’s Books, 2008. |
The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country
Music by
Bret Bertholf Little. Brown and Company, 2007. |
| Traction Man Meets Turbodog by Mini Grey.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. |
Moving Day by Meg Cabot. Scholastic Press, 2008. |
| Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane
Katrina, Friendship, and Survival by Kirby Larson. Walker
and Company, 2008. |
Savvy by Ingrid Law. Dial Books for Young Readers,
2008. |
| A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker. Candlewick
Press, 2008. |
This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and
Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children,
2007. |
| When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by
Elise Broach. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007. |
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry. Houghton Mifflin, 2008. |
| Wind-Wild Dog by Barbara Joosse. Henry
Holt & Co., 2006. |
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| Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski. HarperCollins
Children’s Books. 2008. |
Electronic Resources
NC WiseOwl (NC Online Windows for Learning ) has been providing
online resources for North Carolina public schools for
the past decade. It provides several reference databases
for encyclopedias, magazines, atlases, and newspapers including
InfoTrac, Searchasaurus, and Grolier Online. It also offers
NoveList K-8 which is an online reader advisory.
You can access these databases at home by
visiting http://www.ncwiseowl.org.
Please have your child drop by the Media Center for a bookmark
that lists all of the passwords for each database.
Stop by and
visit us any time in the Media Center –
Happy Reading!
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