Our K-4 Theme: Getting to Know Great Authors

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This year, the Lower School Library Theme, Getting to Know Great Authors, will introduce students to what it takes to be a great author or illustrator. We will learn about the writing process and conduct several comprehensive author studies to discover personal experiences that help inspire the authors to write the books we read.

Some of the first few authors in the spotlight are Kevin Henkes and Tomie DePaola for students in Kindergarten and First Grade, and Jon Scieszka, and DyAnne DiSalvo for students in Second through Fourth Grades. We look forward to learning more about these talented authors and reading some great books!

Readability: Great Free Tool for Distraction-Free Reading Online

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Update:

The Readability bookmarking service will shut down on September 30, 2016

Readability is a tool that makes reading online much easier. Very often, web pages are cluttered with lots of sidebars, ads and additional content that make online articles more difficult to read. Readability, created by Arc90 Labs, removes the surrounding material, leaving the main article much cleaner and easier to read. Readability works with most browsers and is easy to install on your computer or mobile device.

Watch this video to see how it works.