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Chapter Book Chips - "Benjamin Pratt & The Keepers of the School" Series

Andrew Clements has an exciting new series, "Benjamin Pratt & The Keepers of the School". Perfect for upper elementary grades, it combines adventure with history and a bit of sleuthing too. Benjamin is a sixth grader facing changes at home and at his school, Captain Oakes Elementary. His parents are separated and his school is going to be torn down and turned into an amusement park. When the school's janitor gives him a mysterious coin with strange engravings on it and then dies, Benjamin unwittingly becomes the new "Keeper of the School". He and his best friend, Jill, must decipher what the engravings on the coins mean and find the items hidden in the school by the real Captain Oakes over two hundred years ago. Those items may help Benjamin save the school from destruction. But Benjamin and Jill also have to deal with the new school janitor, Mr. Lyman. He is determined to stop them from saving Captain Oakes Elementary.

The first title in the series is called "We the Children" and the second installment is "Fear Itself". Six books are planned for the series and here is fair warning - each book ends with a cliff-hanger and you have to wait until the next book is published to find out what happens next. If you can stand the suspense, you will have fun and adventure with Benjamin and Jill as they try to decipher the clues and save their historic school. And try to outsmart the nasty Mr. Lyman.

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Spring Holidays

The spring holidays of Purim, Passover and Easter will be
celebrated in March and April.
The library has books, DVDs and other materials
about these celebrations.
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St. Patrick's Day Fun

It's almost time for St. Patrick's Day!
Take the time to check out some library materials on this fun holiday.

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2012 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award Nominees

The nominess for the 2012 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award are out. Happy Reading!

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Voting Begins March 15, 2011 for the Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award

Voting begins on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 and continues through Sunday, April 10, 2011 for the Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award. You can vote online , by email to bccca@onlinenw.com or by mail to:

Dayton Elementary School

526 Ferry Street

Dayton, OR 97114.

Be sure and send your vote in! -gw-

Spring Break at the Beaverton City Library

Spring break is almost here. If you are looking for something fun to do, please join us at the Beaverton City Library for some children's programs planned for that week. Here are some of the events scheduled:

Chess Club
Saturday, March 19, 2011
10:30 am - 11:30 am
For grades 3 through 6.
Registration required. Please phone (503)350-3600.

Anti-Bullying Program
Saturday, March 19, 2011
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Grades 3 through 7.
Registration required. Please phone (503)350-3600.

Family Movie Matinee
Sunday, March 20. 2011
2:00 pm
For all ages; children under ten must be accompanied by an adult.
No registration required.

The Art of Sonic the Hedgehog
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Grades 3 through 7.
Registration required. Please phone (503)350-3600.

Symphony Storytime
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
10:30 am - 11:30 am
For ages 3 to 5 years and accompanying adult.
Registration required. Please phone (503)350-3600.

Early Literacy Storytime
Thursday, March 24, 2011
10:30 am - 11:00 am
For ages birth to 5 and accompanying adult.
No registration required.

Nature Park Mobile Learning Center
Thursday, March 24, 2011
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
For ages 4 to 10 and accompanying adult.
Registration required. Please phone (503)350-3600.

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play games online

A lot of ideas come to people’s mind when they heard of the dressing games. For a lot of people, dressing games became a part of their childhood. People will think about the traditional way of playing the game. Children tend to play this game by using the clothes of their parents or by buying paper dolls. Paper dolls are the most popular type of dressing game before but after the introduction of Internet, the game transformed into a higher level. The game became a popular game on the Internet.

Many years ago, children only play dressing games with the use of their paper doll and Barbie dolls. They make use of papers and cartons to make dresses for their dolls. With the technology today, almost everything is possible on the Internet. The traditional games can now be played on the web.

cool guns games is one of the many traditional games that are placed on the internet. The traditional way of ressing games are now transformed into an online dressing game.

These plastic and paper dolls can now be seen on the Internet today. People can search for a lot websites on the web that contains different kinds of dressing games. A lot of this websites contain almost hundreds of dressing games. The websites that are offering this games have different collections of dressing games like Barbie doll games , y3 , y8 , coloring games, traditional dressing games for girls and celebrity dressing games.

Magic games is especially made for the people who want to dress up their favorite celebrities online. The dolls can be dressed with various outfits that are used by celebrities. Children will really be fascinated about this game because they can dress out their favorite celebrities depending on their own fashion. Another type of game is the Barbie doll game. The rules are very simple: they only need to dress the doll in their own way. Games under this kind are Barbie summer dressing game and Barbie daily dress up.

Traditional dressing game is also a kind of online dressing game. This game allows the players to dress up their Barbie dolls with outfits coming from different regions. VietNamese girl dressing game and African Safari dressing game are one of the games under this category. There are a wide variety of traditional outfits that the player can choose from.

mini clip games

A lot of ideas come to people’s mind when they heard of the dressing games. For a lot of people, dressing games became a part of their childhood. People will think about the traditional way of playing the game. Children tend to play this game by using the clothes of their parents or by buying paper dolls. Paper dolls are the most popular type of dressing game before but after the introduction of Internet, the game transformed into a higher level. The game became a popular game on the Internet.

Many years ago, children only play dressing games with the use of their paper doll and Barbie dolls. They make use of papers and cartons to make dresses for their dolls. With the technology today, almost everything is possible on the Internet. The traditional games can now be played on the web.

cool guns games is one of the many traditional games that are placed on the internet. The traditional way of ressing games are now transformed into an online dressing game.

These plastic and paper dolls can now be seen on the Internet today. People can search for a lot websites on the web that contains different kinds of dressing games. A lot of this websites contain almost hundreds of dressing games. The websites that are offering this games have different collections of dressing games like Barbie doll games , y3 , y8 , coloring games, traditional dressing games for girls and celebrity dressing games.

Magic games is especially made for the people who want to dress up their favorite celebrities online. The dolls can be dressed with various outfits that are used by celebrities. Children will really be fascinated about this game because they can dress out their favorite celebrities depending on their own fashion. Another type of game is the Barbie doll game. The rules are very simple: they only need to dress the doll in their own way. Games under this kind are Barbie summer dressing game and Barbie daily dress up.

Traditional dressing game is also a kind of online dressing game. This game allows the players to dress up their Barbie dolls with outfits coming from different regions. VietNamese girl dressing game and African Safari dressing game are one of the games under this category. There are a wide variety of traditional outfits that the player can choose from.

For All!

Don't let your math skills slip away over Spring Break, visit these websites for great math games and practice activities for all grade levels:

Sheppard's Software

A+ Click Math Skills

Soft School

Smarty Games

Cool Math Games

Mathtastic!

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If your pleasure is action and shooting free games, you will find a wide variation to choose from right here at minigames.im Mini games offers all kinds of free games, and we truly believe you will locate lots of action-packed web games to play with as we daily scout and probe the net, looking for the best action mini 3d games and shooting games for you to play and enjoy all of them totally free!
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mini games also features the classic and popular board games section that offers the best and newest titles available on the net. Sharpen up your board game skills by and play cool and awesome classics free and online.

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ORCA voting

It is your chance to vote for the Oregon Reader's Choice Award! The nominees are in, so you choose! Ballots are in the chapter book area of the children's room. Voting goes from March 1st to March 15th.-sc-

Hurry Up Spring!

When will Spring get here? Don't worry, it's on the way! Until then, spend some time reading about this soon-to-arrive season.


Spring by Jill Kalz
Colors, flowers, holidays and springtime baby animals.

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Spring by Ann Herriges
Simple text in this beginning reader introduces the changes spring brings.

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Let's Look At Spring by Sarah L. Schuette
What happens to weather, animals and plants in the spring.

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Everything Spring by Jill Esbaum
Lovely photographs illustrate this title from National Geographic Kids.

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Are You Ready for Spring? by Sheila Anderson
I sure am!

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Scary Halloween Dressup

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New Book Review: Moon Over Manifest

By Clare Vanderpool
Pages: 351
Call number: J Vanderpool, C.
Best for grades 5-8

As soon as I heard that Moon over Manifest won the Newbery Medal this year I added my name to the hold-list and just finished reading it. This historical fiction novel alternates between over two time periods in the small fictional town of Manifest, Kansas. We start in the depression—the summer of 1936 with Abilene Tucker, 12, who’s father sends her to Manifest while he works on the railroad.

Abilene stays with Pastor Shady who is, well… shady, and has been the interim Pastor/bartender for the last 14 years, and much to her dismay she has to go to school, even if it is just the last day. Assigned with the summer homework of writing a story and a couple of cousins to help, Abilene visits Miss Sadie, the fortune teller who begins to tell her stories of Manifest in 1918, during WWI when her father was in town.

Miss Sadie tells her the stories of Jinx and Ned and all the trouble they get into. While is starts with the predictable hijynx of small-town boyhood we soon learn that there’s more to the story than meets the eye, and that these boys could not only bring terrible trouble to Manifest, but also could become the town’s salvation. Not only during WWI, but also 18 years later during the depression.

Moon over Manifest brings to life the fact that everyone has a story, and there is more to every story than can ever really be told. This is a book you can read again and again and always find something new.

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