Isabel L., Brigetta G. and Cami L represented Derby in the Second Annual Birbery at Baldwin.  The ride in the limo was fun and lunch delicious. But the best part--the discussion of the books.  In an unusual turn of events, students selected Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick as the best book.  It has not been selected at any of the schools as a favorite.  There was a tie for the honor books:  Small Amazing Acts of Courage and Inside Out and Back Again.

Congratulations to Isabel L., Cami L. and Brigetta G.!  These three will represent Derby at Baldwin Friday in the Birbery book discussion. 
Voting for Derby's favorite title is Wednesday.  You may vote if you have read 4 Birbery titles.

For Poetry and Library Month we had a contest to make a poem using the words on the spines of books.
Congratulations to Caroline L. for her submission:

Crossed

Have We Lived Before

Before We Were Free

Gone With The Wind

Victory

By: Caroline L.

And second place goes to Molly O. for:

Once upon a Marigold
The Winter Pony
Squashed
Charlotte's Web
Suprise Suprise

 

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