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Welcome to Mrs. Laidlaw's Library!
Librarian


Mrs. Mohrmann
Library Assistant

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Don't forget! - After school library is offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

The 2009 Summer Reading list is now available on the LMS Home page.

Click on this link to see all of the ALA winners for this year.

Here are the Mark Twain Award Nominations for 2009-10:

Story of Jonas by M. Dahlberg

Bravo Zulu, Samantha! by K. Duble

Garden of Eve by K. Going

Deep and Dark and Dangerous by M. Hahn

Blown Away! by J. Harlow

Gabriel's Horses by A. Hart

Friendship for today by P. McKissack

Big One-Oh by D. Pitchford

Paint the Wind by P. Ryan

Night of the Howling Dogs by G. Salisbury

Invention of Hugo Cabret by B. Selznick

Way Down Deep! by R. White

 

Here are the Truman Award Nominations for 2009-10:

Shark Girl by K. Bingham

Eighth Grade Bites: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by H. Brewer

Atherton: The House of Power by P. Carman

Diamonds in the Shadow by C. Cooney

Carpe Diem by A. Cornwell

Into the Wild by S. Durst

Games by C. Gorman

The One where the kid nearly jumps to his death and lands in CA by M. Hershey

Cracker by C. Kadohata

Tapestry: Hound of Rowan by H. Neff

Zen and the Art of Faking It by J. Sonneblick

First Light by R. Stead

 

LMS LIBRARY INFORMATION

Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday -- 7:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. on school days

Tuesday, Thursday -- 7:40 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. on school days

Atmosphere:

Relaxed, but respectful of others

No food or drink in the library

No electronic devices, ipods, or cell phones

Circulation: 5 items per student

Books: 2 weeks

Magazines: overnight

Reference books: non-circulating

Returns: in the book drop or at the circulation desk

On time, please or renew 'til you're through

Always: show us your pass if you are without a teacher

Ask for help - if you can't find it, ask for it!

 

Please check below for links to homework web sites

LMS Media Center Resources

Links
Descriptions

ALEXANDRIA

Online catalog
EBSCO Newspaper and Magazine Database
   
NEWSBANK Newspapers - Include St. Louis Post-Dispatch
NETTREKKER Teacher Reviewed Websites
WORLD BOOK ONLINE Encyclopedia articles, photos etc.

 

Other Resources for Students

 

Links
Descriptions

St. Louis County Library catalog and resources

Great Middle School Reads American Library Assoc. book list
Merriam-Webster Online dictionary and thesaurus
yourdictionary.com Foreign language dictionaries
copyrightforkids.com Copyright basics
clip-art.com Clip art
infoplease.com

Information Please almanac

worldatlas.com maps and atlases
refdesk.com Reference and information sources
Google language tools Translation tools

 

Teacher Resources

US Dept. of Education -- www.ed.gov

MO Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education -- www.dese.mo.gov

ASCD (Assoc. for Supervision and Curric. Development) --www.ascd.org

Educator's Reference Desk -- www.eduref.org

Education World -- www.education-world.com

Kathy Shrock's guide for educators --school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

 

Parent Resources

 

American Library Association's Great Web Sites for kids --www.ala.org

Web sites for Gifted Students --www.bertiekingore.com/web-gtreaders.htm