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2009 High Performance Library 

Mrs. Nancy England - Teacher-Librarian

Mrs. Nancy Wandt - Media Clerk

Library opens at 7:45 each weekday  

Our Mission Statement:

The Centennial Elementary School Library Media Program's mission is to create a warm and welcoming library open to the school's community including all parents, students, and staff, encourage learning with an accurate collection of resources, produce independent learners through effective use of ideas and information, and support the curriculum /standards of both the school and district. In an effort to convey this mission, the library's motto is SHH!! (Smiles, Hugs, and Help!!) 

  Resources you can use at home or at school.....

          Just click on the links below:

Centennial's Computer Catalog

World Book Encyclopedia

Monthly Events at our library...

October is Mystery Month

Featured books are mysteries by authors such as

Adler, Balliett, Dixon, Keene, Levy, Preller, Roy, Rylant, Sharmat,

Skurzinski, Sobol, Wallace, Warner, Woodruff, Wright

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Feature Authors with Birthdays in October

Jeanne Betancourt - Pony Pal series

 Dan Gutman - Baseball Card series

Steven Kellogg - author and illustrator of picture books

David Shannon - author and illustrator of picture books

Donald Sobol - Encyclopedia Brown series

R. L. Stine - Goosebumps series 

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October - Scary tales under the tables, Mystery selections, First

 Grade Balance and Motion, Third Grade Mystery Unit

September - Orientation for all grade levels, Fifth Grade Explorers

 

Colorado Children's Book Award   All students have had a chance to vote for our favorite nominees in the Colorado Children's Book Award contest. Here are the nominees for 2009-2010:

Picture book nominees:

  1. Flim-Flam Fairies by Katz
  2. Help Me, Mr. Mutt! by Stevens
  3. If you give a Cat a Cupcake by Numeroff
  4. I'm Bad! by McMullan
  5. Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by O'Malley
  6. Pirates Don't Change Diapers by Long
  7. Purplicious by Kann
  8. Too Many Toys by Shannon
  9. Two Bobbies by Larson
  10. Zen Ties by Muth

Chapter book nominees:

  1. Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Hahn
  2. Elephant Run by Smith
  3. Fablehaven by Mull
  4. Found by Haddix
  5. How to Steal a Dog by O'Connor
  6. Kingdom Keepers: Disney after Dark by Pearson
  7. Lemonade War by Davies
  8. Lost and Found by Clements
  9. Maze of Bones: 39 Clues by Riordan
  10. Swindle by Korman

All students will vote for their favorite book in February during the Book Fair if they have read at least three books from the list.