DCF books reprise

Here's a repost of an article on the old blog that might still be of interest for those students and families reading DCF books this year. Read on.

  Every year, the Vermont Department of Libraries sponsors a children's choice award. It's called the Dorothy Canfield Fisher (DCF) award. Students from all over the state can choose to read from a list of 30 current titles

and vote on their favorite one in April. In May the author who receives the most votes is presented with an award and participating readers are invited to come hear the author speak.

     Students may read the books themselves, listen to the books on audio, or be read to. These books make GREAT family read-alouds with lots of opportunity for discussion.

     The Oak Grove Library has all 30 titles, and doubles of several. We also have 4 titles on audio. Brooks Memorial has the following titles available for download on your electronic device. All you need is a Brooks library card. It's free. Go in and sign up!

DCF 2012-2013 downloadable Audio Books from Brooks Memorial

The Cheshire Cheese Cat

R my Name is Rachel

Small as an Elephant

Heart and Soul

When Life Gives You O.J.

A Dog's Way Home

Okay For Now

Storm Runners Book 1: Wind

The Running Dream

Water Balloon

City of Orphans

The Lemonade Crime

     Finally... if you want to read annotations, students reviews and other things about the DCF books and their authors, take a look at the DCF website  http://www.dcfaward.org/

I, Galileo by Bonnie Christensen

I, Galileo by Bonnie Christensen

Galileo Galilei was an inventor, and an astronomer. His discoveries were so radical that, in his own time, they were considered heresies. How could anybody believe that the earth wasn't the center of the universe? After all, when you looked at the sky didn't the sun, the stars, and the moon move across it? Galileo, invented a compass and a telescope through which he was able to see the craters on the moon and Jupiter. He was also able to see that it was the planets that circled the sun. This was against what the Catholic Church believed at the time, and Galileo was ordered to stay silent about it, his books banned. For the next seven years Galileo ground new lenses that would make small things larger, but instead of studying the stars, he studied insects through his new invention, a microscope. He was a man before his time, a man who changed the way we look at things, and invented things we use today. This short and beautifully illustrated biography is a treat for the eyes and for the mind. Check it out!