Saturday, February 16, 2008

Hubble Telescope Images


Today we went to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. The museum had Hubble Telescope images from outer space and deep space. They were extraordinary. Simply beautiful!

The Walters is free. Check out the museum website.

www.THEWALTERS.org

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Hugo Cabret Illustrations from Google Images


Click on Google. Then click on Images.

Type in The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

There are lots of illustrations from the books and some very informative websites and blogs to explore.

Beautiful Illustrations

The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a wonderfully illustrated book. I felt like I was in Paris swept up in the story. Check out the amazing website for the award winning book. http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/



  • This exciting book won the Caldecott medal for 2008!

  • Finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature

  • New York Times #1 Bestseller/ In the Ten Best Illustrated Books

  • Quill Award for Children's Chapter Book

  • And a movie is in the works!

Sunday, February 10, 2008

What I'm Reading Now

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick



People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

Thursday, February 7, 2008

LATI Begins Today

"The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history."
Carl T. Rowan
(1925-2000)