Kids' Prizes:
Boys' Bike : Andrew Harper, age 6
Girls' Bike : Lyla Skahill, age 5
Rochester Museum and Science Center : Aminah Jallahquay, age 7
Seneca Park Zoo : Samuel Boyer, age 8
​Genesee Country Museum : Naomi Sorochinsky, age 4
Movie Night : Kaylee Harrington,  age 8
Unicorn Theme : Raina Newman, age 9
Dinosaur Theme : Zoey Baker, age 4

​Teens' Prizes:
Aspiring Artist : Lindsay LaMendola
Beauty Queen : Amanda Stevens
Celestial : Abby Wiesmore
Let's Go! : Tessa Kryzanowski
​Movie Night : Jack Kyle
​Sorry, I Have Plants This Weekend : Malgorzata Makula

Adults' Prizes:
Botany Plants Lately? ​: Stacey Davis
Car Care : Eileen Hicks​
Coffee : Courtney Panel
Cooking : Cindy Cuthbert
Movie Night : Wendy Saxena
Rest and Relaxation :  Lori Miranda

So between August 15-21 you can read all things non-fiction ... also known as "real" things:
000 Generalities
100 Philosophy & psychology
200 Religion
300 Social sciences
400 Language
500 Natural sciences & mathematics
600 Technology (Applied sciences)
700 The arts
800 Literature & rhetoric
900 Geography & history

I put "real" in quotations though because not everything in non-fiction is really real... unicorns (398.245), scary stories (398.2), comic books (741.5) poetry (811) ... but many of the non-fiction books are real: dinosaurs (567.9), cats (599.7), fire trucks (628.9), ice skating (796.9).

Curious as to what your favorite topic falls under? Just ask and we can find something for you!

August 8-14 is GRAPHIC NOVELS
I love comic books and manga (Japanese comic books, ). Some of my favorites:
Anything written by Raina Telemeiger (especially Guts)
Fruits Basket series by Natsuki Takaya (for teens... gushy romance!)
Chi's Sweet Home by Kanata Konami (about a cat who is SO adorable!)

What are your favorite graphic novels/manga?

An audio book reader can make or break a book. Some readers that are incredible are: Tim Curry (Series of Unfortunate Events) Jim Dale (Harry Potter) and David Tennant (How to Train Your Dragon). Want more suggestions? Check out this article from Book Riot's website.
Don't have a cd player anymore? Try out Libby, the library's ebook and e-audiobook app! Google Play Store app and Apple App Store.

Happy Monday!
We have a whole area dedicated to fairy tales that Miss Laura keeps together for us. Fairy tales (also known as myth or folklore) have an interesting history. They were originally oral tales and some date back to the bronze age.
According to this BBC article:

You have to watch out for some of those fairy tales btw. Some are awful dark!

Biographies! This week try and read a biography.
We have biographies about real people and biographies about fake people:

We have "fake" biographies in our series books. They're under "Dear America". These are biographies about kids during different time periods throughout American history.

Our "real" biographies are in the corner of the children's room. I've been trying to purchase lots of new and exciting biographies about different people that you may not have heard of, so check out our new books as well. I've also been buying some biographies about multiple people, scientists, explorers, athletes and more. 

Have someone you really want to learn more about, but we don't have it? Just ask and I'll see if I can find something!

So fiction is things that are "not" real. It doesn't mean that it couldn't be real, it's just that these are not actual facts.
So you could read things that seem like they're real, which is called "realistic fiction", or you could read fantasy, science fiction, or mysteries. All are considered fiction in their own way.
Want some suggestions?

Easy readers:
Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems - I'm sure you all know of Elephant and Piggie, but if you haven't ... OH MY GOODNESS they are so much fun.

Early chapter books:
Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo - Mercy is a cute piggie who loves toast with butter. She is delightful!

Chapter books:
Doll People series by Anne Martin - Imagine that your dolls became alive when you weren't there. Now imagine that you are a hundred year old doll and suddenly a new doll comes along with new ideas! What would you do?

No registration required. Just pick up your six pack of raffle tickets and read 167 pages a week. That's all! I know you can do it!
We'll be giving away different themed boxes at the end of this summer.
For the adults: Cooking, Gardening, Car Care, Movie Night, Coffee, Pampering.
For the teens: Celestial Theme, Movie Night, Beauty Queen, Sorry I have Plants this Weekend, Aspiring Artist, Health and Fitness.

This summer you have to:
register in house (yippee)
get your six raffle tickets
get your necklace, brag tag and seven beads.

Easy peasy!
Then you read 20 minutes a day (which you have to do for school)
and if you're feeling it, take part in our summer reading weekly specials:
Jul 11-17: fiction
Jul 18-24:  biography
Jul 25-31: fairy Tale
Aug 1-7: audio book
Aug 8-14: graphic novel
Aug 15-21: non-fiction

For each of your seven 20 minutes, you get a bead and if you read the special item, you get a SPECIAL BEAD!

At the end of the summer, we will be raffling off these prizes:
Rochester Museum and Science Center tickets (donated by the RMSC)
Seneca Park Zoo tickets (donated by Seneca Park Zoo)
Genesee Country Village and Museum tickets (donated by GCV&M)
Girl's Bike (donated by the Chili Tompkins Bank of Castile)
Boy's Bike (donated by the St Pius X Federal Credit Union)
Unicorn themed gift box
Movie themed gift box
Dinosaur themed gift box