Decision 2012

Tuesday, November 6th is an important day for our country!  It's the day the people of the United States will select their new president by voting in this year's election.

For the students of Smithville Elementary, it's also election day!  We'll be casting our votes for our favorite candidate:  Babymouse or Bad Kitty.

Keep an eye out for campaign posters and ads around school as the election draws nearer, and be sure to research your candidates thoroughly before November 6th!  Voters' Registration begins October 29th.  We'll see you at the polls!

Click on a candidate to learn more about her!

Book Talk Tuesday: Zita the Spacegirl

It's Book Talk Tuesday!  Today's book talk is one of this year's Bluebonnet Nominees!

Zita may not look like a hero, but when her best friend is transported to another galaxy, Zita has no choice but to come to the rescue! Transported to a strange new intergalactic world, Zita and her band of new friends (including an over-sized mouse and some misfit robots) must race to save Joseph before an asteroid destroys them all!

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Check out the Zita book trailer to learn more:


And visit the Zita website to learn more about Zita and her friends.

If you like Zita the Spacegirl, then try one of these books in our library:

• Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
• Sardine in Outerspace by Emmanuel Guibert
• The Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi
• Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires

The Storm in the Barn

The Storm in the Barn
by Matt Phelan

Eleven-year old Jack Clark is beginning to think he may have dust dementia, a new disorder in 1937 Kansas where it hasn’t rained for so
long people are starting to see strange things. There is water and a presence in the barn that he cannot explain. Is his imagination playing
tricks on him? By combining history and fantasy, this original graphic novel explores the hardships of the Dust Bowl era in a distinctive magical way.
[Summary from Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List]

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