A Wrinkle In Time

It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. 

"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me be on my way. Speaking of way, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract".

Meg's father had been experimenting with this fifth dimension of time travel when he mysteriously disappeared. Now the time has come for Meg, Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their journey through space?

Come check out this book in the library. Read it before you see the movie.

Remember: Never judge a book by it's movie!

Tournament of Books Champion

The winner of the 2017 Tournament of Books is:

GMS 2017 Tournament of Books

Click here to vote!!!

Summer Reading 2016

Did you know that it is very important to read over the summer? Research shows that kids who read over the summer come back to school the next year and do better than kids who didn't read at all!!!

All of you need to keep reading over the summer. 

Here are some links to summer reading programs:

Education World

International Children's Digital Library

Sherman Public Library

Gunter Library

I hope you make reading part of your summer fun!!

Winter Book Challenge Winner

One student, Caitlyn Siler, completed all 14 challenges!

Caitlyn read:

• a book that is set in a place where it snows
• a book with a one word title
• a book that takes place in another time
• a book recommended by a teacher or friend
• a book with an adjective in the title
• a book that was published in 2015
• a graphic novel
• a book recommended by an adult that they read as a middle schooler
• a book that you can finish in a day
• a book by an author who shares your last initial
• a book over 200 pages
• a book with a cover that you think looks awesome
• two books on the same topic - one fiction and one nonfiction

Congratulations Caitlyn on a job well done!!!

Book Fair Success!!

The 2015 GMS book fair was a success. We sold $2,749 in books so the library will receive $1,375 in books. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to our success. I could not have done it without my great student crew: Tristan Meadors, Natalie Stephan, Ashley Bruner, Brianna Carr, Taylor Boddie, Caitlyn Siler, Bethany Gilbreath, Bria Savage and Mary Smith. Here are a few pictures of the week.

Aubrey Walton, Ethan Sloan & Samantha Neufeld

Kiley Meadors & Lillie Matiko

Stephenie Pelley & Veronica Fraire

Ashley Bruner helping Landon Waligura

Bethany Gilbreath, Bria Savage & Mary Smith

We had so much fun we all got goosebumps!!!

The Book Fair is Coming!!

The Scholastic Book Fair will be here October 16- October 23. You will be able to shop every day from 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM. I will be recruiting a Student Crew. If you are interested please come see me for an application.

2015-16 School Year

Welcome back to school! I hope everyone had a great summer. I am looking forward to a Marr-velous year. We will be receiving shipments of new books this Fall. I am continuing the Rave Reviews program; so if you are looking for a book, check out that page and see what others are reading and what they recommend.

GIFT Books

I received my Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books!! Thank you GIFT Board! I have them on my shelves and they are already being checked out. One girl told me when she checked out the first Nancy Drew "I'm going to read them all." You just can't beat the classics.

Bracket Winner

David Martinez filled out a bracket that was perfect! 

Congratulations David!!

Here is David with his winning bracket.

David with his prize: lunch from Andrea's!

Two Champions!!

The winner in the GMS Tournament of Books is:

It won by three votes.

I also had one student whose bracket was good all the way to the very end.

Congratulations David Martinez!!!

GMS Tournament of Books

 We have been having our own version of March Madness. I took the top 16 circulated library books and we have been voting on our favorites. We even filled out brackets. Two of them are still good. We began with:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

The Missing: Found

Wonder

The Maze Runner

Harry Potter

Vietnam Series

Divergent

A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Hunger Games

Jack Stalwart

Drama

Holes

The Dork Diaries

Ask My Mood Ring How I Feel

I Funny

Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell

We are in Round 3 and these are the Final Four books:

Remember to keep voting until we have a champion!!

Books from the Book Fair

We will be able to purchase lots of new books for the library with the earnings from our book fair.
Some of the titles I have already picked out include:

Come in and check these titles out. When we get more I will let you know.

Book Fair 2014

The 2014 Book Fair was a big success!!! We made our goal and will soon have a homework-free night. Thank you to everyone who supported the fair. A big thanks to my student crew: Brianna Carr, Mariah Hall, Emily Loftis, Kennon Magers, Ana Mercado, Karissa Pelfrey, Elizabeth Schroeter, Kaylee Smith and Mary Smith.

Many books were purchased.

Students participated in guessing games.

Best of all - the library will receive lots of new books!!!

New Books

We have several new books in the library: Ice Dogs by Terry Johnson

                                                                    The Castle Behind Thorns by Merrie Haskell

                                                                    The Thickety by J. A. White

                                                                    Wipeout of the Wireless Weenies by David Lubar

Come in and check them out!!!

    

Welcome Back!!!

I am so excited about the 2014-15 school year! I look forward to helping you find books that you love to read. This summer I spent quite a bit of time replacing worn out books and getting some new ones.  Come in and check it out.

I am starting a new program this year called Rave Reviews. Any reader on our campus (students, teachers and staff) can go to my blog and write a book review for others to read. It's a great way to share good books with others. Just go to the tab marked "Rave Reviews" at the top of this page and read all about it. Once you fill out the form you can start looking for your review to be posted on the website.

Let's make it a great year at Gunter Middle School!!!

Summer Reading Program

Did you know that it is very important to read over the summer? Research shows that kids who read over the summer come back to school the next year and do better than kids who didn't read at all!!!

All of you need to keep reading over the summer. Even though our library will be closed the Sherman Public Library will have a great FREE summer reading program.

Here is the link to the Sherman Public Library Summer Reading Program

It begins on June 5th. I hope you decide to join in the fun!

Tesla's Attic

What happens to Nick and his family when they move into a house they have inherited? Read this book and find out.

Thank You!!

A very big thank you to everyone who bought something and supported our Book Fair. We sold almost $2,300.00 worth of books. That means over $1,100.00 of books for our library! Also, a big thank you to my Student Crew for all of their help; I couldn't have done it without you.

Keep reading and be on the look out for new books coming in.

Shop the Book Fair

The GMS Book Fair starts this Friday, October 18, with a Preview Day. Come shop in the GMS library Monday - Thursday, October 21-24 from 8:30-3:00. If you can't make it to the school go online and shop. Each purchase helps our library. To shop online click here.