It’s the time of year when we are talking about the nonfiction side of our library. We have so many awesome choices in our collection!  Students in grade 4 got to rap along with librarian Mr. Scooter Hayes (from Wilmington, North Carolina) as they remembered the different categories of our collection. What’s your favorite section?

This week is national Banned Books Week.  With some of our library classes we talked about why books are banned. Students were shocked to hear that Harry Potter, Captain Underpants, Junie B. Jones, and The Giver are some of the most frequently banned books!  We are very lucky to have so many options for our…

Hi Everyone! Well, we didn’t celebrate #InternationalDotDay with everyone on the 15th, but we are celebrating all of this week in the Sippican Library.   Today, 5th grade connected the dots between Dot Day and the Acceptable Use Policy. 4th grade watched an interview with author Peter Reynolds came up with some questions about Dot…

We’ve had two great days of school so far. I’ve loved talking with many of you about what you read over the summer!  If you haven’t already, write your favorite titles and series on the front bulletin board. Here are some of the new books and tools that we got for the library with last…

What a thoughtful All School Meeting we had today!  In case you missed it, here is a video clip about what Sippican would be like without volunteers. We appreciate your help more than we can say!