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The second annual Star Wars Reads Day was held on October 5, 2013. It’s a day-long celebration of literacy and all things Star Wars! The Grade 7s got into the spirit, hosting Star Wars themed activities (and treats!) in the library:

Star Wars Reads Day was a very successful event. The idea for the event came the DK website, publishers of Star Wars books. Parisa, Stephanie, and Rachel got together planned a party to celebrate! They created five stations: craft station, the Lego station, the reading station, the word search puzzle station, and the food station (Thanks Mrs. Tan for the Star Wars shaped cookies).

The craft station had the make your own paper light saber. It went extremely well and it was a lot more popular then we thought. The Lego station had a Star Wars plane that needed to be built. Four sharp Grade 7 girls completed the plane in one hour. Everyone loved the food station. There was Yoda Soda and Star Wars cookies which were both very popular. At the reading station girls curled in the new library furniture and read the Star Wars books.

Watch for more fun events at the library.

 Stephanie, Grade 7

On the 12th of March, 2013, the Grade 6s and 7s were privileged to get a visit from Richard Scrimger, self-proclaimed “professional liar” – his way of saying an author who writes fiction.

He told us all about his “lies” and how he starts his “lies”, which are commonly known to us as books. He talked about his book called Ink Me in the “7” Series. The “7” Series is a series with seven books in it, each written by a different author. The seven grandsons must complete part of their grandfather’s will. It’s a really interesting series.

Mr. Scrimger also gave us a chance to vote on his upcoming half graphic novel/half chapter book. We voted between Uncle Viminy’s Comic Book and Turn the Page!!!!! The book is about two kids who fall into a comic book and try to get out. After getting out however, they realize along the way they’ve changed the story and it’s now a great big mess. They must go back in to change the story back to how it was and the only way to get back is to “turn the page.” Turn the Page!!!!! won the vote by a lot, so look for the book in the future.

A little more information on “glasses guy” (as he’s sometimes called): He was born in Montreal, Québec though he moved to Toronto, Ontario when he was two. Since 1996 he has published 14 books. Twelve of his books have been nominated for reader’s choice awards. One of his books (A Nose from Jupiter) also became a Canadian bestseller, and at one point he was right beyond Harry Potter on the Canadian book charts. It won a Mr. Christie Book Award which entitled him to a free box of Mr. Christie’s cookies and it was on most top 10 lists.

It was amazing getting to meet hm, and we hope we can meet more authors like him soon. Below are more quotes from some of my classmates:

“I love his books! They’re amazing!”
“His advice was exquisite!”
“He has a great sense of humour!”
“I really enjoyed your visit, I used to be a Glasses Girl, too!”
“He’s a cool guy!”

Sabrina
Grade 6H