Holcomb & Wiley Elementary Libraries

Mrs. Angie Price, Librarian

P.O. Box 37

204 N. Henderson St.

Holcomb, Kansas 67851

Holcomb & Wiley Elementary Libraries strive to be a place where students come to enjoy books, both fiction and non-fiction, and learn from them all.

Events in the Library Author Visit Up-Coming Events National Children’s Book Week	Calendar 2004-05 School Year	BOOKS New books are always coming to our library. Book favorites by grade.
Kansas State Library Assess to SIRS Discoverer for Kids or World Book On-Line requires your pin number (your Kansas Library Card Number) & your date of birth given in this pattern: 00/00/1900 SIRS Discoverer for Kids Database Features: Suggested Research Topics Activities Biographies Fiction Country Facts Photo Essays Pictures Maps of the World Dictionary/ Thesaurus	Author's Home Pages: Children's Literature Web Guide Children's and Young Adult's Authors & Illustrators Carol Hurst's Author Pages Sites for Teachers abcteach Kathy Schrock Sites for Teachers a data base of hundreds of sites for teachers.	Great Web Sites for children: **Kids Click** (a web search for kids created by librarians) A great resource! **www.starfall.com ** Fun, educational, and interactive for the young child. **www.peterrabbit.co.uk/** (Go to the FUN pages for great activities and even have the stories read to you.) Or ** Kids Corner** for Beatrix Potter's stories read aloud in several different languages **Kids READ** Games, Trivia, Authors and much about books! For intermediate and older students. Spring Holiday site: **Pitter Patter Craft Library**
Works Cited Resources: 1. MLA guide by Mrs. Price 2. Hobby Horse Books.com Oradell Public School, Oradell, New Jersey	Student Magazines Our libraries provide magazines for students to check out on an overnight basis. § Click here see a list and to link to web sites.	2004 BOOK FAIR! Thank you to all who helped and came to buy books at our annual book fair.

Quotes to Note!

"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education."
- Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education

"Wear the old coat and buy the new book." - Austin Phelps

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." - Charles W. Eliot (1834 - 1926), The Happy Life, 1896

St. Patrick's Day History and recipes!

History Channel's Holiday information

Clifford Sites :

Have 3 Clifford stories read to you

Play with Clifford on line!

Exciting News: We'll be getting several new books related to 100^th day of school thanks to the Partners in Community Service Grant for 2005-06!!

Web page updated: 03/28/2005 by Angie Price, Elementary Librarian, USD #363, Holcomb, Kansas