February Monthly Bonus = 15 Points on your Team READ Log plus a valentine treat from the Instant Prize Trunk!
Read about the History of February Events

Valentine's Day
http://www.history.com/content/valentine/history-of-valentine-s-day
Chinese New Year
                                http://www.history.com/content/chinesenewyear

Black History Month
                                                http://www.history.com/content/blackhistory/black-history-timeline
                                                    Pick Milestones that interest you to find out more information

Click here for the February Monthly Bonus Coupon to turn in at the library!

December Monthly Bonus = 15 points on your Team READ Log plus a treat from the Instant Prize Trunk!

So many blockbuster movies are based on books. This season Disney offers, A Christmas Carol starring the voice talent of Jim Carrey. But the movie is based on the famous book by Charles Dickens published in December of 1843. It became an instant success and has remained in print since that time.

Read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 5 short chapters = 15 points

Curious minds might want to investigate an original scanned copy from the University of Glasgow. http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/dec1999.html

Team READ Instant Prize Coupon for December! Add the points to your Team READ Log then fill it out the coupon and bring it to the Library Media Center for an instant prize!

November Monthly Bonus = 15 points on your Team READ Log plus a treat from the Instant Prize Cauldron!

Can a private citizen have influence on a president?
Read the following two primary source links from the Library on Congress to find out!

Sarah Hale's Letter to President Lincoln concerning Thanksgiving dated September 28, 1863
View the original handwritten version then scroll down the page to read a typed version.
President Lincoln's Proclamation No.9 dated October 3, 1863
Scroll down to the middle of the PDF document to find and read Proclamation No. 9
Team READ Instant Prize Coupon for November - print out, fill out and bring to the Library for your reward!


October Monthly Bonus = 15 points plus a treat from the Instant Prize Cauldron!
   Here is the Team READ Instant Prize Coupon

     3 Scary Story Choices - you may read one or all. Each will be 15 points!
     The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
     The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
     Bloody Mary, American Folktale - read and listen to the podcast
 

Introductory Bonus for Team READ!

Read the following link. Download the Team READ Coupon. Have a parent or guardian sign to affirm you read the remarks. Turn it in at the library for a reward and begin accumulating points for the first reward week at the end of the 1st Trimester!
Here is the link...REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO AMERICA'S SCHOOLCHILDREN
Here is the Team READ Reward Coupon...Team READ Coupon for President Obama's Address.