Brookland-Cayce Grammer School - Library Media Center

B-C Grammar School No. 1
Library Media Center

The mission of the B-C Grammar School No. 1 library media center is to ensure that every child has the opportunity to explore the world through a variety of resources and to help all students become independent life-long readers and users of information.

Ms. Jane Chinault
Library Media Specialist
Mrs. Beth Hopkins
Library Media Assistant

In order to encourage students to read, the media center participates in several reading programs:

Accelerated Reader
Book reports
Bearcat Book Reviews
Scholastic Book Fairs, one in the fall and one in the spring of each school year
Adopt-a-Book
School-wide reading incentive program (this year’s theme is B-C 1 has Charmed Readers)
Read with the Lady Gamecocks
State Read-In
Participation in the SC Children’s and SC Picture Book Award programs
Governor’s Reading List
Publishing of top readers, TOP CATS, each nine week in the Bearcat News
End-of-the-Year district Top Reader award and reception
End-of-the-Year AR Sleepover

Picture Book Award Nominees
2007-2008

       PreK – 2nd Grade
     1. About Arachnids: A Guide for Children by Cathryn P. Sill
     2. Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
     3. Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson
     4. Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
     5. The Bumblebee Queen by April Pulley Sayre
     6. Carolina’s Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too! by Donna Rathmell
     7. Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson
     8. The Dog Who Cried Wolf by Keiko Kasza
     9. Elephants Can Paint, Too! by Katya Arnold
    10. Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog by Pamela S. Turner
    11. If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty
    12. Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
    13. Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
    14. Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
    15. My Big Brother by Miriam Cohen
    16. My Teacher for President by Kay Winters
    17. Not Norman: A Goldfish Story by Kelly Bennett
    18. Papa, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse
    19. Precious and the Boo Hag by Pat McKissack
    20. Reaching for the Moon by Buzz Aldrin
    21. Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing by James Rumford
    22. Sweet Tooth by Margie Palatini
    23. Too Many Frogs! by Sandy Asher
    24. Turtle Tide: The Ways of Sea Turtles by Stephen R. Swinburne
    25. When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins

Children’s Book Award
2007-2008

        3rd – 6th Grade

     1. Abby Takes a Stand by Pat McKissack
     2. Ballpark: The Story of America’s Baseball Fields by Lynn Curlee
     3. Brothers In Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams
     4. Defiance by Valerie Hobbs
     5. Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
     6. Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea             Warren
     7. Escape to West Berlin by Maurine F. Dahlberg
     8. The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands by Louise Borden
     9. Hidden Child by Isaac Millman
    10. A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff
    11. Lowji Discovers America by Candace Fleming
    12. The Missing Manatee by Cynthia C. DeFelice
    13. The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
    14. Only Emma by Sally Warner
    15. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting                 Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
    16. Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
    17. Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
    18. Stumptown Kid by Carol Gorman
    19. Tackling Dad by Elizabeth Levy
    20. When Ratboy Lived Next Door by Chris Woodworth

“Read to them. Take their breath away. Read with the same feeling in your throat as when you first see the ocean after driving hours and hours to get there. Close the final page of the book with the same reverence you feel when you kiss your sleeping child at night. Be quiet. Don’t talk the experience to death. Shut up and let these kids feel and think. Teach your children to be moved.”
Cynthia Rylant

How do I start reading to my child?

There’s no magic formula, no right way of reading and, no special rules. A book, a quiet place, you and your child - it’s all you need.

Try to make it a consistent event. At the same time or times, each day, and in a comfortable place.
It’s never too early to start reading to your child. Even babies love hearing nursery rhymes.
Try to make your reading as expressive as possible. Let the emotion of the story show through your facial expression and your voice. It really brings the characters and the story to life.

Try to read to your child 10 minutes every day, or at the minimum
several times a week

The first stop when you are beginning your on-line research should be South Carolina's Virtual Library, DISCUS.

Come here first for all your teacher and student research needs. Be sure to get the password from Ms. Chinault if you want to use this site at home.

Remember, use DISCUS first and then if you still need more information, check out these sites below.

Search Engines for Kids

Please Note: Teachers and parents shuold always be present whenever students are searching the INTERNET.

Ask for Kids

Originally Ask Jeeves. The site has been renamed and reworked.

Cyber Sleuth

An INTERNET search guide for k-12 students.

AOL at School

Content available for students, teachers, and early childhood students.

Kids Click

Web searching for kids by librarians.