Lunch Lady READ Poster

The Lunch Lady now has her very own ALA READ poster!

Lunch Lady Graphic Novels

There are 9 Lunch Lady graphic novels and a 10th will be released on January 29, 2014: Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle!

Here are the books in order:

Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute
Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians
Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta
Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown
Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit
Lunch Lady and the Field Trip Fiasco
Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes
Lunch Lady and the Picture Day Peril
Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain
Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle

Visit the author's website for videos, activities and downloads!

Lunch Lady Legends

Play the Lunch Lady Legends Video Game!

Meeting Jarrett Krosoczka!

I was fortunate enough to meet our November author, Jarrett J. Krosoczka a few weeks ago at the Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books and Authors.  The event was held at the Lincoln School in Providence on Saturday, October 19th. 

Mr. Krosoczka was charming and happily signed a book for me  (Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians - what else?) and posed for a picture!  It was a wonderful day and a thrill to meet him!

Me, my niece, Abby, and Jarrett!

Author Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Jarrett J. Krosoczka is the author of our November book, Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute.  He has an amazing website with 7 different biographies (I like "According to Ralph"), artwork, videos, activities and free downloads.  You can also learn how to correctly pronouce his name!  Check it out!

In addition to the amazing Lunch Lady graphic novels, Jarrett has also written and illustrated a number of picture books including Punk Farm and Punk Farm on Tour.  His newest chapter book is called Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked.

Jarrett is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and now lives in Northampton, Massachusetts with his family.

Featured Author of the Month: Kevin Henkes

Kevin Henkes (birthday November 27) is the featured author of the month!  Mr. Henkes has written many books for children including Bird Lake Moon, Junonia, and Olive's Ocean which was a 2004 Newbery Honor book.  His newest chapter book is The Year of Billy Miller.  He lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his family.

Watch meet-the-author videos at TeachingBooks.net and go In the Studio with Kevin Henkes.  Visit the library today to check out his inspiring books.

Featured Homework Resource

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Mango Languages is an online language learning system that teaches actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages.  Mango is completely web-based and is accessible anytime and anywhere you have access to the Internet.  Create an account to keep track of your lessons or just start learning!

Learn French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Icelandic, Pirate and many more!  Mango is always adding new languages to learn.

Try Mango Languages by visiting the library's homework help webpage.

Questions?  Visit the Children's Desk or call 401-847-8720 ext. 204 for more information.