PHOTOS from our Inaugural Literary Character Costume Contest

Thanks to everyone who entered!

It was so difficult choosing the winners!

After much deliberation, a blinking pumpkin full of chocolate candies and gummy spiders went to:

Middle School Winner

Katniss of Hunger Games

Faculty/Staff Winner

Daisy Buchanan of The Great Gatsby

Upper School Winner

Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers

So much fun!

Be thinking about next year!

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Need a Literary Character Halloween Costume Idea? 7 GREAT DIY Costume Sites to √ Out

Updated October 29, 2015

Looking forward to seeing what our students and teachers 

conjure up this year!

Here are the rules and judging criteria:

Stumped for ideas? Here are some DIY* websites to get your creative juices flowing:

Book Week Costume Explore collection from Pinterest

16 DIY Literary Costumes You Need To Wear This Year For Halloween from gurl.com

Book Character Dress Up Day, Pinterest collection by Marci Tate

21 Children's Book Characters Born to Be Halloween Costumes from buzzfeed.com

5 DIY Literary Halloween Costumes from bookriot

10 DIY Literary Costumes for Halloween from The Poets Project

Children's Book Character Costume Ideas, Pinterest collection by Lori Hancock

DIY* = Do NOT spend a lot of money :)

Yes, there will be photos to share.

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Cross-posted on mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

And Our Next Middle School Book Club Read is ...... drum rol-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l ...!

Pano of the Club

Some GREAT suggestions! 

Here's the short list, alphabetically.

Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

Brain Jack by Brian Falkner 

The Giver by Lois Lowry 

The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton 

Every Day by David Levithan 

Measle and the Wrathmonk by Ian Ogilvy 

Slathbog's Gold by M. L. Forman 

The Swindle by Gordon Korman

And the winner is (no surprise, no surprise)...

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan! 

Check out the book description on the author's website here.

We'll be discussing the book on November 14, at 11:40 am, under the hala tree next to the library. :)

Several students have already borrowed and read the book, which just came out on October 7 -- a good sign!

Come by the library to borrow / reserve a copy!

"Reading is dreaming with open eyes." --YoYo

Ms. Lindsay

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