Reading Connection for Kids

The month of February

February's birthstone is the Amethyst
The birth flower for February is the primrose.
Tuesday February 9th is Safer Internet Day www.cybersmart.gov.au for more information
The 14th of February is Valentine's Day. Originally thought to be the day on which birds choose their mates
16th of February is Shrove Tuesday also known as Pancake Day.
The 21st Winter Olympics begins on the 12th of February at Vancouver running through to the 28th of February. Events include skiing, bob sleigh, skating, ice hockey, snowboarding and much more.
The 15th of February begins Random Acts of Kindness Week.

Joke of the week

Teacher. When you yawn you're supposed to put your hand over your mouth

Student. What?! And get bitten?

Fun Links

Children's Book Week

The winners have now been announced for Children's Book Week 2009. To see a list of the winners visit the Children's Book Council of Australia

New Books

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Pirates... and worse!
Simon Beecroft

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Get eye-to-eye with the bad guys including Nuvo Vindi and the Separatist leaders, buddy up with jedi and droids as well as extraordinary creatures like the Gutkurrs and Blurrgs, and meet the terrifying pirates Hondo Ohnaka and Turk Falso in Star Wars: The Clone Wars Reader: Pirates…and Worse!!

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Killer Mission
Franklin Dixon

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MISSION: To investigate the shady goings-on at the exclusive private boarding school Willis Firth Academy. LOCATION: The mountains of New England. POTENTIAL VICTIMS: The brothers of Gamma Theta Theta, the most elite fraternity on campus, seem to be on the receiving end of all of Firth's biggest (and most dangerous) problems. SUSPECTS: The members of the frat may seem like brothers to everyone else, but Gamma Theta Theta insiders know that within the ivy-covered walls the boys are definitely not one big happy family...

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Specky Magee & the battle of the young guns
Felice Arena

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As Specky battles it out in the state carnival for a chance to play on the hallowed MCG turf, back at school he has a fight on his hands just to be allowed to play with his beloved Booyong Lions. And when his long-lost grandpa comes to visit, it's all-out war at home as well…

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Planet 51: Lem saves the day
Gail Herman

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Everything seemed to be going just right for Lem - until the day an alien appeared in his backyard! But Chuck isn′t the kind of alien Lem expected. In fact, as Lem tries to return Chuck to his ship, he learns that this "foreigner" isn′t so different after all. With his entire planet in a tizzy over aliens and zombies, it′s up to Lem to convince his friends that it′s not Chuck that has them panicked - it′s simply the fear of the unknown.

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