Grassroots Meeting to Be Held September 18th!

Mark your calendars for the annual Grassroots meeting, held on Tuesday, September 18, from 1 - 4 pm.

Besides swapping stories and SRP ideas, I am very excited that Jill Camber Davidson, Nutrition Education Consultant for the DPI, will be presenting for us at this meeting! For those of you who saw Jill at WAPL, you will remember she gave an excellent presentation on food allergies, sanitation and obesity, that I also featured on Little Nic. If any of you have any specific questions or topics you would like her to cover at the Grassroots meeting, please let me know! There will be time to ask her some questions as well.

I am also asking that every participant bring a book, idea or craft to swap, especially if it can be geared toward the 2008 "Catch the Reading Bug" theme.

Invites will be going out in August! Don't miss out!

More Read-Alikes

HARRY POTTER READ-ALIKES

If you liked the humor:

The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede

My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville

If you like the magic:

The Dark is Rising (series) by Susan Cooper

So You Want to Be a Wizard (series) by Diane Duane

Red Wizard by Nancy Springer

If you liked the friendships:

Circle of Magic (series) by Tamora Pierce

The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg

The Gold Dust Letters by Janet Taylor Lisle

If you liked Hogwarts:

A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett

Dear Mom, Get Me Out of Here by Ellen Conford

Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson

If you liked the animals and creatures:

Redwall (series) by Brian Jacques

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

Here There Be Unicorns by Jane Yolen

~ Compiled by Ruhama Kordatzky Bahr, via CEO, Issue 285, July 11, 2007

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FREE Program on Blindness

Elizabeth Timmins, Director of the Muehl Public Library in Seymour, passed along a resource that some of you might be interested in.

On June 27, Donna from "Prevent Blindness Wisconsin" presented a FREE, interactive program at the Muehl Public Library. The 60-minute program includes:

Eye Safety--Eye Hazard search; depth perception games; imperfect eye games
Safe Summer Jeopardy
Safe Options for celebrating around fireworks
Snack
Children's Vision Screening

Elizabeth said Donna is willing to travel, and is interested in doing more programs! If you are interested in the possibility of Donna presenting at your library, here is her contact information.

Prevent Blindness Wisconsin
1524 University Ave.
Green Bay, WI
920-432-5466
Contact: Donna
donna.pbw@sbcglobal.net

Thank you, Elizabeth!

Evaluations

Please remember to fill out an evaluation for Jim Lenz's performances! You can access the form on the NFLS Youth page. We appreciate your feedback!