Read To Feed

Our ELA classes have found a great way to collect canned goods and other items for CCISD's Education Village Fill the Bus food drive. Students have collected pledges of 1 can or item for every 10 pages that they read. Way to go Knights!

Clear Creek ISD and Kemah Boardwalk

Clear Creek I.S.D. and Kemah Boardwalk
Invite all students, staff and family
to a holiday weekend of fun
Benefitting CCISD Libraries & Media Services!

Thanksgiving Weekend
Friday, November 26th – Sunday, November 28th

All Day Ride Pass
at $15 per person**
(Regularly priced at $19.99)

**CCISD students, staff and family must present the flyer at
the time of purchase to get special pricing. Flyers may be
found in the library and the Bayside office.
20% of the proceeds of every pass purchased with the flyer
will be donated to CCISD Libraries & Media Services !!!

All Day Ride Pass includes unlimited access to the Carousel, Ferris
Wheel, CP Huntington Train, Pharaoh’s Fury, Wipeout, Boardwalk
Tower, Inverter, Aviator, Balloon Wheel, Red Baron, Boardwalk
Bouncer, the Drop Zone and the Boardwalk Bullet Coaster!
(The pass does not include Boardwalk Beast, Stingray Reef, Midway games or Arcade)

Come out and support the CCISD libraries!

Book Fair: Thanks for making our first Bayside Book Fair a HUGE success!

Teen Read Week: Oct. 18-24 Be on the lookout for lots of cool stuff going on during Teen Read Week: Read it Forward, Poetry and Song Writing Contest, Bookmarks, and more...

Funds4Books: Launching September 27
An easy and convenient way to support the library through donations to grow our collection of books. 100% of each donation goes directly to the purchase of books! Contact us in the library for more information.

Growing Our Library

What a great start for the Bayside Library! Last night at Open House parents learned about Funds4Books, "picked a pumpkin" to donate games and puzzles to the library and visited the book fair. To learn more about Funds4Books, go to www. funds4books.com and enter code 425d. Thanks for all you are doing to help our library grow!

Katsa is a Graceling, born with an ability that leaves others quaking in her presence. Used by her uncle, the king, to instill fear in anyone who dares defy him, Katsa is torn by the savage nature of her Grace and her disgust at the cruelty of her acts for the king. To add to her torment, she meets Prince Po who stirs feelings in Katsa she has never experienced is her young life. Kristin Cashore combines violence, passion, kindess and romance in a story that leaves you spellbound to the last page! Read Graceling by Kristing Cashore.

Back to School Reading

Welcome to Bayside! Now that you have survived your first day of school, it's time to start thinking about selecting books for this 9 weeks. Take a look at the Lone Star reading list for this year. There is truly something for everyone.

Summer Reading

After you finish your required summer reading try:
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (author of Gregor the Overlander)
Roar by Emma Clayton
Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfors

More recommended titles to follow.

Writing Secrets Revealed

I just returned from the Texas Library Association convention in San Antonio. We listened to inspirational speakers, other librarians sharing their programs and ideas, storytellers spinning a yarn and authors revealing their writing secrets. And you know what? There really is no secret to great writing. Those authors struggle for ideas and agonize over revisions just like you do when asked to do a writing assignment. They all say the same thing - don't give up. Stay with it. Have others read your work and make suggestions. Look for ideas in the simple details of everyday life. And most of all - read! Read, read, read. Those are the great "secrets" of becoming a great writer. And if they can do it, you can, too!

Welcome To Bayside Library

Opening a brand new library is an exhilirating experience! The building is complete, the shelves are in place and the furniture is on the way. We are in the process of ordering our new books and we would like to hear from you. Take the "What Do You Like To Read?" poll and visit our blog often for more ways to let us know what you like to read.