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L. Wit: Media Center Director - l...@itasca.k12.il.us
B. Wesley: Media Center Assistant -
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Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School
730 N. Catalpa
Itasca, IL 60143

Telephone: (630) 773-0100
Fax Number (630) 285-7468

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Telephone: 773-1232 Option 5, Ext. 1542

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The Franzen Media Center is dedicated to meeting the needs of all students and staff. At Franzen, the Media Center is considered an extension of the regular classroom. Not only do students come to the Media Center to enjoy books, but they are taught important information literacy skills such as using the internet, locating information, and reporting that we incorporate into classroom lessons.

LIBRARY BOOK CHECK-OUT

All classes at Franzen have a regularly scheduled library time during which they come to the library to hear a story and to check out books. All students at Franzen can check out up to five books, but must check out at least one. Books are checked out for one week at a time and can be renewed.

Although the Media Center does not charge fines for overdue materials, a student who forgets his or her library books, will be limited to only one book. If a child consistently has overdue books they will not be allowed to check out any books until all overdue books are returned. Overdue notices will be sent home periodically. Students will be charged for lost items.

The book check-out schedule is the same every week, unless it is rescheduled because of holidays or special events. This year’s schedule is as follows:

M - Busse
Tu - Lindsay, Sitkiewitz, Bergmann, Agnello
W - Cuzzone
Th- Asimor, Buske
F - Flanigan, Hanczar, Copot, Rosales

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

Battle of the Books
Once again in cooperation with the Itasca Library, March 13th and 19th, graders will be participating in the Battle of the Books program. The program is designed to encourage students to read and become familiar with a wide variety of books. Our list of books reflects a broad range of themes and reading levels. This is a very worthwhile program in our constant endeavor to encourage good reading habits.

Students are divided into teams of approximately 5 people for competition. Each team member will read approximately 6 books from the selected book list. The teams will be organized at the end of November. On Thursday, March 11 all teams will compete in one "Battle", at Franzen School at 7:00 pm. The following Tuesday, March 15, at 7:00 pm the three top scoring teams will meet again for the championship. Please come join in the fun and watch our teams compete.

NEWS from the MEDIA CENTER

What’s New in the Media Center

NON-FICTION

347.73 DiPrimio  The Judicial Branch

391.5  Krull   Big Wig

395.1      Manners Mash Up

398.2  Philip   Mythology

398.24 Arnosky  Monster Hunt

512.7   Campbell  Growing Patterns

520  Rabe   There’s No Place Like Space!

529  Jenkins  Just a Second

551.21 Van Rose  Volcano

551.55 Fradin  Tornado!

551.6  Rabe   Oh Say Can You Say, What’s the Weather Today?

578.68 Hoare   Endangered Animals

591.4  Cusik   Animal Eggs

591.6  Simon  Animals Nobody Loves

591.7  Jenkins  How to Clean a Hippopotamus

597  Turner  Project Seahorse

597.3  MacQuitty  Shark

597.98 Meinking  Crocodile vs. Wildebeest

599  Rabe   Is a Camel a Mammal?

599.3  Lunis   Three-toed Sloths

599.4  Carson  The Bat Scientists

599.63 Ganeri  Bactrian Camel

599.65 Heuer   Being Caribou

599.76 Antill   Red Panda

599.76 Markovics  Wolverine

599.786 Norbert  Polar Bears

599.786 Rosing  Face to Face With Polar Bears

599.8  Somervill  Golden Lion Tamarin

616.5  Lew   Itch & Ooze

625.1  Coiley  Train

636.3   Boyton  Amazing Cow!

638  Burns   The Hive Detectives

639.9  Mongomery  Kakapo Rescue

688.7  Lipkowitz  The Lego Ideas Book

741.5  Tan   The Arrival

751.4  Peot   Inkblot

779  Haas   I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird

780  Greenberg  Ballet for Martha

793.74 Colgan  Mathemagic!

796.357 Buckley  Baseball

811  Dakos  A Funeral in the Bathroom

811  Katz   Poems I Wrote When No One was Looking

811  Raczka  Lemonade

811  Silverstein  Every Thing on it

910  Adams  Titanic

910.202 Dubois  Not For Parents

910.4  Bristow  Sky Sailors

910.4  Krull   Lives of the Pirates

910.9163 McPherson  Iceberg, Right Ahead!

920  Krull   Lives of the Presidents

973  Lake   Weird U.S.

973.4  Jurmain  The Worst of Friends

973.7  Stanchak  Civil War

973.931 Brown  America is Under Attack

979.4  Brown  Gold? Gold from the American River!

B DAV Hill   Dave the Potter

B EAR Fleming  Amelia Lost

B HEN Krull   Jim Henson

B SAR Sweet  Balloons Over Broadway

B TAY  VanAllsburg  Queen of the Falls

 

CHAPTER BOOKS

F Barden  Cinderella Smith

F Barrows  Ivy & Bean: No News is Good News

F Bass   Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things

F Bass   Dinkin Dings and the Double From

F Bransford  Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space

F Breitrose  Mousenet:  When Mice Do More Than Point and Click

F Buckley  The Cheerleaders of Doom

F Calkhoven  A Winning Goal

F Ciecie  Hoop Rat

F Clements  Troublemaker

F Cook   Wishes for Beginners

F Cotler  Cheesie Mack is Not a Genius or Anything

F Cowley  Friends: Snake and Lizard

F Craddock  Stone Rabbit:  Night of the Living Dust Bunnies

F Dale   Magical Mischief

F Davies  The Lemonade Crime

F Erskine  Mockingbird

F Friedman  Mallory’s Super Sleepover

F Gownley  True Things

F Graff   The Other Felix

F Griffiths  Killer Koalas from Outer Space

F Han   Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream

F Hannigan  True (--sort of)

F Harvey  Alice-Miranda at School

F Henkes  Junonia

F Holm   Babymouse:  Cupcake Queen

F Holm   Babymouse:  Mad Scientist

F Holm   Babymouse:  A Very Babymouse Christmas

F Holm   Squish:  Brave New Pond

F Holm   Squish:  Super Amoeba

F Hyde   Saving Armpit

F Ibbotson  The Ogre of Oglefort

F Jenkins  Invisible Inkling

F Jonell   Emmy and the Rats in the Belfry

F Jones   The Six Crowns:  Trundle’s Quest

F Jukes   The New Kid

F Kelley  The Girl Behind the Glass

F Kelly   Melonhead and the Undercover Operation

F Krishnaswami The Grand Plan to Fix Everything

F Krosoczka  Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit

F Krosoczka  Lunch Lady and the Field Trip Fiasco

F Lai   Inside Out & Back Again

F Lowry  Gooney Bird on the Map

F MacDonald  Nancy and Plum

F MacLachlan  Waiting for the Magic

F Mass   Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

F Mass   Thirteen Gifts

F McCranie  Mal and Chad

F McGuiness  Pilot & Huxley:  The First Adventure

F McGuiness  Pilot & Huxley:  The Next Adventure

F Meister  Buzz Beaker and the Outer Space Trip

F Meloy   Wildwood

F Mills   Mason Dixon: Basketball Disasters

F Mills   Mason Dixon: Fourth Grade Disasters

F Nicholls  Season of Secrets

F O’Conner  The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester

F Oliver   Liesl & Po

F Parker  Missile Mouse: Rescue on Tankium3

F Parker  Missile Mouse:  the Star Crusher

F Paterson  The Flint Heart

F Paulsen  Flat Broke

F Paulsen  Liar, Liar

F Peck   Secrets at Sea

F Peirce  Big Nate on a Roll

F Peirce  Big Nate Strikes Again

F Pennypacker Clementine and the Family Meeting

F Ripken  Hothead

F Rocklin  One Day and One Amazing Morning

F Santat  Sidekicks

F Schlitz  The Night Fairy

F Scieszka  Spaceheadz #3

F Selfors  Smells Like Treasure

F Selznik  Wonderstruck

F Shang  The Great Wall of Lucy Wu

F Smith   Turkey Monster Thanksgiving

F Soup   A Whole Nother Story

F Soup   Another Whole Nother Story

F Spires  Binky to the Rescue

F Spires  Binky Under Pressure

F Stein   It’s the First Day of School Forever!

F Sternberg  Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie

F Stone   Romeo and Juliet Code

F Tanner  Museum of Thieves

F Terrell  Quarterback Scramble

F Torrey  The Case of the Barfy Birthday

F Torrey  The Case of the Crooked Carnival

F Trueit   Scab for Treasurer?

F Ursu   Breadcrumbs

F Van Allsburg The Chronicles of Harris Burdick

F Vernon  Dragonbreath:  Lair of the Bat Monster

F Vernon  Dragonbreath:  No Such Thing as Ghosts

F Vernon  Dragonbreath:  Revenge of the Horned Bunnies

F Voight  Young Fredle

F Wright  Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace

F Wolitzer  The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman

F Zahler  A True Princess

 

PICTURE BOOKS

E Andrews  Rude Stories

E Barnett  Mustache!

E Bruel   A Bad Kitty Christmas

E Caple   Duck and Company Christmas

E Chabon  The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man

E Czekaj  A Call for a New Alphabet

E Cook   Peanut Butter and Homework Sandwiches

E Fox   Pirates of Plagiarism

E Gall   Substitute Creacher

E Gibala  Maddie’s Monster Dad

E Johnston  Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea

E Klassen  I Want My Hat Back

E Lasky   Spiders on the Case

E Lee   Shadow

E Lester  Tacky’s Christmas

E Lichtenheld  E-mergency!

E McDonnell  Me--Jane

E O’Malley  Desk Stories

E Pulver  Happy Endings

E  Riphagen  Animals Home Alone

E Rohmann  Bone Dog

E Rosenthal  This Plus That

E Savage  Where’s Walrus?

E Stein   Interrupting Chicken

E Stevens  Edwin Speaks Up

E Stevens  The Little Red Pen

E Tullet   Press Here

E Willems  Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator!

 

 

 

 

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