SISBC+2013_2014

May 9, 2014

Dear Parents,

In my last letter to you about the //Scholastic International Schools Book Club//, I enclosed the March flyer instead of the May one and for that I apologize.

The correct May flyer is enclosed and this is the final book order for this academic year. All prices are listed in British Pounds Sterling and are subject to VAT and Processing Fees of 15%. You will need to order your books online by **Friday, May 23, 2014**. Books will be delivered to the school two weeks later and they will be distributed to the students individually.

You can shop online with your credit card by visiting the following link:

** http://eu.clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/wroclaw-international **

Please remember that every book you buy from the //Scholastic International School Book Club// helps WIS earn much-needed books for our library and classrooms!

Happy Book Shopping! Nina Franco N. Franco, WIS School Librarian Wroclaw International School

May 5, 2014

Dear Parents,

I hope that you had a relaxing Spring Break and that you have returned reinvigorated for the rapidly approaching end of the school year. Thank you so much for supporting our school through the //Scholastic International School Book Club // for the past four years.

The May leaflet for the //SISBC// is enclosed and this is the final book order for this academic year. All prices are listed in British Pounds Sterling and are subject to VAT and Processing Fees of 15%. You will need to order your books online by **Friday, May 16, 2014**. Books will be delivered to the school two weeks later and they will be distributed to the students individually.

You can shop online with your credit card by visiting the following link:

**http://eu.clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/wroclaw-international ** Please remember that every book you buy from the //Scholastic International School Book Club // helps WIS earn much-needed books for our library and classrooms!

Not sure which books to buy for your child? Why not check out the leaflet with him or her? In addition, you may want to consider the following titles:

 hairy monsters! **Ages 5+** || ** //Magic Tree House: High Time for Heroes // ** by Mary Pope Osborne: King Arthur, Florence Nightingale and a trip to Egypt, in one epic adventure? Count us in. **Ages 7+** ||
 * ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[[image:highway rat.jpg width="207" height="168" align="right"]]The Highway Rat // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19.5px;"> by Julia Donaldson: A bedtime rhyme with rattitude from Julia and Axel. This cute bandit will steal your chocolate éclairs. And ambush your heart while he’s at it. **Ages 0+** || ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[[image:woolly.jpg align="right"]]Woolly // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19.5px;"> by Sam Childs: Our no. 1 contender for the snuggliest picture book of the year. Will you give this sad little scrap a cuddle? So sweet you’ll shed a tear **Ages 3+** ||
 * ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[[image:bigfoot.jpg width="161" height="176" align="left"]]The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot! // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19.5px;"> by Scott Magoon: If you love //The Gruffalo//, you must try this story of imaginary (or are they?) big
 * ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[[image:Dragons.jpg width="115" height="173" align="right"]]No Such Things as Dragons // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.5;">by Philip Reeve: A dragon tale with a difference. Heart-pounding fantasy from the //Mortal// //Engines// maestro. **Ages 9+** || ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[[image:owl keeper.jpg width="163" height="300" align="right"]]The Owl Keeper // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19.5px;">by Christine Brodien-Jones: A lyrical fantasy. The silver owls are gone; the forests are dark; the sinister High Echelon rule the world. But the Owl Keeper is coming … **Ages 11+** ||
 * ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">[[image:Pompeii.jpg width="104" height="203" align="left"]]Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19.5px;"> by Vicky Alvear Shecter: A forbidden love flares as the eruption blows the roof off the world. What will survive? **Ages 13+** || [[image:cute_nf.jpg align="left"]]Happy Reading!

N. Franco, WIS School Librarian Wroclaw International School || Book Summaries and images are courtesy of //Scholastic//, UK.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">February 19, 2014

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Dear Parents,

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Our online International School Book Club book group order is ready for you! This means that you can begin ordering the books from your Book Club leaflet and pay online with your credit card by visiting the following link:

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://eu.clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/wroclaw-international **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Prices are listed in British Pounds Sterling and are subject to VAT and Processing Fees of 15%. You will need to order your books online by **Friday, March 7th**. Books will be delivered to school two weeks later and they will be distributed to the students then.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Please remember that every book you buy from the Scholastic International School Book Club helps WIS earn much-needed books for our library and classrooms!

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Not sure which books to buy for your child? Why not check out the leaflet with him or her? In addition, you may want to consider the following titles:

Rhymes. Mealtimes. And YUCKY BUGS! Two monster talents: one tasty tale. Tuck in. **Ages 0+** || //**The Fox in the Dark**// by Alison Green and Deborah Allwright
 * //**Spider Sandwiches**// by Claire Freedman and Sue Hendra

Four adorable animals show you not to be scared of the dark in this cuddly bedtime favorite. Psst ... there is a funny twist too! **Ages 3+** ||
 * **//The Story of Ferdinand//** by Munro Leaf

A gentle misfit to win your heart. Ferdinand like sniffing flowers, but not butting heads with other bulls. How will he survive the bullfight? **Ages 5+** || //**Ghost Buddy: Always Dance With a Buffalo**// by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver You'll laugh, you'll laugh more and you'll wish you had a ghost of your own. Spook-a-licous! **Ages 7+** ||
 * //**I Funny**// by James Patterson

A tale of comedy and disability by a massive author. Jamie wants to be a stand-up-star. But he can't stand up: he's in a wheelchair. **Ages 9+** || //**The Great Unexpected**// by Sharon Creech

Two orphans, an odd boy and a tree ... Worlds are woven together and lives changed forever in this mystical tale by Carnegie Medal winner. **Ages 11**+ ||
 * Happy Reading!



N. Franco, WIS School Librarian Wroclaw International School || //**Chaos Walking Trilogy**// by Patrick Ness

The dystopian phenomenon that's snapped up the //Carnegie Medal//, the //Costa//, and //Booktrust// prizes. An unflinching and brutal saga of power and war. **Ages 13+** || Book Summaries and images are courtesy of //Scholastic//, UK.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">September 13, 2013

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Dear Parents,

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Welcome back to school and welcome back to the Scholastic International Schools online book group order! This means time to shop for books and you can now order from your Book Club leaflet and shop online with your credit card by visiting the following link:

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://eu.clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/wroclaw-international **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Prices are listed in British Pounds Sterling and are subject to VAT and Processing Fees of 15%. You will need to order your books online by **Friday, September 27th**. Books will be delivered to the school two weeks later and they will be distributed to the students then.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Please remember that every book you buy from the Scholastic International School Book Club helps WIS earn much-needed books for our library and classrooms!

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Not sure which books to buy for your child? Why not check out the leaflet with him or her? In addition, you may want to consider the following titles:

|| ||   || || ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Ethan’s Voice // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">by Rachel Carter: Ethan can’t remember exactly when he stopped talking or why it is only when he meets Polly that he begins to wish things were different. **Ages 11+** ||  || || Happy Shopping!
 * ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Wheels on the Bus // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;"> by Jan Ormerod: The whole family will love singing, miming, and rhyming along to this safari-park twist on a childhood song. **Ages 0+**
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The Snatchabook // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;"> by Helen Docherty: A small magical creature yearns for someone to read to him ... A beautiful bedtime rhyme for any budding bookworm, celebrating the joy a book can bring. **Ages 3+** || ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;"> by Mike Thaler: After a little mishap during a school trip to the zoo, a hippopotamus eats Ms. Jones! Who will teach the class now? A laugh-out-loud classic. **Ages 5+**
 * [[image:pip.jpg align="center"]]
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Pip Street: A Crumpety Calamity // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">by Jo Simmons: If you love Mr. Gum, check out this book – a tale of crumpets, rivalry, and revolution! Pip must win an epic baking battle to avoid being forced from his new home ... **Ages 7+** || ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Clementine and the Family Meeting // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">by Sara Pennypacker: We’re talking about a new baby, says Dad. “A brother or sister. What do you think about that?” NO THANKS is what Clementine thinks! **Ages 9+**
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Pip Street: A Crumpety Calamity // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">by Jo Simmons: If you love Mr. Gum, check out this book – a tale of crumpets, rivalry, and revolution! Pip must win an epic baking battle to avoid being forced from his new home ... **Ages 7+** || ** //<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Clementine and the Family Meeting // **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">by Sara Pennypacker: We’re talking about a new baby, says Dad. “A brother or sister. What do you think about that?” NO THANKS is what Clementine thinks! **Ages 9+**
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Judy Blume Pack **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">: A pioneer of young fiction shows how it’s done in these funny, touching tales of teenage life and first relationships. These coming-of-age classics are a must for any girl who is growing up! **Ages 13+**
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Judy Blume Pack **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">: A pioneer of young fiction shows how it’s done in these funny, touching tales of teenage life and first relationships. These coming-of-age classics are a must for any girl who is growing up! **Ages 13+**

//N. Franco//, WIS Librarian Wroclaw International School

||  || Book Summaries and images are courtesy of //Scholastic//, UK.