Hello again! We’re now in the midst of our annual CATS testing and it’s likely that you may need to do some of your posting from home since we won’t be having Reading class every day like we usually do.

I’m going to keep the intro short and sweet this week so that you can get to work! Choose one of the books that you have been reading as a part of this assignment to answer your questions.

Your comment this week needs to address the following:

• What is the setting of the book? Please remember to include both WHERE and WHEN the story takes place. And the “when” needs to address the time period in which the story happens – not something like “morning” or “evening”.

• Describe how the setting is important to the story. ”Where” or “when” a series of events occurs has an impact on what kind of things can or do happen. You can’t fly with a jet pack (yet), but people in Colonial America didn’t exactly have cars. See what I mean? So, I want you to describe a reason that the setting of YOUR book affects THAT story.

After you’ve posted your own comment, choose a classmate and ask them a question about what they wrote. Don’t forget to include the title of your book in your answer!

Hello readers! Since my other school library blog, Book Bytes, has been pretty successful so far, I thought that I’d push my luck and try creating another blog for my younger audience! I am a K-8 librarian, after all.

And now, my pretties, I will let you in on from whence the name of this blog came. Did you know that bits and bytes are units that measure computer storage capacity? Bytes are made of bits. 8 bits make up a byte, to be exact, but that’s not the point right now. I thought that since the “big” blog was Book Bytes that it only made sense for the “little” blog to be Book Bits.

Now you know. And knowing, as they say, is half the battle.

Stay tuned and actual content should begin appearing shortly.

And so, welcome to my young(er) friends! I hope that you enjoy the visiting, reading and discussing that is to come.

Readingly yours,

Mrs. N.