Libraries celebrate New Moon

Several MISD high school libraries hosted after school parties to celebrate the opening of Twilight: New Moon right before the Thanksgiving break. The parties featured activities such as photo ops with Edward and Jacob, art projects, refreshments and of course a viewing of the trailer! Enjoy pictures of the festivities below:

Partygoers at MHS can’t decide between Edward and Jacob!

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Even the principal at MHS couldn’t resist a photo op!

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NMHS Library displays new signage for the party.

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Even refreshments went along with the Twilight theme.

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NMHS students take online quizzes on New Moon trivia and which character they are most like.

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A Twilight jigsaw puzzle!

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New Moon grafitti wall at NMHS

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Such fun in the library!

City of Ember series ends

Jen Robinson’s Book Page blog reviews the fourth and final book in the City of Ember series, The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne Du Prau. Sounds like another book that I need to put on my “to read” list!

Other books in this series are: The City of Ember (of course), The People of Sparks, and The Prophet of Yonwood.

Oh, and it you’re a fan of these books – there is a movie in the works, scheduled to be released October 2008. Watch the trailer here.

Twilight fever!

The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer has become a teen phenomenon. With a movie version coming out in December and the next and final installment, Breaking Dawn, set to debut in 10 days, Twilight fever is everywhere!

Last week’s Entertainment Weekly cover story called author Stephenie Meyer the “next J.K. Rowling” and featured the cast of the new movie. EW.com’s top feature of the day is a sneak peek at Chapter One of Breaking Dawn.

Somehow I don’t think the movie version will live up to the novel, but I’ll let you judge for yourself. Watch the trailers here.


Hugo Cabret – the Movie!

SLJ reports that The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the Caldecott winning book by Brian Selznick, will be coming to a theater near you – maybe by Christmas 2009! The screenplay will be written by John Logan (Sweeney Todd, The Aviator, Gladiator) and the film will be directed by Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots), making his live-action directing debut. Brian Selznick was in Dallas earlier this month for the Dallas Museum of Art’s BooksmART program. Read more about that event and what he had to say about the upcoming movie here.