The Friends of the Lafayette Library Bookmark Contest was a great success with hundreds of participants.  It was open to all students in Lafayette, grades first through eighth. The awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday, May 1st at 6:30 p.m.  Each student winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to the Storyteller Bookstore.  In addition, Anthony Ruiz of Fast Frame will frame the artwork free of charge. Mr. Ruiz also frames all 8 winners for display in the Library.  A huge thank you to Fast Frame who annually gives to our Lafayette community!

The eight winners this year are:

First Grade                              Cooper Olson                          Burton Valley

Second Grade                        Aubrey Gates                          Springhill

Third Grade                            Isabella  Bartos                       Lafayette Elementary

Fourth Grade                         Maia Pecher                             Happy Valley

Fifth Grade                             Wil Schueler                            St. Perpetua

Sixth Grade                             Jessica Gerson                         Stanley

Seventh Grade                        Bennett Baker                         Stanley

Eighth Grade                          Maya Michon                          Stanley

The Hall of Fame winners are past participants who have won for their outstanding art work. This year includes the following:

Third Grade                            Chaya Tong                            Springhill

Fourth Grade                         Ethan Michon                         Burton Valley

Sixth Grade                             Isabella Chao                          Stanley

Arts and Science Center

From Hermoine to Katniss, strong girl characters rule!  Get tips from an award-winning author on creating memorable females and building them into your sci-fi, YA or historical storylines.

ELLEN KLAGES is a noted speaker and author of two highly-acclaimed young adult novels.  The Green Glass Sea tells the story of two misfit eleven-year-old girls living in Los Alamos as their parents create the atom bomb; it won the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction.  White Sands, Red Menace continues the story.  Ellen’s short stories have been translated into six languages and garnered numerous awards and nominations.  She lives in San Francisco, in a small house full of strange and wondrous things.  Learn more at  www. ellenklages.com.

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All the winner’s from our 2011 FLL Bookmark Contest:

Front row: Ethan Michon(3rd gr.), Ashleigh Ericson(2nd gr.), Sean Harrington(1st gr.)
Back row: Tim Kostolansky(4th gr.), Alex Shimotake(8th gr.), Emily Collins(7th gr.), Julia Stedman(6th gr.), Isabella Chao (5th gr.)

Hall of Fame Winners:

Front: Chaya Tong(2nd gr.)
Back: Michelle Montano(8th gr.) and Amanda Gonzales(6th gr.)