Pokemon of the Week: Hoppip

Hello!

I caught this cute Pokemon on February 17. Hoppip is one of the new Pokemon, and it is both a grass and a flying Pokemon. It uses tackle and grass knot to defeat and defend opponents. According to Pokevolver.com,  Hoppip will evolve into Skiploom and Jumpluff.  I'm looking forward to catching and evolving Skiploom and Jumpluff!

(Hoppip)

(Skiploom-courtesy of pokemongoguide.org)

(Jumpluff-courtesy of Pokemon.wikia.com)

Book Review Friday: One for the Murphys

Hello!
 
We had our Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meeting yesterday, and a couple of students wrote reviews for the MCPL blog.  The following review is from Savannah, age 13:

Book Title: One for the Murphys 
Book Author: Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Rating: 5 stars 

I liked the fact that she (the main character) is adopted and/or taken in while other things are going on. I liked that because I can relate to this book. There are a lot of details in this book--you never want to put it down! It keeps you hanging on the edge of your chair. I recommend this book to anyone who likes sweet, entertaining, and breath-taking books.

FYI, One for the Murphys is available to check out at MCPL! :)

Pokemon of the Week: Swinub

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Although it feels like spring, it is still technically winter, so it makes sense to feature a wintry type of Pokemon this week.  Swinub is one of the 80 new Pokemon that was launched last week. Swinub uses tackle and icy wind to defeat opponents at the Pokegyms.  Here is one of the Swinub I captured last week.

Like many Pokemon, Swinub is also an evolving Pokemon.  It will evolve into Piloswine, and then Mamoswine. I am looking forward to finding and evolving Swinub!

Pokemon GO of the Week: Hoothoot

Happy Friday!

I, like many devoted Pokemon players, anxiously awaited for the updates to Pokemon GO. As promised, the folks at Niantic promised diehard players like me that there will be up to 80 new Pokemon to catch.

Yesterday, they delivered on their promise. I noticed several shadowy Pokemon and new features added to the game. I haven't discovered them all yet, but one feature is that you can find Pineapple Berries to feed to Pokemon to make them drop more candy.

The first newer Pokemon I captured is Hoothoot. Owls are cute, and Hoothoot is no exception. It took about three or four Pokeballs to catch Hoothoot. This pokemon will eventually evolve into Noctowl. I think it will be a hoot to catch more pokemon! (Couldn't resist.) Enjoy!

Photograph courtesy of pokemongoguide.org

Photograph courtesy of pokemongoguide.org

NMS Book Club: Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Of all the fun times we've had at the Northridge Middle School Book Club, I think this was my favorite event so far!

 

Not only did we discuss an amazing book (Echo) by Pam Munoz Ryan, play charades and pictionary with concepts from the book, and of course sample cuisine that relates to the book, but we were also able to tie in music.  Music was a major theme in Echo, particularly the harmonica, so Mrs. Schmidt and I were elated to have teachers who are also musicians perform.Mrs. Schmidt entertained us with a tune: Auld Lang Syne.

 

During the program, we had a guitarist, Mr. Cone, and a harmonica player, Mr. Lind. They were definitely the stars of book club. Check out their music!

I don't know who had more fun today--the librarians, the teachers, or the students!