We had a lively meeting this week as we got caught up on exciting happenings and talked about upcoming Halloween plans. We did have a brief discussion about Ghost by Jason Reynolds. Most Bookshoppers enjoyed the book, although no one seemed to have been inspired to go out and join a track team... Those practices sounded rough! Taking our cue from Ghost's obsession with World Records, we played an adaptation of Wits & Wagers, in which teams of two tried to guess the world records for a bunch of bizarre subjects, such as the most marshmallows eaten in one minute (25), the largest group of people dressed as ghosts at the same time in the same place (263), the tallest stack of books balanced on one's head (62), and the cost of the most expensive shoes ever sold ($104, 765). Suffice it to say that most of our guesses were WAY off. After the game, it was time to put on our designer hats and create our dream shoes. We used a really cool free website called AliveShoes that actually does allow you to purchase the shoes you design...for a hefty price. We were just doing it for fun, but our Bookshop group has serious talent and style! I saw a bunch of designs that I would love to wear, and I bet that Ghost would love them too, although he might not want to run the 100-meter dash in them... Check out our awesome shoe (and box) designs below!
AMY'S SHOES
Luna
Silver Fox
Panda
ARSALAN'S SHOES
Thunderstorm
AVERY'S SHOES
Underwater
Storm
Actors
CARSON'S SHOES
Shoezzzz
CHRISTOPHER'S SHOES
The Shoes
EMILY'S SHOES
Flash
Speed Demon
GABRIEL'S SHOES
Poop Butt
HIMA'S SHOES
Meow
Thunder
Smooth Slide
ISAAC'S SHOES
Maffucci's
JULIA'S SHOES
Julia
STEFAN'S SHOES
Memes
Our next meeting will be Monday, November 27th, which is the Monday after Thanksgiving. We will be reading Want by Cindy Pon and exploring real-life science fiction with the library's new Virtual Reality technology!
