The Big House by Carolyn Coman

Coman, Carolyn. The Big House. Honesdale, PA : Front Street, 2004. ISBN 1-932425-09-8.

Ray and Ivy's parents have just been sent to prison for 25 years for embezzlement. If that isn't bad enough, their accusers, Marietta and Lionel, have offered to let Ray and Ivy live with them! The big house they live in holds lots of secrets. Ivy knows that Marietta and Lionel are guilty of something, she just doesn't know what. Her mission- find evidence against Marietta and Lionel and take them to court. As Ivy and Ray begin their investigation they find lots of different pieces of evidence but are not sure how this evidence adds up. Luckily, they make some friends along the way who help them figure out the evidence they have collected.

Halloween Research

Check out the following websites to learn more about Halloween- you will find information on the history of Halloween, bats, pumpkins, games and more! 

Time for Kids

PBS Kids Halloween 

Halloween Riddles

All about Pumpkins

Halloween History, Folklore, Phobias,  Symbols and Stuff

Bats 4 Kids

Vampire Bats

Presidents & Elections

Here are some sites that will help you learn more about U.S. Presidents and the Presidential Election

Presidential Fun Facts - fun and little known facts about presidents

The American Presidency - find statistics on each president's life history and the members of their cabinet

Whitehouse Kids - presidential biographies

Scholastic News Online Election 2008 - coverage of the 2008 presidential election

The Democracy Project from PBS Kids - you can be the President!

Peirce School Author Election

Attention Students!
On Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Peirce Elementary School will hold an Author Election to elect our favorite children's book author. The candidates are Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Mo Willems and Tomie dePaola. Votes will be tallied and on Wednesday the winning author will be announced. Check out the bulletin board by the auditorium for more information!