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Library News
December 2018
Happy Holidays!
This week’s recommendations- “Happy Holidays:”
Senior: The Christmas Book; Northern Lights; Frost; The Winter’s Tale; Skybreaker; The Endurance
Middle: A Christmas Carol; Children of Winter; The Snow Spider Trilogy; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Everest Adventures; Ultimate Snowboarding
Junior: Invasion of the Christmas Puddings; The Nutcracker; How the Grinch Stole Christmas; A Christmas Carol; Samantha’s Surprise; Funny Poems for Christmas
November 2018
Fantastic Beasts
This week’s recommendations- “Fantastic Beasts:”
Senior: The World of Polar Bears; The Great Big Book of Snakes & Reptiles; The Dragon Book; East; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Middle: Icefire; Knowledge Encyclopedia: Dinosaur; Gorillas; How to Train Your Dragon; The Magician’s Elephant; Usborne World of Animals
Junior: The Silver Pony; Big Swamp Beasts; Dragon Slayers’ Academy; The Unicorn’s Secret: Beyond the Sunset; Big Cats; Dangerous Animals
Books with intriguing first lines…
This week’s recommendations- “Books with intriguing first lines:”
Senior: A Tale of Two Cities; A Hundred Years of Solitude; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Paradise; Fahrenheit 451; The Book Thief
Middle: A Wrinkle in Time; The Graveyard Book; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; Northern Lights; The Outsiders; Holes
Junior: Peter Pan; The Worst Witch; Kaspar-Prince of Cats; Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep; The Tale of Despereaux; Beowulf
Classics: How many have you read?
This week’s recommendations- “Classics: How many have you read?”
Senior: Brave New World; The Idiot; The Count of Monte Cristo; The Old Man and the Sea; One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich; Pride and Prejudice
Middle: Treasure Island; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Frankenstein; The Secret Garden; A Study in Scarlet and other Sherlock Holmes Adventures; The Hound of the Baskervilles
Junior: Pippi Longstocking; Black Beauty; The BFG; Gulliver; Little House in the Big Woods; The Three Musketeers
Once Upon a Crime…
This week’s recommendations- “Once Upon a Crime”:
Senior: Murder on the Orient Express; The Lovely Bones; Black Ice (Young Sherlock Holmes); Innocent; Perfume; Murder Most Unladylike
Middle: The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues); Room 13; Missing Abby; The Name of this Book is Secret; The Case of the Deadly Desperados; Tell Me No Lies
Junior: The Chocolate Chase; The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage; Daisy and the Trouble with Burglars; Case of the Missing Snowman; Secrets; Dogman Unleashed
Thanks, PLG!
The PLG has generously funded 20 sets of headphones for the library! Students are already enjoying listening to audio books and learning videos during library visits. Thanks, PLG- we love them!
Current events
Smithsonian Tween Tribune: Check out articles on animals, fashion, entertainment, school, science, technology, and national and world news. Written by kids and professional journalists. 4 age groups: Years 1 to 13.
1 Jour 1 Actu: Site quotidien d’infos pour les enfants à partir de 8 ans.
Featured online resource
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National Geographic Science: Articles, photos, and videos on scientific topics.
Book wish list
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Recommended reading
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