Check out this week’s recommendations based on the theme “Literacy”:

Senior: Educated; Fahrenheit 451; The Rights of the Reader; I am Malala; The Pooh Perplex; The Book Thief

Middle: Fight to Learn; Fish in a Tree; The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl; Living with Learning Disabilities and Disorders; Support for Education; Knowledge and Education

Junior: Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words; Stink: Twice as Incredible; The Boy at the Back of the Class; It’s Called Dyslexia; Study Hall of Justice; Would You Believe… In 1400 Reading could  Save Your Life?!

Check out this week’s recommendations based on the theme: “New Books” acquired by the library!

Senior: The History of Mathematics; Drama; A History of the World in 100 Objects; Classic Literature; Math through the Ages; Poetry

Middle: All About: Helen Keller; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Sir Edmund Hillary; Amelia Earhart; Mariano Rivera; Steve Wozniak

Junior: Breakout Biographies: Simone Biles; The Inventors of Minecraft; Elon Musk; Emma Watson, Lin-Manuel Miranda; Ibtihaj Muhammad

Please have a look at our Summer Reading Recommendations 2020 to inspire emerging readers to advanced readers of English, French, German, Spanish, or Russian. 

Titles in blue are available in the school library and may be borrowed during the academic year. Titles in purple have been added to the list in June 2020. Titles in red have been recommended by students.

Read what you like and like what you read: classics or comics, history or news, science or fantasy, digital or print…

Just keep reading!

All library books are due to be returned by Friday, 19 June. (Please do not wait until the last day of school!)

The St. George’s now has access to The Day, a news resource for students with daily articles on a wide range of current topics. Be sure to check out the translations of  articles into French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Polish!

IP authentication allows free access at school. For remote access, make sure you use the link in this post or from other library website pages.

St. George’s now has a subscription to the Gale Schools suite of databases, including Gale General Onefile, Gale Ebooks, Gale High School Edition, and Gale News. These databases may be used by then entire St. George’s community, but are best suited for senior school students. IP authentication provides free access at school. Use this password for remote access: stgeorges3579.

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, is releasing her latest book online. The Ickabog is now freely available to read! New chapters will be released every weekday from 26 May – 10 July. Readers aged 7-12 years old may submit drawings for a competition. Winners’ artwork will be featured in the book, which will be published in November.

MyVLF is a virtual literary festival aimed at connecting authors and readers. Registration is free, and allows you to join discussions, listen to authors speak, and receive free access to ebooks.

Former US President Barack Obama will address the graduates of 2020 in two separate online events, both of which will be video streamed live. “Graduate Together” airs on 16 May at 8 p.m. ET. “Dear Class of 2020” airs on 6 June at 12pm EST.

If you are coming to school next week, please return all outstanding library books to the book trolley outside the library (main library) or the “Book Returns” box (chalet library). Families will not be fined for books that are returned late during Term 3.

A new section on the Families page include links to free ebooks on Covid-19 in multiple languages. Books are sorted according to approximate maturity/reading level. This section will continue to be updated.

Netflix is offering free access to a selection of documentaries via its YouTube channel. These films are available to anyone: a Netflix account is not required!