Amanda Gorman, the U.S.’s inaugural youth poet laureate, offers words of inspiration to help get through this stressful time. Gorman performs one of her poems at the Los Angeles Central Public Library.

My Hero is You, by Helen Patuck, is a free ebook for children about Covid-19. Sara misses seeing her friends at school, and feels lonely and scared at home. She flies around the world with a dragon, teaching people how to keep safe during the pandemic. The book will be translated into Arabic, Chinese French, Russian, and Spanish.

Celebrate International Unicorn Day 2020! On 9 April eighteen authors of unicorn books will be live streaming readings and demonstrations throughout the day. See the International Unicorn Day website for a schedule of events, links, activities, and ideas!

Dav Pilkey, author of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants book series, is now offering live drawing lessons and read alouds every Friday morning at 8h EST! Dav Pilkey at Home can be found here:

@LibraryCongress

facebook.com/libraryofcongress

loc.gov/engage

facebook.com/scholastic

No Easter Egg Hunt this year? How about a Bear Hunt instead??

Students and staff of St. George’s International School are invited to collaborate on publishing our very own ebook! Our book is inspired by We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury.

Submit to the librarian a photo of a teddy bear hiding in or around your house. Make sure you include your name and the location of the teddy bear! mbromo[at]stgeorges.ch

Did you ever notice that Dads tell really corny jokes? Check out 10 classic “Dad Jokes” on the new library website page for Families (sgislibrary.ch/families).

Does your Dad tell goofy jokes? Submit one to the librarian, and we’ll publish it on the library website!

Families (sgislibrary.ch/families) is a new page on the St. George’s library website. It contains useful resources to help parents keep their children engaged, intellectually stimulated, and healthy during the school closure. Hyperlinks lead to freely available interesting, educational, and age-appropriate internet resources.

Check out the new page on the SGIS library website about Copyright and Fair Use (sgislibrary.ch/research/copyright). It’s a good idea for teachers and students to have a basic understanding of these principles, especially during distance learning.

As of today, all TumbleBooks ebooks and audio books are freely accessible to our school library until 31 August 2020! For SGIS login details, please see the communication to parents on 20 March, or contact the school librarian.

TumbleBookLibrary (www.TumbleBookLibrary.com): Junior School ebooks

TumbleMath (www.TumbleMath.com): Junior School math ebooks

TeenBookCloud (www.TeenBookCloud.com): Middle and Senior School ebooks

AudioBookCloud (www.AudioBookCloud.com): Audio books for teens & adults

Epic (www.getepic.com), an online digital library for children up to age 12, is now offering our students free remote access at any time of the day, evening, or weekend from now until the end of June!

Epic offers 25,000 high-quality children’s books, audio books, learning videos, quizzes, and more. In addition to English materials, Epic also includes a selection of French, Spanish, and Chinese e-books. Epic is accessible on smartphones, tablets, or computers. (E-readers are no longer supported by Epic.)

Students in FS1 – Years 8 have Epic accounts at school. If you would like to free access to your child’s school account, please contact your teacher, tutor, or librarian. Using the “Students and Educators” login, enter the class code given to you by your teacher. Epic is available on laptops and tablets with internet connectivity. (E-readers are no longer supported.)

Don’t forget to access our excellent online resources while you’re studying at home! Links to Encyclopaedia Britannica School, Questia School, JSTOR (London Library), and Destiny Discover are on this page! Also, the Epic children’s digital library is available free of charge from Monday-Friday, 8h-16h, local time. (Email the school librarian if you need login details.) For advice on what to read, please click on our Summer Reading Recommendations 2019 on this page.

Check out this week’s recommendations based on the theme “Business & Economics”:

Senior: Fortune Makers: The leaders creating China’s great global companies; A History of the United States in Five Crashes; Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy; The Business Book; The Upstarts; Fairness, Responsibility, and Welfare

Middle: Managing Your Money; Poverty and Economic Inequality; The Houses We Build; The Food We Eat; Show Me the Money; Manchester United: The story behind the iconic business

Junior: Inflation, Deflation, and Unemployment; The Industrial Revolution; Fair Trade and You; The Stuff We Buy; Bake Sale; YouTube Channel