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February is Black History Month
Hello Hastings Students!
February is Black History Month. Come by the library to see our latest display of books. We have also added to our collection by ordering the following titles which should be in our shelves in 10 days. A great thanks to L’Ecole Cedardale in West Vancouver for donating a $450.00 gift certificate from Kids Books to our library. We have purchased these great titles recommended by Ms. Coulter:
- Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson
- A Blue so Blue by Jean-Francois Dumont
- Stichin and Pullin by Patricia McKissack
- A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson
- The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
- Down the Road by Alice Schertle
- Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
- The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
A new addition to our Black History Collection is Underground by Shane W. Evans. This book, just released in 2011, is about the journey…
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“Happy Holidays” will be here soon.
Voici Casse-Noisette, le ballet qu’on voit souvent à Noel et écrit par Peter Tchaikovski. L’avez-vous vu? Voici un petit fragment de la pièce.
Visit the North Pole
Play some Christmas Games
Learn about the Jewish holiday of Chanukah
Don’t forget to check out some great Holiday Books in our Library. Come early for best selection. (One of my favourites is The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Carlson. This is a story about a homeless man named Armand living under a bridge in Paris. Come visit and I’ll tell you more…)
Hastings Library Monitors 2013/14
To the most wonderful monitors who always put everything in the perfect spot. What would I do without YOU?????
UN GROS MERCI!
Diversity
New Additions to our Library
Intermediate:
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle tells the story of how Nate Foster wanted to star in a Broadway show. Will his dream become a reality? Come and find out.
Primary
Jacob’s Dress by Sarah and Ian Hoffman. Jacob loves playing dress up, even dresses. This heartwarming story speaks to the unique challenges faced by boys who don’t identify with traditional gender roles.
February 26 is Pink Day across Canada.
Each year on the last Wednesday in February schools and communities celebrate diversity by wearing PINK. To find out more about how PINK day started, check out this link for the full article from CBC. Meanwhile get your pink shirts ready, check out our Diversity list of books on Webcat, and drop by the library for a PINK treat.
Welcome Back!
Welcome Back to school everyone! This September we hosted the Scholastic Book Fair. We were able to receive $500.00 in free books and $1500.00 in cash. I’d like to thank all the families and teachers who supported our fair. Without your participation we would not have been able to increase our annual library budget. Once again, un grand merci for supporting our first major fundraiser.
Unfortunately, this year, due to budgetary cutbacks our library is only open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and one Tuesday a month. Parents are welcome to drop by after school on these days to sign out books for their children. I have also posted the schedule for an “Adopt-a-Shelf” programme (which was introduced to me years ago by Wendy Cameron, an amazing teacher-librarian at General Wolfe school). Please drop by if you’re willing to spend anywhere from 10 to 45 minutes in the library shelf-reading and organizing shelves assigned only to you.
I would like to welcome the new and old monitors who help keep the library organized and clean. This year, 22 students have signed up to be monitors. Thank you for donating your time! It is much appreciated.
Photos will be up soon, keep checking.
Happy Reading!
Mme Renzullo
Thank you Library Monitors!
Merci aux moniteurs de la bibliothèque. Sans votre aide la bibliothèque ne pourrait pas être aussi belle, organisée et chaleureuse! Un grand merci!
Thank you monitors for all your amazing help. Without you, our library could never be as welcoming and organized as it is. A heartfelt thank you!
Stay tuned for the monitor-luncheon photos….
Here they are finally….
Winter Break Reading Suggestions from Vancouver Teacher-Librarians.
Winter Break Reading Suggestions
As students get ready for the holiday break, many of them will reach for a good book. Vancouver students are great readers, checking out library books more than 1.7 million times from our school libraries every year. Your children can establish a lifelong love of literature alongside the information literacy and research skills VSB teacher-librarians deliver at every school. Talk to your teacher-librarian any time to learn what sort of great reads suit your child. School libraries interact with every member of the school community for a student’s entire learning life with us. We encourage parents to visit our Webcat with the student for reading and research needs. Use our online tutorial to help students check for items to return to their library on library day by accessing their Accounts online.
We hope in the busy-ness of the holiday season every member of the family can slow down and enjoy a good read. If you wonder what might fill the bill, here’s a book selection list for you from the teacher-librarians of the VSB. Happy Holidays.
Kindergarten:
Pete the Cat – Litwin, Eric
It’s Christmas David – Shannon, David
Merry Christmas, Splat — Scotton, Rob
Grade 1s and 2s
Olivia’s Christmas – Falconer, Ian
Miss Brooks Loves Books ( and I don’t) – Bottner, Barbara
Bad Kitty book series — Bruel, Nick
World According to Humphrey books – Birney, Betty G.
How to Save Your Tail – Hanson, Mary
Ivy and Bean series – Barrows, Anne
Iggy and Me series – Valentine, Jenny
Sisters eight series – Baratz- Logsted, Lauren
Grade 3s and 4s
Thomas and the Dragon Queen – Crum, Shutta
Castle Corona – Creech, Sharon
Odd and the Frost Giants – Gaiman, Neil
3 Good Deeds – Vande Velde, Vivian
Ctrl-Z – Noriss, Andrew (plus Unluckiest Boy in the World and Touchstone)
Strange Case of Origami Yoda – Angleberger,Tom
Masterpiece – Broach, Elise
Amelia rules! Series from Gownley, Jimmy
Grade 5s and 6’s
Running Wild – Morpurgo, Michael
My Life as a Book – Tashjian, Janet
Ranger’s Apprentice series – Flanagan, John
Milo; Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze – Silberberg, Alan
Red Pyramid – Riordan, Rick
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen – Berlin, Eric
Voyage of the Dawn Treader – Lewis, C.S.
Neil Flamber and the Marco Polo Murders – Sylvester, Kevin
Grade 7
Hunger Games Trilogy – Collins, Suzanne
Ghost of Spirit Bear – Mikaelsen, Ben
Maze Runner – Dashner, James
Out of my Mind – Draper, Sharon
Every Soul a Star – Mass, Wendy
Secondary school reads:
Brothers : a novel – Chen, Da
Graceling – Cashore, Kristin
Paper towns – Green, John
Fishtailing – Phillips, Wendy
The Recruit (Cherub Series) – Muchamore, Robert
Beat the Band and Swim the Fly – Calame, Don
Latest Books
Hello Students.
I just completed the first major buy of the year. There are many new books to choose from. Be sure to check out the latest in the Graphic Collection, some beautiful new French picture books, all the new Red Cedar nominees and much more.
Graphic Novel Sample
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