This morning, I was thinking about reading. Something I’ve always loved to do. But over the last weeks I have sometimes felt like I couldn’t settle to any one book. It’s like my attention span has taken a nose dive. So I’ve looked for alternatives. I do have plenty of old-fashioned paper books, but sometimes that hasn’t worked. I have spent quite a bit of time listening to audiobooks. That Read More …
Online Databases Help
Are you needing to use the online databases – Gale, Ebsco, Britannica, or World Book? All of these require login information. While I can’t share them with you here, you can email me or ask your teachers. I’ve made sure all of them have access to this information. What about using them? The encyclopedias are pretty straight-forward. But there’s more to Gale and Ebsco. So I’ve created short video tutorials Read More …
More Harry!
So now Harry Potter at Home has Daniel Radcliffe reading the first chapter of The Philosopher’s Stone aloud. And promises of more to come…all 17 chapters by different readers.
Using Gale Databases
If you need a refresher on using Gale, check out this tutorial.
Everywhere Book Fest
today and tomorrow! A virtual gathering of kidlit authors, illustrators, and books that will bring the book festival experience to younger readers everywhere.
Are You a Writer?
The Youth Writing Contest is brought to you by The Vancouver Writer’s Fest! The 2020 contest is open to BC students grades 8 – 12. Stories may be fiction or non-fiction, with a limit of 1500 words. Submission deadline is May 29. For more information and submission link:
SYNC – Free Summer Audiobooks for Teens
SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens. SYNC 2020 will use Sora, the student reading app from OverDrive. Returning April 30th and continuing 13 weeks until July 29, SYNC gives participants two thematically paired audiobooks a week. On Thursday, you’ll be able to download Monday’s not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson and The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater. Download the app and register at: SYNC is sponsored by Read More …
Stratford Festival presents…
… streaming at home now (for free), the Stratford Festival production of King Lear. Watch it until May 14. Starting on Thursday, Coriolanus.
Ask a Teacher-Librarian
Are you working on an assignment or just researching something for your own interest? If you need help navigating all the information – databases, websites, online journals, …- that’s out there, ASK A LIBRARIAN! I am here, behind my desk, and just as you can ask for help at school, you can ask for help from where you are. Email me – you know where you can find my email Read More …
It’s Throwback Thursday!
with Dav Pilkey! Captain Underpants? Dog Man? Super Diaper Baby? How about Dragon? – not so well-known perhaps, but the Dragon’s Merry Christmas is a perennial classic and favourite in my house. If you ever enjoyed a Dav Pilkey book, here is your chance to relive your youth. Dav Pilkey at Home. Crafty activities, videos, even Dav reading to you! Could it get any better? Check it out.