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A Long Way Home inspires a family reunion
Inspired in part by learning about Saroo Brierly’s efforts to find his family in A Long Way Home, a girl in China who was kidnapped and sold at age six used Google Earth to find her home village and reunite … Continue reading
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Vikings Talk: Feb. 17th Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
Join us in the library at lunch on Wednesday, February 17th to discuss Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks’ graphic novel Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong. It’s the school robotics club vs. the cheerleaders in an all-out election battle where club funding … Continue reading
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Like random facts? This web site’s for you.
So, I’m a total trivia junkie, and this is the web site of my favourite magazine, Mental Floss. The magazine (which the library is going to start subscribing to) always has articles on tons of random, interesting stuff. Need to know … Continue reading
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Library closed Thursday
The library will be closed all day on Thursday, February 4th, due to Grade 12 exit interviews.
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Stickboy: Opera and booktalk
On Wednesday, February 3rd, join us in the library at lunch for a book talk about Shane Koyczan’s novel/poem/autobiographical story Stickboy: a Novel in Verse. We’ll talk about the book, and also about the Vancouver Opera in Schools performance of … Continue reading
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Vikings read book talk: A Long Way Home
Join us in the library at lunch on Wednesday, January 13th, to discuss Saroo Brierly’s memoir A Long Way Home. Bring your lunch and your opinions.
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Vikings Read book talk: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Please join us on Wednesday, December 16th, at lunch for our next Vikings Talk book talk. This time we’ll be discussing Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Bring your lunch and your opinions.
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Randall Munroe TED Talk
A popular non-fiction book this year has been What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, by Randall Munroe. He did a TED Talk last year on comics that ask “what if…”. It’s interesting to watch him talk about the … Continue reading
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