Drop Everything And Read!

Posted on October 20, 2016 by gladwind

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Monday, October 24th is BC School Libraries Day. To celebrate, we’re going to DEAR (Drop Everything And Read). At the beginning of each class on Monday, your teachers are going to read you an excerpt from one of this year’s Vikings Read selections.

Win a prize!

Did you hear all four story excerpts? After school Monday, or any time Tuesday or Wednesday, come to the library to enter a draw for a Chapters gift card. All you have to do is fill out an entry form with the title and author for each book, and which block each was read in.

Happy reading!

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Library Club Groups Are Done

Posted on October 4, 2016 by gladwind

 

Library Club: The library club groups and schedule assignments have been posted in the library. There will be meetings at lunch for the different crews as follows: Shelvers and Circulation Desk helpers Tuesday Oct 11th; Decorators and Book Reviewers/Bloggers Thursday Oct 13th; Vikings Talk/Read Friday Oct 14.

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And the winner is….

Posted on May 26, 2016 by gladwind

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Vikings Read 2016 winner celebration!

Posted on May 25, 2016 by gladwind

It’s time! Join us in the library at lunch on Wednesday, May 25th, for the big reveal of this year’s Vikings Read winner. Which book will it be? Come find out. And eat cake.

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A Long Way Home inspires a family reunion

Posted on March 8, 2016 by gladwind

 

InA long way homespired 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 with her family.

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Vikings Talk: Feb. 17th Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong

Posted on February 12, 2016 by gladwind

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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 is at stake. Who deserves funding: robotics club for a national competition trip, or the cheerleaders for new uniforms? Throw a chainsaw-wielding robot into the mix? Sure! Because nothing can possibly go wrong, right?

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Stickboy: Opera and booktalk

Posted on January 28, 2016 by gladwind

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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 the Stickboy opera, which many of you will be seeing on February 28th.

If you’d like more information on the opera, try: this link or this link

Videos: on Vimeo (the book) and Youtube (the opera).

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Vikings read book talk: A Long Way Home

Posted on January 7, 2016 by gladwind

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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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