Vikings Read 2016 Voting is Now Open!

Posted on April 30, 2016 by gladwind

VOTING POSTER

Vote now until May 23rd at our Surveymonkey site.

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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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Like random facts? This web site’s for you.

Posted on February 12, 2016 by gladwind

 

8078_top1So, 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 about gravitational waves? They’ve got that. Curious about what that tiny, useless-seeming pocket on your jeans is for? Got that, too. The meanings behind the names of various elements? Got it covered. The web site also has great videos and quizzes and general information geekery.

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Library closed Thursday

Posted on February 2, 2016 by gladwind

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

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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Vikings Read book talk: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Posted on December 10, 2015 by gladwind

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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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