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The Australian Aboriginal Experience: Home to Mother tells the amazing true story of three Aboriginal girls, Molly, Daisy and Gracie. They all have Aboriginal mothers and white fathers. The Probation Officer takes them away from their families. Molly leads them home, with many adventures along the way.

School Library Kindle project

a contest I would like to have across the divison

I sent an e-mail with this link to the English teachers in our school, along with a link to the book trailers. Sheila did a really successful trailer project for MacBeth last year.

Would she and the students be willing to share some of the trailers? Are they on YouTube? It would be nice to have good examples to show people.

ROVER (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) is the video streaming site for Saskatchewan teachers and students in the PreK-12 education system. It is managed and maintained by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education.

Can't wait to get to school so I can browse the titles--not available from home, of course.

a great resource for all teacher

an awesome collection of book trailers.

Donna, How would I go about embedding some of these trailers on the Library Page? Or is that possible?

Selecting books about First Nations - top 10 for elementary, middle years and primary.

Here are six visual dictionaries and thesauri that can help your students better understand the meanings of words

some good responses in the comments to the question posed

Twitter feed showing support for Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak

Ann eleven-year-old girl who LOVES school and reading. She reviews Middle Grade and Young Adult books for fun.

some of these quotes might be useful for posters or for newsletters.

"Guys Lit Wire exists solely to bring literary news and reviews to the attention of teenage boys and the people who care about them. We are more than happy to welcome female readers - but our main goal is to bring the attention of good books to guys who might have missed them. "

this looks a good place to look for books that teenage boys might enjoy

Suzanne Collins reads the first chapter...

"As digital screens proliferate and people move from print to pixel, how will the act of reading change?"

A YA fan site ..."Welcome to Mockingjay.net, the number one source on the web dedicated to the Hunger Games! We were founded in July of 2009, before the title of the third book had been announced. We're here to have fun with other Hunger Games fans with discussion, contests, the Jabberjays podcast, and an up to date news blog that covers anything related to the books or the upcoming film that is being made by Lionsgate."

Your students might want to participate in the forum or connect to the Facebook site.

something to add to your bulletin board collection

A Graphic Novel..."Saving Alice hinges on the friends learning about the discovery of zero, Roman numerals, fractions, rational and irrational numbers, and much more-all in the context of an exciting, puzzle-based adventure. "

this looks like it might be a good addition to the math collection

"Books will fly off the shelf and straight into your students' hands when they watch these quick video booktalks and book trailers."