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Greater Victoria Regional Library provocative and engaging Freedom to Read Week display.

Why read book blogs...."Book blogs have created community-a place where we adults who take children's literature seriously can discuss it seriously and at length, in a forum open to the whole Internet."

Debbie Reese's analysis of Peter Pan in Scarlet - which received a starred review in School Library Journal. She says and then proceeds to describe, "The worst parts for me, as I read this book, are McCaughrean's references to Indians:"

Saskatchewan Author on Twitter

From writing graphic novels to creating math comics, bring your class assignments, student projects, and course materials alive with 21st century approaches to communication. Regardless of whether you prefer Mac or Windows, you'll learn to use free online tools as well as inexpensive software to produce graphic novels, illuminated term papers, visual science reports, photo essays, and other engaging alternatives to traditional reports and student products. These concrete products reflect student understanding and provide an alternative to traditional forms of assessment

-watch it all the way through

So, my vote is that schools have extensive digital collections for research and scholarly work, and a good selection of interesting and age-appropriate fiction and nonfiction for pleasure reading.

generates definitions and synonyms for more than one word at a time - very fast

a wonderful video about information and the role of the library

reasonably priced reproductions of illustrations from children's books including Eric Carle

tons of great links to information about graphic novels

Links to support "To Kill a Mockingbird"

a cool interactive site about animal digestion... have fun!

Mrs. Enid (Cathy Jones) talks about the big thing this Christmas - The Kindle.

This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie.

have a chuckle!

"Next summer, Isabella will introduce the Fable, a combination tablet computer and e-book reader aimed at children. Unlike the black-and-white screen found on Amazon.com’s popular Kindle e-reader, the Fable will feature a full-color, 7-inch touchscreen that can display the colorful illustrations found in most children's titles."

something to watch for

The Unquiet Library Celebrated the National Day of Writing and Teen Read Week with our first ever virtual author visit via Skype!  Our special guest was the amazing Sara Zarr, National Book Award finalist and author of Story of a Girl, Sweethearts, and her latest book, Once Was Lost.

a one page guide to using Netvibes as your rss reader