This began as a post on free audio downloads but it rapidly turned into a search for cool things on authors’ sites. Here are some worth looking at: Stories by Robert Munsch read by the author Famed Canadian children’s author, Robert Munsch, has long had many of his recordings of his books available for free [...]
Entries Tagged as '2010-2011'
The Oxford English Dictionary free online
January 20th, 2011 · No Comments · General Topics
The latest edition of the “definitive record of the English language” is available free online until February 5th. Go to www.oed.com and enter the same username and password: trynewoed for full access to this fantastic resource.
Tags: 2010-2011·OED dictionary
Is the Power Out? The Library is In!
January 15th, 2011 · No Comments · General Topics
We had an unexpected day off on Friday thanks to a power outage in the Jinnan District, but our library is open as always. Do you want to catch up on current events? Visit Our Little Earth, an international newsletter for students from grades 3 and up. Click here for an archive of past issues. [...]
Tags: 2010-2011·current events·OPAC
Award Winners Announced
January 12th, 2011 · No Comments · General Topics
On Monday, at 9:45 am Eastern Time, the American Library Association announced its 2010 award winners. The two main awards are the John Newbery Award, awarded to the most distinguished American children’s book, and the Randolph Caldecott Award, awarded to the most distinguished American picture book. The Newbery Award winner is Moon over Manifest, written [...]
Mmovember Book Sale
December 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · General Topics
How Grade 3 Found Creation Stories
December 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Elementary Topics, General Topics
Grade 3 students came this morning during their language arts time to find creation myths. Those are stories that tell how things came to be. For example, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears, or How Spider Got Eight Legs. To find these books, the grade 3 students used the library OPAC and clicked on Resource [...]
Elementary Happenings in the Library
November 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Elementary Topics
Elementary classes have been very busy in the library these last two weeks. Here’s a short overview. Nursery – The nursery students are inquiring into self-expression and they are expressing themselves by making art inspired by space. They checked out a book, Eight Spinning Planets, which captured their curiosity and since then have been busy [...]
Tags: 2010-2011·elementary
We Have Our Eyes on the Prize!
November 24th, 2010 · No Comments · General Topics
Last week the whole school had their photographs taken for the yearbook headshots. The library took advantage of that to take our own yearbook photos for our traditional Eyes on the Prize page. Here is a sampling of this year’s photos: And here’s a little peek behind the scenes: If you were a student and [...]
Return, Renew, Recycle
November 18th, 2010 · No Comments · General Topics
Overdue notices will be going out this week. Please be sure to return your outstanding library materials. Please note that all textbooks are checked out for a two month period and must be renewed at the end of that period. Starting Monday, students with overdue items will not be allowed to check out library materials, [...]
Tags: 2010-2011·overdue books
Belated Birthday Book Club!
November 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Elementary Topics, General Topics
Aria and Andreína are our latest Birthday Book Club members. Their birthdays were in October, but with one thing and the other, we had not been able to post the happy news until today. The Birthday Book Club is a way of combining a birthday celebration with a donation to the IST Library. To sign [...]
Tags: 2010-2011·birthday club
