Our students enjoy graphic novels and comics. They’re fun to read. They’re also excellent practice for inference skills that all readers need to comprehend text. In fact, they rely even more on inference than regular prose because readers have to take the visual cues from the illustrations and the text cues from the speech bubbles [...]
Entries Tagged as 'book review'
Celebrating the Chinese New Year – at the library!
January 31, 2013 · 1 Comment · 2012-2013, General Topics
The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, will soon arrive. To prepare for it, stop by the library and check out a few of our favorite fiction books about the holiday. Bringing In the New Year, by Grace Lin Colorful illustrations and a simple text convey the excitement of the Chinese New Year. A trio [...]
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Grade 7 Readers Recommend
November 26, 2012 · Comments Off · 2012-2013, General Topics
Stop by the library this week to see recommendations by grade 7 students on the library’s big screen display. These students read books from our Panda shortlists for Middle Readers and Older Readers, and posted reviews for those on our library OPAC. Note that many books do not have reviews. To find reviews for the [...]
Mo Yan, the 2012 Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature
November 23, 2012 · Comments Off · 2012-2013, General Topics
Mo Yan, born on 17 February 1955, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. Before 2012, he was mostly know for the two of his novels that formed the basis of the film Red Sorghum, directed by award-winning Chinese director Zhang Yimou. Mo is currently the only Chinese author who has won the Nobel [...]
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Book Club for November: Geography of Bliss
November 9, 2012 · Comments Off · 2012-2013, General Topics
This month’s selection for the IST Library-Parent book club is Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner. This book is a memoir by a self-professed “grump” who traveled to many different countries around the world looking for the secret to happiness. To support this month’s discussion or to inquire into the nature of happiness worldwide, we [...]
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Book Review: To Live, by Yu Hua
November 17, 2011 · Comments Off · 2011-2012, General Topics, Secondary Topics
Thanks to Mr. Sidney Suo for his review below of the book To Live, by Yu Hua. Translation is by Sky Zhang, a grade 10 student. Among many award-winning Chinese authors Yu Hua was the first Chinese writer to receive James Joyce Award (2002). His novels have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, [...]
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Where The Mountain Meets The Moon
October 26, 2010 · Comments Off · General Topics
Grace Lin is the award-winning author and illustrator of The Year of The Dog and The Year of The Rat, as well as picture books such as The Ugly Vegetables and The Dim Sum for Everyone!. Her newest novel Where The Mountain Meets The Moon is one of this year’s Newbery Honor books, and is [...]
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Donation from Chan family
May 21, 2010 · Comments Off · 2009-2010, General Topics
We are delighted to add two books to our library collection: Once Upon a Bell Tree and A Little Grain of Rice, both by Theresa Lim Mun Sim. These have been graciously donated to IST by her grandchildren, Rachel and Eric Chan, who attend our school since 2008. Both books are memoirs from Ms. Sim’s [...]
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