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New Video resources
We’re pleased to introduce NBC learn — a new product that makes thousands of historic videos, current events, and original resources available to K-12 teachers and students. “For more than 80 years,...
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I Read Banned Books — bet you do too!
Banned Books Week 2012 marks 30 years of celebrating the freedom to read. This freedom, not only to choose what we read, but also to select from a full array of possibilities, is firmly...
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Author! Author!
We had the great fortune to welcome Newbery Award winning author Grace Lin to SLS today! Ms. Lin’s newest book Starry River of the Sky was just released last week, and she (and some...
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The National Book Awards…Finalists
Have you read them — which ones are your favorites? The photos contain links to (even) more info on the books! William Alexander, Goblin Secrets (Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon &...
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Flashlight Readers…Unite!
Greetings from the New Canaan Public Library! I’m here getting warm, using the wireless Internet, and stocking up on more books to read!! Your public libraries are great places for wireless, warmth...
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Graphic Novels
New in the Library — Graphic Novels! The growing collection is featured on the entry display and also located on the shelves on the back wall of the Library. There are some outstanding titles. Check...
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Best Books of the Year — YALSA
Teens Top 10 2012 YALSA(young adult library services association) announced the top ten books of 2012 voted on by teens. Here are the the final results: All available in the Godfrey Library!! #1 -...
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New in the Library — Non Fiction
Sara Mosle of the New York Times wrote an opinion piece recently on the importance of reading non-fiction. Here are some new non-fiction books — all available in the Library. Additional titles can be...
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Books Make Great Gifts
“A book is a gift you can open over and over again” As we wrap up 2012, there are hundreds of retrospectives available, covering a myriad of media. Best film of 2012, best Athletes, best political...
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John Green (The Fault in our Stars, Looking for Alaska, etc) sold out Carnegie Hall last night with a fabulous program celebrating the one year anniversary of The Fault in our Stars. Please take some...
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ARCs — step right up!
One of the tangible results of my trip to the American Library Association’s Midwinter conference in Seattle last week, were boxes and boxes of FREE books! Advanced Readers Copies — or ARCs in the...
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Happy Birthday Harry!
Hard to believe, but 2013 marks the 15th anniversary of the Harry Potter series. Today, Scholastic unveiled a new cover for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” the first of seven new covers that...
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Congratulations to the winners of the Summer Reading Challenge! Our two runner’s up were Mr. Anglin’s advisory and Mr. Shee’s advisory. This year’s Summer Reading Challenge winner is: Mrs. Mitchell’s...
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Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah (Yom HaShoa, Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laGvura) officially translates to “Remembrance Day for the Holocaust and Heroism”, but is often known as “Holocaust Remembrance Day” in English. It...
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GLSEN Day of Silence
April 19 is the GLSEN Day of Silence. The National Day of Silence is a day of action in which students across the country vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of...
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YA — not for everyone
Browsing the shelves for a good book to read can be intimidating. There are thousands of new books published every year and how do you know if a book is good anyway? It’s cover? Haha! Every year the...
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Children’s Book Week
Children’s Book Week! According to the Children’s Book Council, “A celebration of the written word, Children’s Book Week introduces young people to new authors and ideas in schools, libraries,...
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The End is Near
Return books please It is good news! The end of the year IS near, and it’s time for a few matters of housekeeping. If you have Library books in your locker, under your bed, or in the back of your...
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Congratulations to the Class of 2013
You are Starclimbers, each of you. All the best in your new adventures. Hats off to the Class of 2013.
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