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  • Bats: Furry fliers of the night by Mary Kay Carson (book app)

    Book title: Bats: Furry fliers of the night Author: Mary Kay Carson Bibliographic entry  Carson, M. K. (2012). Bats: Furry fliers of the night. Bookerella. Description This book app or bapp is a brand-new hybrid non-fiction book mixed with an ipad app.  It is broken into seven chapters starting with descriptions of bats and their habitats…

    November 25, 2012

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    Bats: Furry fliers of the night, book reviews, Bookerella, children’s literature, collection development, digital literacy, information literacy, Jacob Packaged Goods, literacy promotion, Mary Kay Carson, non-fiction, picture books, reading, school library
  • The Witch’s Boy by Michael Gruber (audiobook)

    Book title: The Witch’s Boy (audiobook) Author: Michael Gruber Bibliographic entry Gruber, M., & O’Hare, D. P. (2005). The witch’s boy. New York: Harper Children’s Audio. Description Long long ago a boy named Lump is born to a witch.  The prejudice he experiences his whole life, because of his facial deformity and strange behaviour, turn him into…

    November 25, 2012

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    audiobook, book reviews, children’s literature, collection development, Denis O’Hare, fantasy, identity quest, literature, Michael Gruber, reading, school library, secondary school library, The Witch’s Boy, young adult fiction
  • Pyongyang: A journey in North Korea

    Book title: Pyongyang: A journey in North Korea Author: Guy Delisle Bibliographic entry  Delisle, G. (2007). Pyongyang: A journey in North Korea. Montreal, Canada: Drawn & Quarterly Books. Description  This non-fiction graphic novel is about Delisle’s trip to North Korea to work in an animation studio there. Reaction The black and white drawings are simple and journalistic.…

    November 25, 2012

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    book reviews, Canadian, children’s literature, collection development, graphic novel, Guy Delisle, non-fiction, Pyongyang: A journey in North Korea, school library, secondary school library
  • Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

    Book title: Beauty Queens Author: Libba Bray Bibliographic entry  Bray, L. (2011). Beauty Queens. New York, NY: Scholastic. Description  50 contestants for the Miss Teen Dream beauty pageant are heading towards their first tropical photo shoot, when the plane crashes.  The survivors bond together to survive learning how to be smart, deal with pirates and exfoliate…

    November 23, 2012

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    Beauty Queens, book reviews, books, children’s literature, collection development, identity quest, Libba Bray, reading, school library, secondary school library, young adult fiction
  • Children’s transportation encyclopedia

    Book title: Children’s Transportation Encyclopedia Editor: James Harrison Bibliographic entry Harrison, J. (Ed.). (2001). Children’s transportation encyclopedia. Vancouver, Canada: New Millenium Books. Description  This encyclopedia covers historical and modern developments in transportation for vehicles on wheels, on water, on the tracks, in the air and in space. Reaction  The drawings of each vehicle are almost photographic in…

    November 21, 2012

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    children’s transportation encyclopedia, collection development, new millenium books, non-fiction, school library, secondary school library, transportation
  • The quest for self-selection

    The truth is that the technology within my library is not self-selected.  We have 44 desktops, 7 netbooks and these have all been purchased by the board.  The software on the desktops is controlled by the board as well.  So while I can tell people my opinion on hardware and software choices for students, I…

    November 18, 2012

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    BYOD, computer lab, convergence culture, digital literacy, digital mastery, educational computing organization, educational technology, Eliza Dresang, Henry Jenkins, information literacy, library computer lab, library leadership, radical change, school library, secondary school library, self-directed learning, software choices, student-centred learning, technology, Tim King, Wendy Stephens
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