school library
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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 -
Their eyes were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Book title: Their eyes were watching God Author: Zora Neale Hurston Bibliographic entry Hurston, Z. N. (2006). Their eyes were watching God. New York, NY: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. (Original work published 1937) Description Janey endures three very different marriages and spends her life searching for love. Set in Florida and the 1920s, the book is an…
threadbare beauty 