DECEMBER!

Merry Christmas OKM!

Don't forget to sign out your holiday reading this week. If you are looking for ideas, check out our two student book review blogs and the new arrivals posted on our library website on the BOOKS page.

Also drop by the library in person to check our shelves and the displays. There is something for everyone!
Blogs:
http://husky1ink.edublogs.org/

 http://huskypackbooks.edublogs.org/

Web page:
 http://www.okm.sd23.bc.ca/library/books.html

NEW STUDENT BOOK BLOG



CC Licenced Photo used
here with permission from
Rupert Jefferies.

 A new student blog has now been linked to our site. This is a blog created by three boys in the tenth grade and a fourth student will be joining in this week.  They are starting with some reviews of some older adventure and espionage novels, but all types of fiction and non-fiction will be considered.

Check out PAWPRINTS, the bookdog blog.

Favorite Books of 2011

Link to lists with reviews

  
We are nearing the end of 2011, so it is time to review the best of the best lists for holiday reading!
Here is a link to a collection of favorites for readers of all ages:


Check out the favorites for YA Fiction, Science Fiction and much more!

GAME DAY IN THE LIBRARY

Each Thursday in November CHESS players will take over the library at lunch break !

We will try out some opening strategies or other quick tutorials on the SMARTboard each day and then start some games. ALL skill levels are welcome,from absolute beginners to experts.  You are invited!

 

Reserve your copy now!

The newest book in Christopher Paolini's INHERITANCE CYCLE comes out in bookstores on Tuesday November 8th!


OKM library hardcover copies will be available a few days later, but our ebooks will be loaded on release day!


Students who would like to be first on the lending list should see Ms. Neilson today. 


KINDLES and SONY EBOOK READERS may be signed out for only one week at a time, so they are a good option if you read quickly. Each electronic reader contains several books.

October is Canadian Library Month

D.E.A.R Goes National: DROP EVERYTHING AND READ!

WHERE: Wherever you are!

WHEN: Monday October 24, 2011 @ 11:00—11:20 a.m.

HOW: Stop whatever it is that you are doing and...just read!

WHY: Because the love of reading is a beautiful, valuable, life long habit that everyone should enjoy, every day.

http://dropeverythingandreadbc.ca/

Student Book Reviews!

Have you read a book that you would like to recommend to other OKM students? Send your short review to Ms. Neilson so we can post it on our blog. Check out our latest reviews from the student book review link!

Free summer audiobook downloads!

One new release and one classic will be available for download each week all summer long.

Check out this special YA  Audiobook Community program at http://www.audiobooksync.com/!

OUR eBOOK READERS HAVE ARRIVED!

Book club members will be the first to test out the new Kindles and Sony rReaders in our library this week! Thanks to support from our P.A.C., next September the digital readers will be available for lending to all students interested in participating in the pilot project. Stay tuned for more information!

Check a technology review by Liz on our student Husky-1-ink book review blog, as well as comments from book club members as they are added here.  

NEW! Student Book Reviews

Are you looking for something good to read this summer?

Check out the new Husky1ink Student Book Review blog linked from our menu list. This student designed and operated blog features reviews of new books as they arrive in our library. Liz is the site manager and first contributor, but other students are invited to add full reviews and/or comments! http://husky1ink.edublogs.org/

April is Poetry Month!

National Poetry Month is a time dedicated to reading, writing, speaking and promoting poetry in Canada. For more information visit the League of Canadian Poets website and blog.

Some of our favorite poetry books and journals will be on display at the entrance of the school library until May 2nd.

March 14 - 18 is Education Week!

The award-winning author Deborah Ellis will be speaking to a group of about 500 students in our OKM gymnasium on Tuesday March 15th at 2:10. Thanks to the OKM Parent Advisory Council for sponsoring this event!

During the week, approximately 4000 students across our school district will be attending presentations at the Kelowna Community Theatre, and the Central Okanagan Teacher-Librarian's Association (COTLA) is also hosting an evening presentation for the Kelowna community at large. The evening presentation will be on Thursday, March 17th at the Kelowna Community Theatre. The show will start at 7:00 p.m. with admission by donation and all proceeds going in support of Little Women for Little Women.

Ms. Ellis is an internationally acclaimed author, a peace activist, a humanitarian field worker and a feminist. Her novels tell the stories of young people around the world who have been marginalized by poverty, drug trafficking, war or illness. The profits from each of her books are donated to different worthy causes, including more than one million dollars in royalties from The Breadwinner Trilogy.
 Author Profile from Groundwood Books

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS!

107 years ago, on March 2nd, Theodor Seuss Geisel was born!


"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go… " — Words of wisdom from Dr. Seuss

Jack Whyte is in the news!

Robin Hood Revealed!
Across Canada, in Britain and around the world, people are talking about our Kelowna author, Jack Whyte. Articles in the Ottawa Citizen, the Montreal Gazette, the Edmonton Journal, the Financial Post, and in the Vancouver Sun, tell us about the controversy created with the publication of Jack Whyte's newest book.

Mr. Whyte dropped by for afternoon tea with the OKM book club last week. He told us about his writing process, and all about the research behind his latest book, The Forest Laird. We felt very privileged to spend an hour talking with one of Canada's most respected authors.

Jack Whyte is an amazing storyteller! He is also a blunt, practical and intelligent Scotsman, with a terrific sense of humour and priceless advice for our young aspiring writers. Thank you for taking time your busy schedule to visit our little club Mr. Whyte!

Story by Randy Boswell, Ottawa Citizen, January 4, 2011

Postmedia News Link

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

"Knowledge is limited; but imagination encircles the world”

(Albert Einstein)



These letters are images of buildings from Google Earth!



Visit our OKM library for a new display of  fantasy books for an imaginative start to 2011!

While at the library, take a look also at the carousel of new arrivals. Some boxes of terrific new books came in before and after Christmas and they are going quickly! 
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Recommend your favorite books from holiday reading!

What did you read over the holidays? My absolute favorite was APE HOUSE by Sara Gruen!