Issue Number One:Welcome: WMS Library Times

The document is a newsletter from a school library providing information about popular books for students, what the librarian is currently reading, professional resources for teachers, and upcoming events at the library. It lists the top 10 books for students in September, summarizes a book the librarian recently read called Mohawk, and announces events like visits from authors and book fairs at the library.

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Issue Number One:Welcome: WMS Library Times

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WMS LIBRARY

WMS Library Times

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TOP 10 BOOKS FOR STUDENTS IN SEPTEMBER

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Zoobreak by Gordon Korman The Boy Who Dared by Susan Bartoletti Football Hero by Tim Green The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan Sabotaged by Margaret Peterson Haddix Schooled by Gordon Korman Super Human by Michael Carroll Unwind by Neal Shusterman Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

Issue Number One:Welcome

I was having a conversation with Mrs. Auble in the hallway one morning near the beginning of the school year. Not surprisingly, I was talking about a book that I was currently reading when weeks. It was only when I was doing some professional reading about legal issues in public schools that I realized that I have a lot more information than just book reviews that I could (should?) be sharing with you. Thats where the idea for this newsletter came from. What I would like to do is have a monthly issue that will have some personal book reviews, popular books for students, a calendar of events, curriculum and professional resources, and more. Obviously, I realize that not everyone will be interested in this stuff, and I will not be offended in the least if you choose to delete this from your inbox as soon as you receive it. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy it , and maybe youll find something new to read or recommend to your students. Old issues will be archived at address below, in case you need to find old recommendations. http:// westfieldmiddlepolicies.blogspot.com/p/wmslibrary-newsletter-archive.html

she offhandedly suggested that I should start sending book recommendations to teachers for things they might want to read. I thought it was a good idea, but I didnt do much with it for a few

What Im Reading Now

A lot of books pass my desk on any given day. Its rare for one to hold my attention longer than it takes me to put it on a cart for re-shelving. One did recently though. It was a donated* book for the staff pleasure reading library in the lounge area of the library. The book is titled Mohawk , and it is the 1986 debut novel of author Richard Russo, most famous for his book Empire Falls. Mohawk is the story of a fictional town of the same name in upstate New York. It is told from multiple points of view of different citizens of this dying town. The town once was know for its leather tanneries, but the work has been shipped to places where the labor is cheaper. This book is a funny, sad, and ultimately moving portrait of the lives of people living in transition from one era to another. If you like John Irving or Pat Conroy, you might give this one a try. *Thanks to Cindi Nelson for the donation!

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Professional Resources
New Additions Weve really put a lot of effort into beefing up our professional resources over the last few years. One thing that I added recently that is very useful in a general way is a legal guide for dealing with religion in public schools. This guide has lots of advice for avoiding legal pitfalls and challenges associated with religion and religious speech. This guide contains information on topics such as the limits on
student expression of religious speech, whether or not a teacher can pray throughout the school day, what are the boundaries of teaching about religion in a classroom, etc you care to see it that way) that create a tangled mess for adolescents to navigate. This combined with zero tolerance policies creates a state in which we set our youth up for failure. It is thought provoking and will make you lose sleep at night, but it feels essential.

You Must Read This! If youve never read The Road to Whatever by Elliot Currie, you need to run, dont walk, down to the library to check it out. Curries argument is that American middle class culture is a mess of in-groups and outgroups (winners and losers if

Did You Know? We have an entire collection of books from and about Asia. From the Tale of Genji to Korean history, weve got you covered.

Important Events
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 Groucho Marx 2 3 4
Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

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Author Tyler Whitesides visits WMS

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Hamilton County Spell Bowl

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Death Cure by James Dashner

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Board Game Club

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The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

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Fall Break

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Fall Break

The Barnes & Noble book fair is coming on November 8th at 7pm. Mark your calendar.

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Curriculum Connection
Here are some recently acquired books in the library that you may find useful for your class.

Social Studies Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India
Trapped : how the world rescued 33 miners from 2,000 feet below the Chilean desert

Related Arts How to be an explorer of the world : portable life museumThis is a book that encourages you to look at life in a new way. Science Elephant talk : the surprising science of elephant communication. Language Arts Extraordinary research projects

Math Fibonacci Fun: Fascinating Activities with Intriguing Numbers

The only thing that you absolutely have to know,

Technobrarian
Pottermore http://www.pottermore.com/ This is the new website that opens in October that is a complement to he Harry Potter series. It is full of games, new stories from J.K. Rowling, and more. Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com Goodreads is my favorite website ever. It is a social media site for readers. You can post online reviews, share lists with others, and discover new books. Whats not to love. xtranormal http://www.xtranormal.com/ If you havent made an xtranormal movie yet, you need to try it out. You type the script and animate the characters. Tons of fun.

is the location of the library. - Albert Einstein

Board Games
Board games are a fun way to inject critical thinking into a lesson while the students just think they are playing. We have lots of board games available. Come down and check it out: Age of Empires : The Age of Discovery Apples to Apples 10 Days in Africa/Asia/USA/Europe Quiddler Bananagrams Chess Ticket to Ride Settlers of Catan Amun-Re Colloseum Cranium And much, much more. Boggle Scrabble Upwords