Adult/High School Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 09/01/2008
Fiction BLOCK, Stefan Merrill . The Story of Forgetting: A Novel . 313p. notes. Random . 2008. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-1-4000-6679-7 . LC 2007012062. Adult/High School—This riveting novel features well-drawn characters engaged in the epic struggle of finding purpose and meaning in life. Early-onset/familial Alzheimer's disease (EOA) is the launching point for an exploration of memory and the...
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Professional Reading 09/01/2008
FONTICHIARO, Kristin . Podcasting at School . 170p. charts. bibliog. glossary. index. CIP. Libraries Unlimited/Teacher Ideas . 2008. pap. $30. ISBN 978-1-59158-587-9 . LC 2007035040. This title presents encouragement and incentives for implementing podcasting within the school curriculum. Part I explains the basics of Web 2.
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Preschool to Grade 4 09/01/2008
Fiction ADDASI, Maha . The White Nights of Ramadan . illus. by Ned Gannon. unpaged. glossary. Boyds Mills . 2008. RTE $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59078-523-2 . LC number unavailable. Gr 1–4—This story is centered around Girgian, a Muslim celebration observed mostly in the Arabian Gulf states during the middle of the month of Ramadan.
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Multimedia Review Editor, Phyllis Levy Mandell - 09/01/2008
MULTIMEDIA STARS—Beginning with this issue, exceptional titles reviewed in the Multimedia Review section will be eligible for stars. Reviewers' recommendations are a deciding factor in assigning stars, with the final decision to be made by the editors. DVD/video, audio, and CD-ROM titles that receive a star are considered to be outstanding in relation to others on the same subject or in t...
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Grades 5 & Up 09/01/2008
Fiction AALIYAH . Maid Machinegun . tr. from Japanese by Anastasia Moreno. illus. by Suzuhito Yasuda. 185p. glossary. CIP. Del Rey . 2008. pap. $9.95. ISBN 978-0-345-50253-7 . LC 2008000467. Gr 9 Up—While there are a few illustrations at the beginning of the book and a two-page "comicalized" passage at the end, most of this book is a straightforward novel.
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Graphic Novels 09/01/2008
Elementary and Middle School AKIRA, Shouko . Monkey High! vol. 1. tr. from Japanese by Mai Ihara. illus. by author. 184p. Viz Media 2008. pap. $8.99. ISBN 978-1-4215-1518-2 . LC number unavailable. Gr 7 Up–Haruna sees the students in her new school, with their cliques and power struggles, as acting like monkeys on a mountain.
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Get Your Reference Collection to Pop By Shonda Brisco - 09/01/2008
If you've worked in a middle school or high school library for more than a year, you know the "Decades Research" assignment. That's when a history or English teacher requires that each student research a specific decade during the 20th century. With limited print resources—and a limited budget—you're probably discouraged with what you've been able to provide your students.
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Podcasts are a great way to expand learning beyond the classroom or library. Here are more recommendations from Tech Chicks Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, following up their Dec. 2007 article Listen Up!
Gr 3-5–Join Chef J, and actor, and Master Chef Soufflé, a puppet, as they teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions while cooking up some tasty treats with their young guest host, Carlos.
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As part of Auburn Library's (CA) summer reading program "Catch the Reading Bug!" artist Kurt Barton fashioned this child-sized beehive, along with supersized ants, a centipede, dragonflies, and bees, all from found materials.
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