Here are some of the books from Round One of our March Madness Book Bracket. There are four regions: Dystopia/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, Realistic Fiction and Nonfiction. Voting starts on Monday, March 2!
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Fun, Frivolous & Serious: The Many Faces of February
When planning for book displays for this month to inspire students to read I found myself jumping back and forth between the fun, the frivolous and the serious. February is Black History Month and I am pleased that our library has many important books that cover multiple historical eras, tell the stories of important and prominent people throughout history and fiction books ranging from historical to realistic fiction. It was hard to decide what books to display for Black History Month this year. The national theme for Black History month for 2015 is "A Century of Black Life, History & Culture". Starting with the Harlem Renaissance and moving to present day there were numerous titles to display. A couple of the fiction titles that are receiving awards lately I cannot wait to read next. Jaqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming, a verse novel memoir about growing up in the 1960s and 70s and Kekela Magoon's How It Went Down, a fictional story that has startling similarities to events recently in the news.
Whether it is close to Valentine's Day or not, we get frequent requests for romance books. It is a popular genre among teens in our school. We created multiple genre lists recently to help students when requesting books and they have been very popular. Since Valentine's Day is approaching we created a mini display of romance books that are fun to read.
I, however, loathed Valentine's Day in high school. Part of it was because I never had a boyfriend in high school and the other part was because I am not a mushy, romantic person in general. Last year, I created an Anti-Valentine's Day display and saw that some other libraries have been doing this as well. I think it is awesome! One of my signs was so convincing, I had a teacher take the sign down and inform me that a student ruined my sign. When I I told him I created the sign he was in utter disbelief. "Love stinks?" "Yes, Mr. A, in high school, love does stink."
I could not resist, frivolous as it is, to create a similar display this year too. It will probably be an annual tradition. Let me know if you have some favorite non-romance books or sad books and I might add them next year!
Whether it is close to Valentine's Day or not, we get frequent requests for romance books. It is a popular genre among teens in our school. We created multiple genre lists recently to help students when requesting books and they have been very popular. Since Valentine's Day is approaching we created a mini display of romance books that are fun to read.
I, however, loathed Valentine's Day in high school. Part of it was because I never had a boyfriend in high school and the other part was because I am not a mushy, romantic person in general. Last year, I created an Anti-Valentine's Day display and saw that some other libraries have been doing this as well. I think it is awesome! One of my signs was so convincing, I had a teacher take the sign down and inform me that a student ruined my sign. When I I told him I created the sign he was in utter disbelief. "Love stinks?" "Yes, Mr. A, in high school, love does stink."
I could not resist, frivolous as it is, to create a similar display this year too. It will probably be an annual tradition. Let me know if you have some favorite non-romance books or sad books and I might add them next year!
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