Come down to the School Library to have a look at this book and the other Surrey Teens Read selections for 2020-2021. You can also go online and borrow many of them as e-Books and/or Digital Audiobooks.
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Answer below in the comments. Then find out more at the bottom.
What do these books have in common?
The ALA Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2019:
source: ALA
Banned Books Week is September 27 to October 3. Celebrate and exercise your rights and freedoms. Read what you choose to read.
Today we observe Orange Shirt Day in recognition of the terrible history and ongoing legacy of Residential Schools in Canada. Listen, read, watch, discuss and learn about the impact of Residential Schools on Indigenous Peoples and on all of Canadian society. Encourage all Canadians to join together in the attempt to follow a path of Reconciliation.
Come down to the School Library to browse through our collection of materials related to Orange Shirt Day:
You can also browse through this Destiny Collection on your computer, phone or other device by clicking here.
Can you identify these books? These are the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2019, according to the American Library Association. Reply with your answers in the comments.
Banned Books Week is September 27 to October 3. Find out more.
September 27 to October 3 is Banned Books Week. Established in 1982 and currently sponsored by the Banned Books Week Coalition, which is, in their words:
…an international alliance of diverse organizations joined by a commitment to increase awareness of the annual celebration of the freedom to read. The Coalition seeks to engage various communities and inspire participation in Banned Books Week through education, advocacy, and the creation of programming about the problem of book censorship.
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Heroine by Mindy McGinnis is one this year’s 10 nominated titles for Surrey Teens Read Book of the Year.
Come down to the School Library to have a look at this book and the other Surrey Teens Read selections for 2020-2021. You can also go online and borrow many of them as e-Books and/or Digital Audiobooks.
Come by the School Library and check out our feature display of titles related to some of the big ideas and events that affect our world right now.
Surrey Teens Read again in 2020-2021! We have multiple copies of each of this year’s selections. Come down to the school library now so that you can start enjoying the ten nominated Surrey Teens Read titles. Then in May you can vote for the Book of the Year. Find out more by visiting us in real life AND visiting SurreyTeensRead.weebly.com.
Please return your overdue books and other School Library materials. You can drop them off in the box outside the main entrance.
You have voted, and the results are in. The winning title for 2020 Surrey Teens Read is The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw.
Thanks to all the students from around Surrey who participated in Surrey Teens Read. And a special thanks goes out the committee of Teacher Librarians who make this program happen.
The summer holidays are almost here. Make sure you take advantage of your School Library to gather some books and magazines for summer reading.
Make an appointment to visit us in person to browse through our collection of print materials, including lots of new fiction and non-fiction, graphic, and more.
If you prefer to stay at home and visit us online, you will find that we have growing collection of eBooks, as well as digital audiobooks and other online resources.
Find out more! Visit us online at tweedsmuirlibrary.ca or make an appointment to visit us in person.
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