Join in with students from all over the district in reading, discussing and voting on the best novels of the year. Go to Surrey Teens Read to find out more. Come down to the school library as we have multiple copies of all this year’s nominated books!
The author of To Kill a Mockingbird was born on this day in 1926. When her novel, a seminal work examining racism in the US, was denounced by one school board as “immoral,” she responded by saying, “what I’ve heard makes me wonder if any of its members can read.”
April 23 is World Book Night.
According to the WorldBookNight.org:
World Book Night is an annual celebration of reading and books which takes place on 23 April. It sees passionate volunteers give hundreds of thousands of books away in their communities to share their love of reading with people who, for whatever reason, don’t read for pleasure or own books.
It is run by The Reading Agency – the charity with a mission to give everyone an equal chance to become a reader. Because everything changes when we read…
…World Book Night is about giving books and encouraging those who have lost the love of reading – or are yet to gain it – to pick up a book and read. Line by line, paragraph by paragraph until they too have discovered the power of reading and the opportunities in life that reading can open the door to.
For more information, visit worldbooknight.org
Voting for the winner of Surrey Teens Read will start in May. That means you have just over a month left to complete reading at least three of the nominated titles so that you can vote for the best book for teens in Surrey. We have multiple copies of all the nominees here at your school library- check them out!
Find out more at surreyteensread.weebly.com
Welcome back for the stretch drive of the 2014-15 School Year. We hope you had a great Spring Break, with a good combination of fun experiences and relaxing rest. Most of all we hope you took some time for some good reading! Did you read any good books over the holiday? Let us know. Use the comment box below.
Check out the eLibrary offered by Surrey Schools. The collection has over a 1000 titles and will continue to grow. To use the service from home, you will need a username and password: Visit us at the school library and we will give it to you!
In the meantime, you can browse the eLibrary. Simply visit our online catalog and click on the “FolletShelf” icon. Or search for FolletShelf through surreyschools.ca.
This inspiring Freedom to Read Week video was made by Julia and Danika from the Calgary Science School, who won the Calgary Public Library Teen Freedom to Read Week Video contest. (source: freedomtoread.ca)
February 22-28 is Freedom to Read Week.
Celebrate and protect your freedom to read,
and stand up for intellectual freedom in all its forms.
Go to freedomtoread.ca for more information.
Check out the new “Teen Book to Film Club” at the Cloverdale Branch of Surrey Libraries. Read the books, watch the movies, enjoy some snacks, win some prizes!
Find out more:
We have multiple copies of all the nominated books. Come down to the school library to check them out! And go online to find out more: surreyteensread.weebly.com
Blue Gold is one of the books nominated for the Surrey Teens Read Book of the Year competition. Check out the other titles here at your school library. Find out more about Surrey Teens Read at surreyteensread.weebly.com
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School Library 