March Madness Book Tournament

 

Ready to win? Pick your favorites!

Here's the Google Form to VOTE! (Links to an external site.)  

May the odds be ever in your favor!

Here's the Bracket...  (Links to an external site.)  with all of the book trailers to watch.

 

History and Historical Fiction

• Prisoner B-3087 (Links to an external site.) 
• Projekt 1065 (Links to an external site.)
• Refugee (Links to an external site.)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (Links to an external site.)

Social Justice

• All American Boys (Links to an external site.)

• Hate U Give (Links to an external site.)
• Dear Martin (Links to an external site.)
• Long Walk to Water (Links to an external site.)

KMS Favorites (Sports, Records, etc)

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Links to an external site.)
• Diary of an Awesome Kid - Rowley (Links to an external site.)
• Crossover (Links to an external site.)
• Brave (Links to an external site.)

Manga & Graphic Novels

• New Kid (Links to an external site.)
• My Hero Academia (Links to an external site.)
• Death Note (Links to an external site.)
• Naruto (Links to an external site.)

Sci-Fi and Dystopian

• Hunger Games (Links to an external site.)
• Giver (Links to an external site.)
• Nyxia (Links to an external site.)
• Nyxia Unleashed (Links to an external site.)

Fantasy 

• Lightning Thief (Links to an external site.)
• Serafina (Links to an external site.)
• Ghost Boys (Links to an external site.)
• Amulet (Links to an external site.)

Realistic Fiction

• Other Words for Home (Links to an external site.)
• On the Come Up (Links to an external site.)
• Home of the Brave (Links to an external site.)
• I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Links to an external site.)

Action and Adventure

• House Arrest (Links to an external site.)
• Allies (Links to an external site.)
• Nine, Ten A September 11th Novel (Links to an external site.)
• Violent Ends (Links to an external site.)

Poetry and Novels in Verse

• Brown Girl Dreaming (Links to an external site.)
• Poet X (Links to an external site.)
• Crash, Boom, Love (Links to an external site.)
• Under the Mesquite (Links to an external site.)

Top 4 Student Voted Titles

• Tokyo Ghoul (Links to an external site.)

• Goosebumps (Links to an external site.)

• Attack on Titan (Links to an external site.)

• Fault in Our Stars (Links to an external site.)

 

Figures of Speech Challenge!

 

Answers!

 

 

Check out these online Makerspaces!

 

  

Online Makerspace Site... THIS ROCKS!

 

Hour of Code Website

Makered.org Resources

Tynker

                     Check out this website!  

                  http://www.stageoflife.com/Teen_Challenges.aspx

What Challenges Do Teens Face 

and How Do They Cope?   

We all go through the fire.  For students, growing into adulthood often bring stresses and pressures from lots of angles...

• Problems at home
• Issues with school
• Pressure from friends
• Lack of confidence from within
• Etc.

Hundreds of students shared a personal story in which they faced an obstacle, challenge, issue or problem (big or small) during the school year and shared how they dealt with it when they answered our writing contest prompt...

"I Overcame:  What was the most difficult thing you overcame this past school year?"

Teen Issues - Resources:

For each writing contest, StageofLife.com provides the visiting teens and college students a list of websites or resources to explore before, during or after their essay submission.  Our resource partners for this monthly Stage of Life writing contest were:

• Teen Issues Shared in Books:  Recommended YA Book List about Teen Issues
• Teen Graduation Issues:  GetSchooled.com
• Teen Family Issues:  Teen Advice on Family Issues from About.com
• Teen Bullying Issues:  This Has to Stop YouTube Intro from LearntobeHealthy.org
• Teen School Issues:  ReachOut.com
• Teen Friend or Self-Esteem Issues:  YourLifeYourVoice.org
• Teen Drug & Alcohol Issues:  TeenZeen.org

Ready for Battle - - Armed with Books. Dare ye enter the castle?

Come Ye Fort-Knights and Fair Maidens  to the 

KMS and Eagles Nest Library's

Royal Book Fair. 

Oct 7 - 11 @ Eagles Nest Library!

Oct 14 - 16 at KMS Library

Censorship -- Why do libraries support freedom to read!

What is CENSORSHIP?

Investigate for yourself.

You have the freedom to read and the right to choose!

Banned Book Week Websites  

https://bannedbooksweek.org/     http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned

Banned Book Lists

2000-2009: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009

By year since 2001: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10

Google Censorship Survey 

Censhorship Video

  pbs video https://www.pbs.org/video/banned-books-librarians-push-back-against-censorship-w0pbsh/

         

ALA Freedom to Read Statement

Intellectual Freedom and the Library Bill of Rights

Kahoot Quizzes

https://play.kahoot.it/v2/?quizId=9ac8fb7d-87cb-4a2d-8f2c-3b3b5ce1af03

Banned Book Review using Common Sense Media website

https://forms.gle/U3RP66TtrmUQ52f78

Summer Reading Challenge - July Book of the Month

        So, what are you reading?  Artemis Fowl?

Do you like mysteries, criminals, fairies, money, power, and adventure? Then, you need to read this book!

https://www.eoincolfer.com/artemis-fowl

Watch the video trailer!

Don't have a copy of the book yet? 

Here's the first chapter, read aloud for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C0Tys89VAM

Join our Google Classroom Discussion!

https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/Mjc3OTY5MzY2

Questions and Things to Think About

https://multcolib.org/artemis-fowl

1. What was your first impression of Artemis Fowl? Did it change as you read the novel? In what way?
2. Describe Artemis. What kind of person is he?
3. How is the fairy world different from the human world?
4. What is your favorite technological invention from the fairy world?
5. Did you figure out the fairy code? How did you break it? Did you like having it included?
6. Was this book a fast read? What makes a book go fast for you as a reader?
7. Does Artemis Fowl seem like a twelve year old to you?
8. Though this book is set in a fantasy world, did the world make sense to you?
9. Do you have any criticisms of the book?
10. What do you predict will happen in the next Artemis Fowl book?
11. Do you think this book would make a good movie? What elements would have to be included? What could be left out? Who do you think should play the lead parts?