Jos Librarian

Off the bookshelf…catching up (October 2011)!

joslibrarian — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:35:24 +0000

Yikes…it’s been awhile since I have been able to post here for numerous reasons, mostly due to access/technology/bandwidth challenges, I’ll just take advantage of this window of opportunity to pick up where we left off and see if we can continue to move ahead!

We have LOTS of great new books in the library, and I am busy reading them as fast as I can, as are many students and teachers! Here are some of the latest I have been enjoying (and recommend):

Fiction:

90 miles to Havana / Enrique Flores-Galbis
Bamboo People / Mitali Perkins
Blue skin of the sea / Graham Salisbury
June Bug / Chris Fabry
The last summer of the Death Warriors / Francisco X. Stork
A long walk to water / Barbara Sue Park

Nonfiction:

Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth / James M. Tabor
Knucklehead : tall tales & mostly true stories about growing up Scieszka / Jon Sciezka
Technically, it’s not my fault : concrete poems / John Grandits

Off the Bookshelf (Apr 2010)

joslibrarian — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:15:04 +0000

Sometimes it’s hard to decide what to read, sometimes it’s hard to keep up with them as they leap off the shelf into my hands. April was a month of discovering some new authors and enjoying good reads!

Fiction

Deep in the mountains: an encounter with Zhu Qizhan / Terrence Cheng
Eyes of darkness / Jamake Highwater
The bark of the bog owl / Jonathan Rogers
The story of the seagull and the cat who taught her to fly / Sepulveda, Luis

Nonfiction

Reclaiming the future of Christian education / Albert E. Greene
Black and white airmen / John Fleischman

Off the Bookshelf (Mar 2010)

joslibrarian — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:41:50 +0000

It was a good month for reading some good books!

Fiction

Benny and Omar / Eoin Colfer
I is someone else / Patrick Cooper
Morning morning true / Ernest Herndon
Phoenix rising / Karen Hesse
How it happened in Peach Hill / Marthe Jocelyn
The rifle / Gary Paulsen
Piercing the darkness / Frank Peretti
Useful Fools / C.A. Schmidt
Voyage of plunder / Michele Torrey
One good punch / Rich Wallace

Nonfiction

Accidents may happen: fifty inventions discovered by mistake / Charlotte Foltz Jones
Caught by the sea / Gary Paulsen

Off the Bookshelf (Feb 2010)

joslibrarian — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:40:21 +0000

Fiction

Revolution is not a dinner party / Ying Chang Compestine
Chasing Redbird / Sharon Creech
Eragon / Christopher Paolini
This present darkness / Frank Peretti

Nonfiction

Crazy Love / Francis Chen
Phineas Gage: a gruesome but true story about brain science / John Fleischman

Get smart(er) & help feed hungry people!

joslibrarian — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:16:15 +0000

It’s simple…test and expand your vocabulary and help the United Nations World Food Program feed hungry people. While you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.

The rice is purchased and distributed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The World Food Program is the world’s largest food aid agency, working with over 1,000 other organizations in over 75 countries. In addition to providing food, the World Food Program helps hungry people to become self-reliant so that they escape hunger for good. Wherever possible, the World Food Program buys food locally to support local farmers and the local economy.”

Visit the United Nations World Food Program to learn more about their work to end world hunger.

Off the Bookshelf (Jan 2010)

joslibrarian — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:07:55 +0000

We have passed 1984, 2001, and are now in 2010 (yes, those are literary references!). With some extra, unexpected (and unwelcome) down time from the daily routine of school, this month’s list of books is a bit longer. It’s good to have a key to the library to be able to replenish my supply “as needed”!

Fiction

Feed / M.T. Alexander
Holes / Louis Sachar
Small steps / Louis Sachar
The last knight / Hilari Bell
Whose voice the waters heard / Robert Vaughn
Stick & Whittle / Sid Hite

Nonfiction

The man in black / Johnny Cash

Off the bookshelf (Dec 2009)

joslibrarian — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:02:29 +0000

It’s hard to believe that one year ago I was spending two days shoveling 18″ of snow out of my driveway! This December it is (still) 80+ degrees at 10pm at night in the part of Nigeria we are visiting (Cross River State). No roaring fire in the fireplace (just the wildfire that jumped the fire break and came through the compound!) to sit beside while reading a book, but still some relaxing time to enjoy “catching up” on a few books. Is it possible to ever be truly “caught up” reading…I don’t think so, since there are always more good books to read than there is time to read them!

Fiction

A Treaure Deep / Alton Gansky
Paradise / Joan Elizabeth Goodman
Earthquake at dawn / Kristiana Gregor
The horse hunters / Robert Newton Peck

Nonfiction

Mistakes that worked: 40 familiar inventions and how they came to be / Charlotte Foltz Jones

Off the bookshelf (Nov 2009)

joslibrarian — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:49:59 +0000

Fiction

A year down yonder / Richard Peck
The legend of Bass Reeves: being the true and fictional account of the most valiant marshal in the West / Gary Paulsen
Summerland / Michael Chabon
Under the blood-red sun/ Graham Salisbury

Nonfiction

Animal grossology / Sivlia Branzei

Off the bookshelf (Oct 2009)

joslibrarian — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:38 +0000

Hmmm…October must have been a busy month for doing things other than reading, even with a week off for October Break. Numerous books started, not so many finished (yet)!

Fiction

A long way from Chicago: a novel in stories / Richard Peck
The car / Gary Paulsen
Eyes of the Emperor / Graham Salisbury

Nonfiction

Three cups of tea: one man’s mission to promote peace — one school at a time / Greg Mortenson and David Relin
Women daredevils: thrills, chills and frills / Julie Cummins

Women daredevils : thrills, chills, and frills

Off the bookshelf (Sep 2009)

joslibrarian — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:37:12 +0000

Here’s my reading list for September. In spite of being a busy month both in the library and with school events needing sound/light support, I found (made!) time to read some books off of the new book shelf that have been on my “to read” list, as well as browsing through the stacks for things that look interesting that I can recommend to others. And being sick in bed over the weekend gave me a good start for the October list, too!

Fiction

Car trouble / Jeanne DuPrau
The number devil: a mathematical adventure / Hans Enzensberger
A ship possessed / Alton Gansky
Vanished / Alton Gansky
Distant Memory / Alton Gansky
Airborn / Kenneth Oppel
Skybreaker / Kenneth Oppel
Dancing Carl / Gary Paulsen
House of the red fish / Graham Salisbury

Nonfiction

Blizzard: the storm that changed America / Jim Murphy