Book Blab @ Stevenson H. S. » NEWS http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org A Blog for Breakfast with Books Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:50:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 My Media Mall Free at Your Public Library http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/12/04/my-media-mall-free-at-your-public-library/ http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/12/04/my-media-mall-free-at-your-public-library/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:47:55 +0000 ldett http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/?p=1088 MyMediaMall is a great new way to check out popular audiobooks, ebooks, and videos without ever leaving home.

MyMediaMall is open 24/7. Digital books and videos can be downloaded to a personal computer, and enjoyed anywhere on a wide range of portable devices, including MP3 players, iPods, Pocket PCs, Smartphones, PDAs and CDs.

You must have a library card from your local public library. To get started, download the free Overdrive Media Console. The link is located on the left side of the MyMediaMall homepage under Digital Software.

]]> http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/12/04/my-media-mall-free-at-your-public-library/feed/ 0 100 Useful Links for eBook Lovers http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/11/14/100-useful-links-for-ebook-lovers/ http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/11/14/100-useful-links-for-ebook-lovers/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:53:27 +0000 ldett http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/?p=1082 Check these links out.

Links for e-books

]]> http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/11/14/100-useful-links-for-ebook-lovers/feed/ 0 Teens Choose Top 10 YA Books 2009 http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/10/22/teens-choose-top-10-ya-books-2009/ http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/10/22/teens-choose-top-10-ya-books-2009/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:39:24 +0000 ldett http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/?p=938 The 2009 Teens’ Top Ten are:

1. Paper Towns (Dutton) by John Green

2. Breaking Dawn (Little, Brown) by Stephenie Meyer

3. The Hunger Games (Scholastic) by Suzanne Collins

4. City of Ashes (S & S) by Cassandra Clare

5. Identical (S & S) by Ellen Hopkins

6. The Graveyard Book (HarperCollins) by Neil Gaiman

7. Wake (S & S) by Lisa McMann

8. Untamed (St. Martin’s) by P.C. and Kristin Cast

9. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (Hyperion) by E. Lockhart

10. Graceling (Houghton) by Kristin Cashore

To learn more about teen book groups, visit www.ala.org/teenstopten. Final nominations for the 2010 Teens’ Top Ten vote will be posted on Support Teen Literature Day, April 15, 2010.

]]> http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/10/22/teens-choose-top-10-ya-books-2009/feed/ 0 Last Breakfast with Books for 2008/2009 School Year! http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/05/01/last-breakfast-with-book-for-20082009-school-year/ http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/05/01/last-breakfast-with-book-for-20082009-school-year/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:14:48 +0000 ldett http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/?p=918 Come join us for the last Breakfast with Books Meeting of the 2008/2009 school year. Our final meeting will be May 19th in the Library Classroom at 7:45 AM.

All staff, faculty and students are welcome.

Hope to see you then.

]]> http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/05/01/last-breakfast-with-book-for-20082009-school-year/feed/ 0 New Audiobooks in SHS Library http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/03/14/new-audiobooks/ http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/03/14/new-audiobooks/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:19:55 +0000 ldett http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/?p=856 Abundance of Katherines by John Green 
 
Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
 

Bleachers by John Grisham

 

Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya 

Born Confused  by Tanuja Desai Hidie

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

Gemma Doyle Trilogy  by Libba Bray:

Great and Terrible Beauty  Book 1

Rebel Angels Book 2

Sweet Far Thing Book 3

Glass by Ellen Hopkins (Sequel to Crank)

Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling (The Entire Series)

His Dark Materials Series by Philip Pulman:

The Golden Compass Book 1

The Subtle Knife Book 2

Amber Spyglass Book 3

House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

Inheritance Series by Christopher Paolini:

Eragon Book 1

Eldest Book 2

Brisinger Book 3

Looking for Alaska by John Green 

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan:

Lightning Thief  Book 1

The Sea of Monsters Book 2 

The Titans Curse Book 3

Battle of the Labyrinth Book 4

Speak by Lauie Halse Anderson

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossieni 

Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer:

Twilight Book 1

New Moon Book 2

Eclipse Book 3

Breaking Dawn Book Book 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/03/14/new-audiobooks/feed/ 0 2010 Abe Lincoln Award Master List http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/2010-abe-lincoln-award-master-list/ http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/2010-abe-lincoln-award-master-list/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:15:43 +0000 ldett http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/2010-abe-lincoln-award-master-list/ 2010 ABE AWARD MASTER LIST

1   An Abundance of Katherines — John Green
2   Aftershock — Kelly Easton
3   Avalon High — Meg Cabot
4   The Book Thief — Markus Zusak
5   Christopher Killer — Alane Ferguson
6   City of Bones — Cassandra Clare
7   Does My Head Look Big in This? — Randa Abdel-Fattah
8   The Good Guy — Dean Koontz
9   Gym Candy — Carl Deuker
10  The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray — Chris Wooding
11  I’d Tell You I Love You But Then I’d Have to Kill You — Ally Carter
12  Inexcusable — Chris Lynch
13  Leaving Paradise — Simone Elkeles
14  Life as We Knew It – Susan Beth Pfeffer
15  A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier — Ishmael Beah
16  Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s Syndrome — John Elder Robison
17  The Luxe — Anna Godbersen
18  Nineteen Minutes — Jodi Picoult
19  Pride of Baghdad — Brian Vaughn
20  Rooftop  — Paul Volponi
21  Rules of Survival — Nancy Werlin
22  Wicked Lovely — Melissa Marr

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  1. Crank
  2. Such A Pretty Girl
  3. Lightning Thief

Stevenson Winner:

Warrior Heir

]]> http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2009/03/02/2009-abe-lincoln-award-winners/feed/ 0 Teens Help Save Libraries http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2008/11/17/teens-help-save-libraries/ http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2008/11/17/teens-help-save-libraries/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:49:23 +0000 ldett http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/?p=565 A bunch of teens from Milford, MA, may have been too young to vote in the November 4th, but their efforts to save their state’s public libraries have paid off big time.

Follow the link below to read the full article from School Library Journal:

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6611831.html?rssid=190

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NPR presents Toni Morrison as she reads selections of her new book, A Mercy. Also included is an interview with the author.

]]> http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2008/10/27/a-mercy-by-toni-morrison/feed/ 0 Skokie Public Library Honored http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2008/10/15/skokie-public-library-honored/ http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/2008/10/15/skokie-public-library-honored/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:07:57 +0000 ldett http://shsbookblab.edublogs.org/?p=344 First Lady Laura Bush last week presented five libraries with the 2008 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the highest honor the nation confers on these institutions for their outstanding contribution to America’s communities.

The Skokie Public Library in Skokie, IL was honored for its contributions to a diverse community.

Click on the link to read the full article from School Library Journal.

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