CURRICULUM: What's Happening in the Library?
December 5, 2008
Like Twilight? Then try these books! You can find them all in Mulgrave School Library!
Brook, Kevin. Road of the Dead. 2007.
When their sister is murdered, Ruben and Cole travel to the village where she was killed to claim her body! There the boys discover brutal and cose-minded villagers determined to cover up the cause of their sister's death.
Colfer, Eoin. The Wish List. 2004.
Meg was killed while committing a crime, so to get to heaven she must first go back to Earth and complete a task. Unfortunately, hell has sent someone back also.
Draper, Sharon. Tears of a Tiger. 1996.
A drunk driving accident causes the death of Robert Washington, captain of the basketball team at predominantly African American Hazelwood High. New articles, dialogues, and other innovative formats show how the student body reacts to the tragedy, and how Andy Jackson, who drove the car, is pulled down by his own feelings of guilt.
Green, John. Looking for Alaska. 2007.
Smart loner Miles, whose hobby is to memorize famous people’s dying words, leaves home for boarding school in search of a “Great Perhaps.” There he meets his first close friends, including enticing but screwed up Alaska Young, and experiences his first great tragedy.
Nix, Garth. Sabriel. 2008.
When the dead cease to stay dead, budding necromancer Sabriel must take the place of her father, a necromancer who has journeyed too far into the land of the dead and becomes trapped.
Shan, Darren. Lord Loss. 2006.
Grubbs Grady thinks he’s a normal middle schooler until he comes home to find his family killed by demons. Suddenly, he’s plunged into a world of werewolves, magic, and horror.
Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere. 2007.
Liz lives Elsewhere, aging backwards and waiting to be reborn. Can she leave her old life behind and embrace the new one?
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. 2007.
Death narrates the tale of Liesel and her experiences during World War II.
(Mrs. Brough)
November 25, 2008
The Red Cedar Book Program has been officially "launched" in Grades 4, 5 and 6! Students have the next six months to read and decide which one of the titles on the list they feel is the best Canadian book of the year.
The Red Cedar awards are British Columbia’s annual young reader’s choice book awards. Every year, thousands of children between grades 4 and 6 from across the province are invited to read books from the nominated lists of non-fiction and fiction titles and vote for their favourite.
The purpose of the Red Cedar program is threefold: 1. to enrich and broaden students’ reading experiences, 2. to promote literacy through the reading of quality Canadian literature and 3. to encourage students’ thoughtful evaluation of these reading materials.
In May 2009, our students will vote for their favorites and we will celebrate with a pizza party!
 Mulgrave Library
Scholastic Book Fair
officially declared a Grand Success!
It is clear that our students love books! It is our hope that they will always appreciate books and love to read as it will provide them with a lifetime of pleasure, inspiration, and information all of which will equip them for life!
Thank you very much, students and families, for your enthusiastic support. Over 200 books were purchased for classrooms by your overwhelmingly generosity. This year volunteers also provided Christmas wrapping by donation and $124.00 was collected for Mulgrave’s Global Outreach program.
A special ’thank you’ to Laura Withers and Catherine Lancaster for their amazing organization and daily running of this year’s Fair and to the fabulous team of parents who worked at the Fair… we couldn’t do it without you! And, thank you to all our Cliffords and Geronimo Stiltons too for providing us with cheerful good morning greetings and generating a lot of excitement for the Fair.
Ms Chapin & Mrs. Brough
November 2008
Happy Birthday Paddington Bear
50 Years Young!
 Mulgrave Library has these Paddington titles:
Paddington at the Carnival by Michael Bond
Paddington: My Book of Marmalade by Michael Bond
Paddington here and Now by Michael Bond
Paddington Helps Out by Michael Bond
Paddington Abroad by Michael Bond
More About Paddington by Michael Bond
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
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 A Great Big Thank You to our Fabulous Library Book Coverers!
A hard-working team of dedicated volunteers work every Wednesday afternoon to cover all the new library materials!
Thank you so much for all the great work you do for the Mulgrave Library!
Sound like fun? If there are any other Mulgrave parent or grandparent volunteers out there that would be interested in joining this group, please contact our invaluable Library Volunteer Coordinator, Fran Gallo, at Farkle1376@aol.com.
REMOTE ACCESS HAS BEEN RESTORED!
The Mulgrave Library Catalogue and Home page resource links are once again accessible from your home computers.
E Library Canada is one of the Student Resource Links (on the library homepage) that some of you have been using at school to do your research. Now, you can continue that research on E Library from home! Here are the steps from your home computer to E Library Canada.
Just go to www.mulgrave.com
Click on “Curriculum”
Scroll down to “Library”
Find the link to the Mulgrave Library Catalogue at the very top of the page…
Where it says “Welcome to Mulgrave School”, click on “Mulgrave School”
And Voila! You are on the Mulgrave Library Homepage.
Find the link to E Library under “Student Study Resources” and click.
Enter user name and password here. These are: User Name: 26-11155 and the password is: bigchalk. Below will be a little box, just tick it, for this information to be remembered and you won’t have to enter it the next time you use E Library from home.
Have fun and Happy Researching!
Mulgrave Library Celebrates Summer Reading at the Annual Ice Cream Party on October 6
Thanks to the help of many volunteers and the organization of Mrs. Brough over 160 Junior School students came together in the library last Monday to celebrate their reading at least 5 books over the summer holiday. Door prizes of new books were awarded by Ms. Mitchell to 24 lucky participants.
Congratulations to all these young readers!
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