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Spring 2005
Volume II, Issue 2
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| Quicklists |
When you need collection development help fast, try the Ingram Quicklists. This month’s lists include:
- Art and Artists--Grades 5-9
- Science Projects for High School Students
- Immigration (Middle and High School)
- Endangered Species--Grades 5-9
- Audie Finalists Appropriate for Schools
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| Off the Shelf: Peter and Dagmar Schroeder and Six Million Paper Clips |
What does a creative teacher and an engaged community do to convey the enormity of the Holocaust? In Whitwell, Tennessee they started by collecting paper clips for each of the six million victims so that they could comprehend the scope of this horrific event. They ended by changing lives on both sides of the Atlantic in this inspiring story by the journalists who helped make the Children’s Holocaust Memorial a reality. Read the interview.
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| Shelftalkers: Audiobooks |
It’s time to toss that idea that listening to an audiobook is somehow not a valid experience for students. Dr. Teri Lesesne shares a case study conducted in a Texas school with reluctant readers that shows that not only can audiobooks help a challenged reader but also nurture a love of books.
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Delving into the Shelves
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Days to Celebrate
By Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn
An indispensable resource for media specialists and teachers alike, this book of days includes facts, charts, quotes, birthdays, and, as one would expect from Lee Bennett Hopkins, poetry. Handy calendars at the beginning of each month give key information. Everyone knows April is poetry month, but did you know that the Library of Congress was established on April 24 in 1800? Or that Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language on April 14, 1928? Fascinating factoids fixed on individual days range from the French pinning fish on fools for the first of April to the foundation of the first Earth Day on April 22 in 1970, accompanied by a lovely poem, “Earth, What Will You Give Me?” by Beverly McLoughland.
School-wide applicability: This is truly one of those books that can be at home in virtually every room in the school. Media Specialists will not only want to have it for circulation but as a resource for themes, classrooms will want their own copy so that it can be used at any given moment to underscore a historical fact or give some perspective. Even administrators will find inspiration such as in this poem found on March 30 entitled "Pencils": “On my desk/In a small brown vase, /A bouquet of tall yellow flowers/Smelling of cedar” or the conclusion of this poem by Richard Armour: “You’re multiplied,/Expanded, freed./You’re you and also/What you read.”
More from the shelves:
- Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
- Day of Tears
- Days to Celebrate
- Just-Right Writing Mini-Lessons
- The Stolen Smile
- Voyages Through Time
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| Reference Preference--selected by William Taylor, MLS, EdD |
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Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry, 5th edition
Wiley, $195.00
Chemistry, a fundamental and interdisciplinary science, can touch many aspects of our daily lives. Wiley has extensively updated an important resource for chemistry. Over 200 new articles range from the classic topics of chemistry to relatively new fields including forensic chemistry, nanotechnology, and green chemistry. This exceptionally priced reference title is recommended for high school libraries.
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| Look for Ingram at your Spring state conference! |
Ingram representatives are attending more than a dozen state conferences this season. Be sure to come by to find out how we can help you save your school time and money plus register to win a collection of books from independent presses including George vs. George from National Geographic, Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free from Full Cast Audio, The Highwayman from Kids Can Press, Mama Don’t Allow from Live Oak Media, Manga University from Japanime, and a graphic novel edition of O. Henry short stories from Eureka Productions.
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| "an all-you-can-think brain buffet." –Jerry Spinelli |
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