Greenwood Lake Middle School Library
Mrs. Hooper, Library Media
Specialist
Mrs. Caramella, Library Aide
Index to Library Web Site
Eleven-year-old Sam
McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his
life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels,
and things that have happened to him.
All the rage --
Frankendance -- The ratty old bumbershoot -- Dear Author -- The wizard's
mandolin -- Into the wild blue yonder -- Yackity-yak -- Wish away -- The
department store -- The battle of the red hot chili pepper weenies -- Just like
me -- What's eating the vegans -- Let's have a big hand for Gerald -- Bird shot
-- The princess and the pea brain -- Petro-fied -- Time out -- Galactic Zap --
The taste of terror -- The cat almost gets a bath -- Yesterday tomorrow -- Take
a whack at this -- King of the hill -- Book banning -- Braces -- Turkey calls
-- Reel -- Bad luck -- Rattled nerves -- Smart little suckers -- Overdue onto
Others -- Put on your happy face -- Moods -- Keep your spirits up -- Sting,
where is thy death?
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1.
Sign up is June 23rd 12-4 and
5-8, June 24th 12-4. June 25th 10-12 and 1-4
and June 26th 10-12 and
1-3.
The program begins on July 6th
and ends on August 7th.
Make Waves at your library
Summer time is almost here and the public library is again gearing
up for an excellent summer reading program.
Registration is during the last week of school, and the program runs
until the first week of August. Don’t
let vacation plans discourage you from signing up the kids, they may
participate at any time during the 5 week program.
Useful links for library use
Greenwood Lake
Middle School Library Catalog
Teaching books offers a variety of on line books from elementary
to high school. Learn about authors, hear books read, and connect to author
websites.
Sponsored by New York State, this site gives access to many magazines,
newspapers and reference sources. (A driver’s license ID is necessary for at
home use.)
E-Scholastic website which helps educators, students and parents to find just the right book by searching a database of more than 50,000 titles. Use the BookAlike feature to find books based on what your children already enjoy.
Net Library contains audio books which can be
downloaded to personal listening devices or to the computer. Searching may be done from any computer. Downloads must be done through the library,
as this is a password protected site.
Current economic conditions
are driving more and more use of libraries, but each year the funding for
libraries, public and school, is cut or not fully funded. Please click on the link
below to read more detailed information about the state of library funding.
Libraries in
crisis
At a time when
families are tightening belts and making more and more use of free resources,
libraries are being squeezed even harder.
Libraries and technology go hand in hand, but when money is tight, machines
triumph over personnel. Check out this
link to see the obstacles being faced by the library community.
http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/22/moran-librarian-skills-intelligent-investing-google.html
How
you can help
Contact your local legislators
to let them know that your students need reasonable funding for their school
libraries.
Annie Rabbit rabbita@
assembly.state.ny.us
Thomas Morahan http://senatormorahan.com/38/Contact.aspx