Friday, September 18, 2015
Some New Books for The Hub!
An order of new books was just delivered today! Topics included in this order were Ancient Civilizations, Teen Choices, World War II, and biographies of Technology Wizards. Come check out a new book today!
Thursday, September 10, 2015
My Good Deed on 9/11
Tomorrow marks the 14th anniversary of 9/11. Today's students are too young for this to be a significant date for them. Unless they are 10th grade or higher, they probably hadn't even been born yet.
I remember exactly where I was on September 11, 2011. I was teaching Theatre Arts at Calhoun High School (Go, Sandcrabs!!) and it was during morning classes. An English teacher opened my class door and told me to turn on the television. She mentioned something about a plane crash and then went off to tell the next teacher. Turning on the TV, my students and I became transfixed with what we were watching. A plane had crashed into one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. We watched as the second plane crashed into the other tower. We watched as the first tower fell. We watched as the second tower fell. We watched for days, stunned at was happening in our country.
Thousands of innocent Americans died because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. But what was more horrible, so many First Responders and Good Samaritans died that day trying to help others.
In honor of those lost lives, and to honor his brother Glenn who was one of those Good Samaritans, Jay Winuk and his friend David Paine created MyGoodDeed.org. Their organization is working to encourage Americans to make 9/11 a day of volunteering and helping others. Through their efforts, September 11 became a federally observed Day of Service and Remembrance in 2009.
Visit their website MyGoodDeed.org to pledge your good deed for tomorrow. Show kindness to someone to memorialize those on 9/11 who gave their life to do the same.
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy is a beautiful book about a village in Africa that felt the pain of America after 9/11 and helped in the only way they knew how. Librarian Analine Johnson created this award-winning book trailer for the book. Watch it and remember.
I remember exactly where I was on September 11, 2011. I was teaching Theatre Arts at Calhoun High School (Go, Sandcrabs!!) and it was during morning classes. An English teacher opened my class door and told me to turn on the television. She mentioned something about a plane crash and then went off to tell the next teacher. Turning on the TV, my students and I became transfixed with what we were watching. A plane had crashed into one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. We watched as the second plane crashed into the other tower. We watched as the first tower fell. We watched as the second tower fell. We watched for days, stunned at was happening in our country.
Thousands of innocent Americans died because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. But what was more horrible, so many First Responders and Good Samaritans died that day trying to help others.
In honor of those lost lives, and to honor his brother Glenn who was one of those Good Samaritans, Jay Winuk and his friend David Paine created MyGoodDeed.org. Their organization is working to encourage Americans to make 9/11 a day of volunteering and helping others. Through their efforts, September 11 became a federally observed Day of Service and Remembrance in 2009.
Visit their website MyGoodDeed.org to pledge your good deed for tomorrow. Show kindness to someone to memorialize those on 9/11 who gave their life to do the same.
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy is a beautiful book about a village in Africa that felt the pain of America after 9/11 and helped in the only way they knew how. Librarian Analine Johnson created this award-winning book trailer for the book. Watch it and remember.
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Dystopian YA
Dystopian Fiction is a popular genre. Here are some titles in this genre available right now in The HUB:
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