Jordan High School Media Center

Welcome new students and returning students to Jordan High School Media Center.  Be sure to check out the new books on display near the circulation desk.  There’s something for everyone:  mystery, romance and much more!

We also want to encourage all students who love to read to join the Jordan Book Club this year.  We will kick off on Thursday, September 17th, at 2:45 in the Media Center with Sherman Alexie’s book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.  Copies of the book are available now for check out.  Also at the first meeting of the year, all members can suggest books for this year’s reading list.  All suggestions welcome but you have to attend to be heard!  For more information on Jordan Book Club, go to the Book Club tab above.

Did any of the books you love to read make these lists?  Click on them and find out!  Teen Books We Love, YA Goddess Books, Thousand Oaks Teen Advisory, and YALSA.

Banned Books Week (Sep. 27-Oct. 4), launched in 1982, celebrates intellectual freedom and encourages readers to examine controversial books. Top 10 most challenged books of 2007.  Read more at Banned Books Online.�

• Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage
• Read a book for Latino Books Month
• Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
• E-mail a teacher for National Teacher Appreciation Day

March 2008 National Women’s History Month

Women’s Art: Women’s Vision

“Each year, March is designated as National Women’s History Month to ensure that the history of American women will be recognized and celebrated in schools, workplaces, and communities throughout the country.  The stories of women’s historic achievements present an expanded view of the complexity and contradiction of living a full and purposeful life.”  From National Women’s History Project Press Release                                                                      www.nwhp.org/whm/pressrelease.php.  

2008 Honorees 

300 Women Who Changed the World

Great Women Rulers 

February is a busy month:  Black History Month, Valentine’s Day and, yes, even Library Lovers Month!  Show how much you love your library this month by checking out a book that commemorates a person or event in the history of African-Americans and register to win a prize.   We will also feature famous love stories this month like Gone With the Wind, Jane Eyre, A Tale of Two Cities, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Love in the Time of Cholera, Cold Mountain, Their Eyes Were Watching God and many more.  Check out a classic romance and register to win a prize.  Visit the library for more details.  

With the weather getting cooler, it’s a great time to curl up with a good book.  Not sure what to read?  Check out these websites for reviews and suggestions:  

• TEEN READS  
• CHERYL RAINFIELD’S TEEN BOOKS THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
• TEENS READ, TOO!
• ALL READERS
• NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWS

Books often have a profound and lasting effect on children.  Many celebrities have shared their favorite books from childhood on the website, “What Got You Hooked,” at http://www2.firstbook.org/whatbook/favorites.php.  Why not go to the site and see if your favorite childhood book is represented?  Then reply to this post and tell us about the book(s) that you read as a child that spurred an interest in reading.  We bet at least one Dr. Seuss book will get a mention!

Visit the library during the week of October 15 - 19 to help celebrate Teen Read Week and enter a drawing for a chance to win one of several prizes including a gift certificate to Barnes & Noble.  Check out a book and drop your name in the box located at the circulation desk.  Good luck and good reading!

We have a new look this year for the school media center webpage.  Look for information about the library catalog, the school book club, online resources and much more in the future.�