Happy January! We hope everyone had a restful and safe holiday break. Winter is a great time for snuggling up with a book and we can help! Take a page from Danish culture and settle your heart and mind by reading a book. Reading can reduce your stress levels within minutes and improves spelling, concentration skills, and even math skills. Shocker, your librarians highly recommend reading! Students participating in the Sacred Heart Book Battle competition: you still have about 2 months to obtain and read the books to be ready for the competition. You can find information on the Book Battle here. We will come up with a date soon!
In the meantime, keep reading and keep being kind. Oh, and return your overdue books, please!
See you in the library, Ms. Wood & Ms. Brunder |
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We love when students are curious about real-life events and want to learn more about the world around them. We have a growing non-fiction section in the library and just got two new book series: The History Smashers Series and the Sports' Greatest of All Time Series. We've also added new and recent books on baseball, tennis, gymnastics, football, soccer, car racing, golf, track and field, wrestling, hockey, boxing, and so much more! Come check out Messi's stats and how Pearl Harbor became a target for attack in World War II. |
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New year, new reading goals? Here's some practical advice on how to be a better reader and how to raise a reader: 1. Read to little kids and big kids 2. Discover book series 3. Count on old favorites 4. Pick books about the things your reader loves 5. Feed kids funny stories 6. Mix it up with comics 7. Check out e-books 8. Make reading a family value
For book recommendations and more ideas, read this full article here! |
Catherine's War by Julia Billet, Claire Fauvel, et al. Reviewed by Evie P.
Catherine's War is a beautiful story about a young Jewish girl longing for a safe place among the dangers of World War II. Because of the Nazis' hatred for Jewish people, the main character has to change her name to protect her identity. Rachel Cohen, independent and brave, hesitantly embraces the role of Catherine Colin. The reader joins Rachel on her journey, experiencing and capturing images of the world through the lens of her camera. This graphic novel is based on a true survival story about love, loss and bravery. I highly recommend this book to lovers of photography and history!
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Roald Dahl is a widely known and beloved children's author. With iconic books like Matilda, The BFG, The Witches, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and many more, he is seemingly everywhere. (Have you seen the new Matilda musical movie? Its great!) Dahl has brought joy to so many families with his books but some prejudicial comments from his past came to light a few years ago that hurt many communities. The Dahl family has apologized for the anti-Semitic statements but is that enough? Can we appreciate the literary work for what it is without supporting the author's views? Time magazine explores this very idea in an article written last year about Dahl, his family, and how we read his books. Check out the Time article. For additional reading check out the American Library Association's article titled "Condemning Without Cancelling." What are your thoughts on this? |
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We made a goal to check out 9,500 books this year from the school library and as of January 11 we have checked out 4,981 books. We're over halfway there! Go readers! |
Want to check out a library book? Want to listen to an AudioBook? Want to read an e-book? Reserve a book in our catalog here. Just log in with your SHS account (first.last@shschicago.org) to put your book on hold! Check out our library's webpage! We need your book reviews! Take a look at the Library's blog for book recommendations and to write book reviews. Need help? Want book recommendations? Contact Ms. Brunder and Ms. Wood via email. |
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