BOOK SPINE POETRY CONTEST!!

From Monday, Sept 21st- Monday, Oct. 26th I am running a BOOK SPINE POETRY CONTEST to celebrate SASKATCHEWAN LIBRARY WEEK (Oct 18-24). The theme is “DARE TO KNOW”. WHAT IS BOOK SPINE POETRY? Book Spine Poetry is a free verse poem composed by: using the titles written on the spines of physical books and stacking the books on top on one another There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, ($20, $30, $50 gift cards for Chapters). The Page Turners and I will decide the winners. In addition, the top poems will be entered into the SAME BIG contest being put on by the Sask Library Association. The Grand Prize for the SLA contest is a $100 Chapters Gift Card. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH                        SEE MRS. LANE FOR DETAILS HEAT CHOCOLATE FEVER OFF TO FIRST GRADE THE PERILOUS ROAD WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS       PLEASE USE A MINIMUM OF 5-8 BOOKS   DARE TO KNOW CAN BE INTERPRETED AS, DARE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT A HOT TOPIC ISSUE SUCH AS REFUGEES OR ELECTIONS, OR YOU COULD COMPOSE A POEM WHERE YOU DARE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE LIBRARY. SUBMISSIONS CAN PHOTOGRAPHED AND SENT TO MY LIBRARY FACEBOOK PAGE OR MY INSTAGRAM PAGE WITH THE WORDS OF THE POEM WRITTEN BENEATH IT.  http://sheldon.rbe.sk.ca/library  OR @sheldonwilliamslibrary (Details also on SWC Library Page).

BOOK OF THE MONTH- SEPTEMBER- WE SHOULD HANG OUT SOMETIME by JOSH SUNDQUIST

Hello Spartans, and welcome back! I hope you will all come to the library a lot this year, and READ books! Our book of the month for September is We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundquist!

A bright, poignant, and deeply funny autobiographical account of coming of age as an amputee cancer survivor, from Josh Sundquist: Paralympic ski racer, YouTube star, and motivational speaker.


Josh Sundquist only ever had one girlfriend.
For twenty-three hours.
In eighth grade.

Why was Josh still single? To find out read this great book!!

ALL BOOKS DUE BY JUNE 5TH

BOOK OF THE MONTH: MAY! CYBERBULLYING: BULLYING IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Hi Spartans!

This month I'm highlighting Digital Citizenship. Digital citizenship is the norms of appropriate, responsible technology use.  Too often we are seeing students as well as adults misusing and abusing technology but not sure what to do. The issue is more than what the users do not know but what is considered appropriate technology usage.

I thought it would be appropriate to choose a book on cyberbullying as it partners well with digital citizenship."This indispensable book shows us the reality of young people's digital lives and presents a wide range of specific, practical, and research-based interventions to build online safety, reduce harm, and help youth develop positive digital citizenship..." (Stan Davis, author of Schools Where Everyone Belongs and Empowering Bystanders in Bullying Prevention).

Digital Citizenship Information   (Created by Amy Clancy)
This is a student created timeline outlining information on your digital footprint and includes quizzes, tips on creating a positive digital footprint and cool graphics!

All the Light We Cannot See

Hi Spartans,

I've finished the above novel. It was intriguing and a little sad. Overall, I was a bit disappointed, but I still recommend it if you like novels set during WWII, and you are interested in how young people experience war. I would also like to add, that the writing is beautiful. There are some lines I would happily frame and display in my home.

What's Lane Reading?

Hi Spartans. I thought you might be curious about what I'm reading right now. Well, it's called All the Light We Cannot See, and it's by Anthony Doerr. So far, I'm really enjoying it. It's set during World War II in Paris, and later other parts of France, and Germany. It follows the two separate stories of blind French girl, Marie-Laure, and Werner, a German boy. Both are alone in the world, and forced to make their way during such a tumultuous time in human history. The final intrigue is a cursed diamond. I'm not sure how this journey is going to end, but I'm thinking the boy, the girl, and the diamond will somehow come together, and I'm excited to find out! I also have to mention that many of the descriptions in this novel will appeal to your other senses- not your sense of sight. Therefore, you "see" the world through Marie-Laure's eyes, and let me tell you, it's illuminating.

BOOK OF THE MONTH: APRIL! OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR ANDREW SHEPARD BY LESLEA NEWMAN

Hello Spartans! I choose this month's book of the month based on the fact that April is National Poetry Month. October Mourning: A Song for Andrew Shepard is full of heart-rending poems depicting the events and circumstances of the hate crime that caused the tragic death of Andrew Shepard. Please read on for more information about this unforgettable novel in verse.

On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was lured from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die. Gay Awareness Week was beginning at the University of Wyoming, and the keynote speaker was Lesléa Newman, discussing her book Heather Has Two Mommies. Shaken, the author addressed the large audience that gathered, but she remained haunted by Matthew’s murder. October Mourning, a novel in verse, is her deeply felt response to the events of that tragic day. Using her poetic imagination, the author creates fictitious monologues from various points of view, including the fence Matthew was tied to, the stars that watched over him, the deer that kept him company, and Matthew himself. More than a decade later, this stunning cycle of sixty-eight poems serves as an illumination for readers too young to remember, and as a powerful, enduring tribute to Matthew Shepard’s life. (goodreads.com)