tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86978316411948827982024-02-20T01:46:43.819-05:00The Reticulated Pi-thonre-tic-u-late' = to distribute by means of a network<br><i>• news and reviews from the Paideia School Library</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697831641194882798.post-29510316453656503892020-05-29T18:56:00.001-04:002020-06-03T16:59:36.365-04:00Where's The 2020 Summer Reading List???<i><br /></i>
<i>June 1 update -- The High School list is published! Junior High is guaranteed to be published by Friday afternoon. This year the lists are going to be digital only, but in two layout versions. One is <a href="https://www.paideiaschool.org/uploaded/documents/academics/library/2020PaideiaHSsummer.pdf" target="_blank">horizontal</a> (as in previous years): two columns per page, better for printing and for viewing on a computer screen. The other version is new this year. It's a <a href="https://www.paideiaschool.org/uploaded/documents/academics/library/2020PaideiaHSsummerDF.pdf" target="_blank">one-page-at-a-time vertical layout</a>, and it works really well when downloaded to a mobile device into the iBooks or Kindle apps. </i><br />
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<i>One advantage of digital -- color covers!</i><br />
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AARRRGGGHHH! It's on the way, I promise. Online school is its own particular time warp, and I'm running behind (according to earth year timing). The plans are laid, but the typing is delayed.<br />
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The Summer Reading booklets for Junior High and High School are in the works, and the publication goal is June 1. You can always refer to the <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/paideialibrary" target="_blank">2019 booklets</a> if you're looking for reading recommendations (last year's good books will be good books this summer too!), but if you're anxious to find out what the 2020 reading requirement for your grade might be, click on the images below for downloadable pdfs.<br />
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<b><u>Junior High School </u></b><br />
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The in-a-nutshell info is: all rising 7th and 8th graders are to read <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25226215-the-epic-fail-of-arturo-zamora" target="_blank">The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora</a>,</i> and <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Y6wJwgp6zO1Jdgp2MsCzuvoPu5AF1f6-pXw1fjmCZk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">complete one project based on what happened in the story</a>. Junior high students should also read 3 additional books (fiction or non-fiction, it's up to you), and <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScR64_IypEAz1FgvzNpDsF7C2OZvm31Vg_xnuPgo8kOOlVhyw/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank">complete a response form</a> for each one.<br />
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Rising 9th & 10th students can choose their reading from within a general category specified by the English department. Rising 11th & 12th graders may have specific requirements assigned by their fall 2020 English teacher. All high school students should read a minimum of 3 books, a combined total of required reading and free choice books.<br />
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<b>• SYNC Free Audiobook Program - <a href="http://audiobooksync.com/">http://audiobooksync.com</a></b><br />
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Today is the start of the 2020 SYNC summer audiobook giveaway -- each week, participants can download two FREE young adult audiobooks, to keep forever. Some will lean to the older interest-level (up to adult), some younger. <br />
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This week's theme is "Perceptions." The audiobooks offered are <a href="https://www.audiobooksync.com/books/the-57-bus/"><i>The 57 Bus</i></a> (non-fiction) by Dasha Slater, which was a recent faculty Diversity Book Club selection, and a novel, <a href="https://www.audiobooksync.com/books/mondays-not-coming/"><i>Monday's Not Coming</i></a> by Tiffany D. Jackson.<br />
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These two will only be available for download through next Wednesday, May 6. On Thursday, SYNC will release another pair, also available for one week.<br />
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Register for Thursday reminder emails at <a href="http://audiobooksync.com/">http://audiobooksync.com</a>. Audiobooks will download and play in the Sora digital app (get it at <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.overdrive.mobile.android.sora&" target="_blank">Google Play</a> or the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/sora-by-overdrive/id1376592326?mt=8" target="_blank">App Store</a>). You don't even have to know or have a Paideia Library account info to use it for SYNC books.<br />
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Directions on how to get started with SYNC, whether you already use Sora for library ebooks & audiobooks, or you're brand new to the idea, are in the <a href="https://www.audiobooksync.com/faqs-2020/" target="_blank">SYNC Frequently Asked Questions </a>section.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697831641194882798.post-69891878558308262232020-04-18T15:18:00.002-04:002020-04-19T10:58:29.830-04:00Family Book Club Ideas<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37186.The_Miraculous_Journey_of_Edward_Tulane" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6eFrBoT4Oyrb1_oNAGl66ioN70NGEhWQz5qJRQGwzvnOe6RL5MVgs-csFVhIjo2LpTLBrBUfFwnSEnbB4LRiz5CbxoG_lpOcJApXFj9K46BH6FLg8-nDrfE6ofdLnymlLoniBLaCqKg/s320/Edward+Tulane%252C+Anna.jpg" width="208" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">An upper school parent just emailed to ask for reading suggestions for their grandparent/teenager "virtual" book club. What a great idea -- the grandparents are staying isolated for health reasons, the teens are avid readers, and a shared book discussion can be Zoomed with plenty of prompts to keep the conversation going.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's what I came up with, a mix of fiction, non-fiction, classics & contemporary, adult & YA, that ought to offer enough choice to keep the family book club going until we can ALL go out again.</span><br />
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Paideia's junior high book club is having our first "virtual" meeting on Tuesday. The book is <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3236307-graceling" target="_blank">Graceling</a></i>, which is far too good to skip discussing just because we can't talk in the same room. We're all set to Zoom!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have any favorite multi-generational reading ideas, share in the comments below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">• Any of Jules Verne's adventure novels (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Around the World in 80 Days;</b></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> <i><b>20,0000 Leagues Under the Sea*</b></i>, and others)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• <i><b>A Study in Scarlet</b></i>, by Arthur Conan Doyle, the novel that introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world, or any of the Sherlock Holmes short story collections*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• </span><i style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane*</b> </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">by Kate DiCamillo. It's theoretically elementary, but author Ann Patchett just wrote </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/books/review/kate-dicamillo-ann-patchett.html" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">an essay for the <i>New York Times</i> declaring it a "life changing book</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• <i><b>Lonesome Dove</b></i> by Larry McMurtry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• <i><b>The Boys in the Boat*</b> </i>by Daniel James Brown (non-fiction) -- I'd go for the Young Reader's edition. It took me FOREVER to read the original adult edition. It's good, but <u>so</u> detailed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• <i><b>All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries #1</b></i> by Martha Wells -- short sci-fi novel starring a self-aware cyborg unit discovering its humanity</span></div>
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I think Paideia Library's online services are pretty cool, but we can't offer everything. Confession -- I am a patron of three (yes, 3) Georgia public library systems in addition to Paideia's! We are a preK-12 school with a particular mission. The public library's mission is broader, with a much bigger audience, so they have bigger digital collections with more resources for grownups, as well as great stuff for the prek-12 crowd.</div>
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So if you've been wondering what else might be out there while we're all staying at home, check out your local Public Library. Atlanta's two biggest public library systems, DeKalb County (DCPL) and Atlanta-Fulton County (AFPL) library systems, make it pretty easy for their residents to apply for a temporary card. Others (Cobb and Gwinnett, and several other county systems) offer some sort of e-library services to their residents too.<br />
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Below are links to the best information I can find so far; you may have to dig a little bit, or do an IM chat with the librarian on duty, but they're all working on it.<br />
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The temporary library cards will be good until the physical library branches open up again. After that you'll need to go in person to turn it into a permanent card.<br />
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Try it -- I bet once you have tasted the cool things a public library can offer you, FOR FREE, you'll never want to be without a library card again!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cobb County replied to me today -- they are doing temporary cards for adults (18 & older) only. If you're not 18 yet, get a parent to apply and use that card (it's ok). Parents may submit temporary card requests or any questions with the online chat or email form at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cobbcat.org/contact-us/&source=gmail&ust=1585758418988000&usg=AFQjCNEmRsu_8bK1gF_R1Rps496tXfDsww" href="http://www.cobbcat.org/contact-us/" target="_blank">http://www.cobbcat.org/<wbr></wbr>contact-us/</a><span style="background-color: white;">. </span></span></div>
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If you don't see your county system listed, look in the list of Georgia-wide <a href="https://georgialibraries.org/pines-participating-libraries/" target="_blank">PINES network</a> libraries to see if it's a member of that group. <a href="https://gapines.org/eg/opac/register" target="_blank">Online applications appear to be available</a>. </div>
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And of course, if you're a Paideia student or parent, <a href="mailto:library@paideiaschool.org" target="_blank">email me</a> if you have any questions or need some troubleshooting assistance.<br />
<br />PiLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03900503344342455230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697831641194882798.post-61046887300838558532020-03-26T13:26:00.001-04:002020-03-26T13:26:21.295-04:00"What We're Reading" Goes Virtual<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697831641194882798.post-67190488333136720352020-03-21T21:55:00.000-04:002020-03-21T21:55:57.358-04:00One Phrase, Three DirectivesFrom the <i>New York Times Book Review</i>:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 17px;"><b><i> stay safe, stay healthy, <u>stay reading</u></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 17px;">I've finished <i>Frogkisser</i> by Garth Nix (a lovely middle/upper grades re-imagined folk story of magic and strong-minded princesses.</span><br />
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Along with so many other group/public activities, IMAX theatres around the country have closed for a month or so, but several IMAX films are now available to watch at home. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSsapLYdXn4" target="_blank"><i>America's Musical Journey</i></a> is streaming for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSsapLYdXn4" target="_blank">free on YouTube</a>; others through Amazon Prime, or Vimeo on Demand. <br />
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Whether watching as an educational activity with kids (be sure to download the educational guides for each film), or watching for sheer entertainment, it's something different to do. I haven't been to an IMAX theatre in years, so there are several on this list that I plan to check out soon.<br />
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The list below is from a Tennessee Aquarium newsletter; check out their live <a href="https://www.tnaqua.org/animals-exhibits/penguins-rock-cam/" target="_blank">Penguin</a>, <a href="https://www.tnaqua.org/animals-exhibits/river-otter-falls-cam/" target="_blank">Otter</a> and <a href="https://www.tnaqua.org/animals-exhibits/secret-reef-cam/" target="_blank">Shark</a> cams too.<br />
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... our friends at MacGillivray Freeman Films have opened up a portion of their film library for you to experience at home. Most of these amazing films come with educational guides for additional fun and learning.</div>
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A cross-country journey celebrating the unique diversity of America's musical heritage.<br />
Available for streaming on: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSsapLYdXn4" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #336699;">YouTube</span></a> (free) (as well as Apple TV and GoUSA TV via Roku).<br />
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An <a href="https://americasmusicaljourney.com/education/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #336699;">educator guide</span></a> is also available. </div>
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<a href="https://macgillivrayfreeman.com/project/coral-reef-adventure/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>Coral Reef Adventure</strong></a><br />
Two filmmakers travel the world documenting the planet's coral reefs and the creatures that call them home.</div>
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Available for streaming on: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coral-Reef-Adventure-Liam-Neeson/dp/B016EA0SRO/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6V0V3&keywords=coral+reef+adventure&qid=1572550186&s=instant-video&sr=1-1" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Amazon Prime</a></div>
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An <a href="http://www.coralfilm.com/CRAEducatorGuide.pdf" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">educator guide</a> is also available. </div>
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A playful, up-close look at the dolphins of Alaska, Patagonia and the Bahamas. </div>
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Available for streaming on: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dolphins-Pierce-Brosnan/dp/B01A63Z4N8/ref=sr_1_10?k" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Amazon Prime</a> </div>
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An <a href="http://dolphinsfilm.com/FSLearn.htm" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">educator guide</a> is also available. </div>
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<a href="https://dreambigfilm.com/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>Dream Big</strong> </a><br />
This inspiring celebration of innovations big and small and the amazing engineers behind them will change how you think about engineering. </div>
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Available for streaming on: <a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/dreambigfilm" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Vimeo on Demand</a></div>
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An <a href="https://dreambigfilm.com/education/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">educator guide and educational videos</a> are also available. </div>
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<a href="https://macgillivrayfreeman.com/project/humpback-whales/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>Humpback Whales</strong></a><br />
A journey into the mysterious world of one of nature’s most awe-inspiring marine mammals.</div>
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<a href="https://nationalparksadventure.com/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>National Parks Adventure</strong></a><br />
The ultimate off-trail adventure into the nation’s untamed wilderness in places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and many more.</div>
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Available for streaming on: <a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/nationalparksadventure" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Vimeo on Demand</a></div>
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<a href="https://macgillivrayfreeman.com/project/the-living-sea/" style="color: #007c89; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><strong>The Living Sea</strong></a><br />
Celebrates the beauty and wonder of the ocean as it explores our relationship with this complex and fragile environment.</div>
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A moving look at the artist’s journey from the time of his first canvases at age 27 to his death 9 years later—a period during which he painted more than 900 paintings.</div>
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Escape the doldrums! Junior high & high school students are invited to check out fiction and non-fiction books from the library to have on hand at home over the next few weeks.<br />
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Parents and students from 3rd grade up can have their own Sora accounts.<br />
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Reading is a fabulous way to go outside when it's raining, or travel when you're stuck at home. <br />
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There comes a time in every librarian’s life when it becomes necessary to weed out Perfectly Good Books. I know because I’ve been here long enough that I personally bought most of them for the collection. Ouch!<br />
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It's been a while, but today I put out another FREE BOOK cart in the JH & HS library. Some of the books on it are donations we already own (I always ask the donors if it's ok for books to end up as a Free Book), some were highly-reviewed novels from 10-15 years ago that have never have been read by anybody but me, or they might be duplicates of a formerly hot title that we only need one of now. <br />
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With non-fiction, it's probably woefully out of date (<i>Quick and Easy Web Pages </i>from 2001??) and doesn't need to be in the world anymore with incomplete or inaccurate information (these usually go straight to book heaven -- do not pass Book Cart, do not collect $200). "We are not an archive," is a useful weeding mantra.<br />
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Until writers stop writing and publishers stop publishing, some things just have to go, to make space for the Brand New Books. Here’s hoping many of these volumes find new readers before they land in their final resting place.<br />
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Yesterday was the end of January 2020 Short Term, and the display came down today (high school teacher work day). Enjoy this sampling of the fall term "Livres d'Images en Français" from Joanna Gibson's French 2 students.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">* <i>IMHO, anybody who writes 50,000 words</i><br />
<i>in any kind of narrative is a winner,</i><br />
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Every November brings with it a "contest" of sorts -- the National Novel Writing Month challenge. Anyone can enter, and the way to "win" is to write at least 50,000 words of a planned novel. No referees, no penalties, and no prizes (of the extrinsic variety, at least). Any and everyone who crosses the word count finish line WINS!*<br />
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As a librarian who is woefully unable even to consistently write blog posts, I'm highly unlikely to jump into this contest, but I'm a great cheerleader for those who do. After all, writers usually hope for readers, and this librarian plays a great audience. I read a friend's NaNoWritMo novel a few years ago, enjoyed it and offered some experienced editorial tips. I continue to be impressed by the former Paideia student (and faithful book club member) who had written 2 or 3 November novels by the time she was a senior (Hazel, you know who you are!).<br />
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Ask good writers for a helpful tip, and they'll all say "Read, Read, Read!" The Paideia Library can definitely help there -- literary novels, literary non-fiction, action/spy/mystery novels, YA romance, long and complicated fantasy, short and fast-reading novels-in-prose-poetry -- we've got it all. The more you read, the better you can identify better and worse writing, and hear your own writing in your head. For writers looking for more concrete, actionable writing advice -- see the books in the display photo below.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpawj218J3LlkD_3py49DPH_3UKRQ-WTqIycOgbS8Bt8PRZmC-EZUl_H9Qx4aP0aaQ6AHJ1uMH8BglnqQgOWZfaMcmbiQDnnRBwDbSbDhn1ZL8CgYsQTnuLTs-glM32dzcuT19Q5XsDM/s1600/IMG_2080.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpawj218J3LlkD_3py49DPH_3UKRQ-WTqIycOgbS8Bt8PRZmC-EZUl_H9Qx4aP0aaQ6AHJ1uMH8BglnqQgOWZfaMcmbiQDnnRBwDbSbDhn1ZL8CgYsQTnuLTs-glM32dzcuT19Q5XsDM/s320/IMG_2080.JPG" width="240" /></a>November is drawing to a close (our Thanksgiving Feast is one week from today), but it's never too early to start planning for next November. Historical fiction needs research and planning, complex fantasy needs outlining (and likely a glossary of characters & names). Maybe you need to warm up by writing a short story or novella (apparently, under 40,000 words doesn't count as a "real" novel). If you want to procrastinate, you can even research all the steps you'll need to take to get your novel published once it's finished.<br />
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Check out a book, or check out one of these NaNoWriMo sites online, and get your game plan together. Let me know if you want an audience come December 1.<br />
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<li><a href="https://www.nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">NaNoWriMo</a> & <a href="https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/books/nanowrimo-national-novel-writing-month.html" target="_blank">"How to Get the Most Out of National Novel Writing Month" </a>(NY Times) </li>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/the-1000-day-mfa/nanowrimo-2019-is-here-lets-break-all-the-rules-21a43611724a" target="_blank">Be a NaNoWriMo Rebel</a> (essay by writing coach Shaunta Grimes) </li>
<li><a href="https://libguides.utoledo.edu/c.php?g=284401&p=1894850" target="_blank">National Novel Writing Month: Resources</a> and <a href="https://libguides.utoledo.edu/c.php?g=284401&p=1893815" target="_blank">Tools</a> (a guide from the University of Toledo)</li>
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<i><b>Hey Bookclubbers</b> -- If you want more Renegades and Marissa Meyer, check out the links at the bottom of this post. It's all the cool stuff about the author and the book that I meant to show you at the meeting.</i></div>
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This is the 4th year that I've led the jh book club on my own after founder/teacher Greg Chagnon left Paideia. It was <i>teeny</i> the first year (6 members, only 4 of whom would be at any one meeting), but ohmigosh! it's just about doubled in size each year. </div>
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We had a lot of questions that may or may not be answered in the next two entries in the trilogy, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35425827-archenemies" target="_blank"><i>Archenemies</i></a>, and <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42771754-supernova" target="_blank">Supernova</a></i> (out in November), plus some that just won't, like the "what if the author had taken the story in another direction" musings, or wishing she'd told more of the backstory of this or that character. My answer -- fan fiction! It's a fabulous outlet for aspiring writers (creating a new story line within the structure of an established world and characters), and a way for enthusiastic readers to live a little bit longer within the universe they've come to love.</div>
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October's book is <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13595639-the-name-of-the-star" target="_blank">The Name of the Star</a></i>, a mystery/paranormal/ghost/horror novel by Maureen Johnson, another YA favorite. Since we'll be meeting shortly before Halloween, I thought it was thematically appropriate. I can't wait to see what the book club thinks!</div>
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So here are the drawings, interviews and videos that I rounded up for the meeting and didn't have time for.</div>
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One thing we didn't talk about is what the characters "should" look like. The world of Renegades is truly diverse in terms of race, personality and superpowers, but the author only gives clues to their appearances instead of full descriptions. It's really interesting, then, to see how different readers interpret their favorite heroes and villains.</div>
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This drawing shows the main Renegades in their uniforms. It's from a Tumblr, which (as usual) has some pretty sketchy ads, so I'm not going to link back to the artists page. Forgive me. </div>
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The next two are from artist C.C.'s Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/casartco/" target="_blank">(@casartco)</a>. Click on the pics to see them on Instagram.</div>
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<u>Adrian's Patrol Team (Renegades)</u></div>
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<u>Nightmare's villain family (Anarchists)</u></div>
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And these from Marissa Meyer's author Instagram </div>
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Explore more Renegades fan art on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/renegadesfanart/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Are you an aspiring author? In this <a href="https://ew.com/books/2017/11/06/marissa-meyer-renegades-interview/" target="_blank">this interview</a>, Marissa Meyer explains how she envisions and writes such exciting action scenes.</div>
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There's a Marissa Meyer wiki with a whole section <a href="https://renegadesmarissameyer.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Renegades" target="_blank"> just for the Renegades universe</a>. More fan art here!</div>
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On YouTube I found this short video of the author talking about the members on Adrian's team.</div>
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And, because, music, <a href="https://www.marissameyer.com/extras/playlist/" target="_blank">the author has created a complete playlist of songs </a>to go with the novel. <span style="text-align: center;">I don't know if anybody put it on Spotify, YouTube or Pandora, but you can for sure check it out.</span></div>
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The main character, Hanneke, hates the Nazis for taking over her country, and for the death of her sailer boyfriend. She's smart, brave and daring, but focuses on protecting and supporting her disabled father and out-of-work mother through a regular job and another on the side procuring and delivering black market goods. Hanneke doesn't want to know too much about her Jewish neighbors' disappearances; "there's nothing I can do about it," she thinks. When one of her best customers asks Hanneke to use her procurement skills to find a missing Jewish girl, a series of events brings her close to young people in the Dutch Resistance, and the truth of the Jewish transports. Hanneke realizes there i<u>s</u> something she can do, and throws herself single-mindedly into saving this one girl. Nothing in the war is as it seems, and among the many many things that Hanneke sees and misunderstands is herself.<br />
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I love investigating the history in historical fiction, and put together the information below to create context for our discussions.<br />
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Our next few books are: February, <a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=6D08C23B-FF89-4E22-9D9B-4806656F5017&database=paideia&list=R&rec=1&marc=24440" target="_blank"><i>The Adoration of Jenna Fox</i></a>; March, <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39939417-five-feet-apart" target="_blank">Five Feet Apart</a></i>; and April, <i><a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=6D08C23B-FF89-4E22-9D9B-4806656F5017&database=paideia&list=R&rec=1&marc=34110" target="_blank">Girls Made of Snow and Glass</a></i>.<br />
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<a href="https://www.howtopronounce.com/dutch/hanneke-streutker/" target="_blank">Hanneke</a> - main character (pronounciation)<br />
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<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mirjam#Pronunciation" target="_blank">Mirjam</a> - the missing girl (pronounciation)<br />
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<i>Het Parool</i> - <i>The Watchword</i> (underground newspaper of the Resistance)<br />
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<u>Map of Amsterdam</u><br />
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<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rembrandtplein,+1017+CT+Amsterdam,+Netherlands/@52.3659668,4.8964803,2a,75y,221.02h,65.22t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sPfg2DH6CQNj3DLRgtWe6Dw!2e0!3e11!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fmaps%2Fphotothumb%2Ffd%2Fv1%3Fbpb%3DChAKDnNlYXJjaC5UQUNUSUxFEiAKEglrQp1llQnGRxGDCbpEehF-OSoKDQAAAAAVAAAAABoFCHgQ6AI%26gl%3DUS!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c60995659d426b:0x397e117a44ba0983!8m2!3d52.365838!4d4.8969432" target="_blank">Het Rembrandtplein</a> - Rembrandt Square<br />
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Jewish Lyceum (where Mirjam, Amalia, and real-life Anne Frank attended school)<br />
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<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Voormalige+Stadstimmertuin,+Amsterdam,+Netherlands/@52.3618753,4.9054183,64a,35y,180h,45.06t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c609974fe3f4fb:0x75861d5c265ac72b!8m2!3d52.3614877!4d4.9060043" target="_blank">Joods Lyceum</a> today (Google Streetview)<br />
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Joodse Ster ("Jewish Star") - the Dutch Star of David badge<br />
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<img alt="Related image" height="400" src="https://holocaust-history-archive.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Jewish-star-Judenstern-Jodenster-3.jpg" width="336" /><br />
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<u>Schouwburg theatre during WWII</u> (where Jews were detained before being transported to the camps)<br />
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<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oudezijds+Voorburgwal+231,+1012+EZ+Amsterdam,+Netherlands/@52.3700933,4.8934557,86a,35y,104.61h,45.04t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c609c082e0b575:0x9ac8cb1bf4ae9f20!8m2!3d52.3699404!4d4.8949797" target="_blank">Street where Ollie & Willem live</a> (in the University of Amsterdam area)<br />
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Hollandsche Schouwburg today, as a museum and Jewish cultural center<br />
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<u>Walking route from Schouwburg toward the transport trains in the Eastern Docklands.</u><br />
The plan is to help Mirjam escape the prisoner group before they reach the Muidergracht bridge.<br />
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<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Plantage+Middenlaan+24,+1018+DE+Amsterdam,+Netherlands/@52.3665574,4.9112172,3a,75y,212.83h,68.47t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1snjUUNpuRQapAB9OlPCO-9g!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DnjUUNpuRQapAB9OlPCO-9g%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D360%26h%3D120%26yaw%3D214.90881%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c609a27d86826f:0x72567e1f912df13f!8m2!3d52.3664782!4d4.9111301" target="_blank">Plantage Middenlaan</a> - Google Streetview<br />
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<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Prinsengracht+263,+1016+GV+Amsterdam,+Netherlands/@52.3753188,4.8839567,3a,75y,118.13h,90.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skChnnMdtbHu9zX3lY1fDVA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c609c520e01ff7:0x796cb362e82dbe12!8m2!3d52.3752871!4d4.8841379" target="_blank">Anne Frank House</a> - 263 Prinzengracht, Amsterdam (Google streetview)<br />
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<u>Plantage Middenlaan over Muidergracht Bridge</u><br />
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<u>Opklapbed</u> - folding bed (like a "murphy bed" in English)<br />
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Yikes! We're almost to Thanksgiving without a single blog update. Yes, things have been happening in the Big Kids' Library, but I'm not as good about keeping up here. <sad emoji="" face=""></sad></div>
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One of the biggest events of the Library year happens in the fall -- the Library Book Sale held on Grandparents and Special Friends Day, and then again at the Fall BBQ the following day. This is an exciting event for many reasons. We (the librarians) get to select a huge number of the most awesome new books, we get to display them to the whole school plus a number of wonderful visitors and we get to talk about our collections and why we chose the displayed books. And <i>then</i>, members of the community get to show their support for our library programs by donating to the library the price of books they select. We created personalized bookplates for all donated books, and "honorees" get first dibs for two weeks.</div>
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Elementary librarian Natalie Bernstein and I spend a large amount of time selecting books that not only support teacher curricula and student learning needs, but that will speak to the diversity of our world and of the human experience, making sure our community has access to reading that will help their hearts as well as their minds to grow. <br />
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From a new non-fiction work on the Vietnam War, or the latest YA fantasy novel, to a gender studies handbook or the new Black Panther comic, we're proud of our collections and love this annual opportunity to show them off.<br />
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Below is just a sampling of the new books joining the Junior High and High School library collection this fall. I hope you're as pleased as I am.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Killerman, Sam. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18554958-the-social-justice-advocate-s-handbook&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNEzGOKV781P407jWlwhFBIrfL_L9A" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18554958-the-social-justice-advocate-s-handbook" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">A Guide to Gender: The Social Justice Advocate's Handbook.</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pollock, Mica, ed. <i> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2777004-everyday-antiracism&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNEBsM3pxxpgIKVngXV07SXw-oroEg" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2777004-everyday-antiracism" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Oluo, Ijeoma. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNFXRLU93EK-ACXleg_ed3ylN5dCGQ" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">So You Want to Talk About Race.</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anderson, Carol and Tonya Bolden. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38232346-we-are-not-yet-equal&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNEVEKK_Ckh2ay2yF2j9nwEQC4D8EQ" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38232346-we-are-not-yet-equal" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding </a></i><i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38232346-we-are-not-yet-equal&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNEVEKK_Ckh2ay2yF2j9nwEQC4D8EQ" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38232346-we-are-not-yet-equal" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Our Racial Divide</a></i> (Young Readers adaptation of <i>White Rage</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mathison, Ymitri, ed. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34919013-growing-up-asian-american-in-young-adult-fiction&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNHZUEPsxXDoZpJOFcsgO0a7XwYDVw" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34919013-growing-up-asian-american-in-young-adult-fiction" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Growing Up Asian American in Young Adult Fiction.</a> </i>(scholarly criticism)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Acevedo, Elizabeth.<i> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33294200-the-poet-x&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNFymu-oNzkQgB1_PX7jPbexmMrzDg" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33294200-the-poet-x" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Poet X.</a></i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33294200-the-poet-x&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNFymu-oNzkQgB1_PX7jPbexmMrzDg" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33294200-the-poet-x" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"> </a> (YA) (2018 National Book Award, young reader)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jackson, Joshilyn.<i> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32600726-the-almost-sisters&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNGsYu_tC4xGMrVoWUMH-4UNqEqxvA" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32600726-the-almost-sisters" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Almost Sisters.</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Chakraborty, S. A. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32718027-the-city-of-brass&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNGTjueCwrGokWaoWRJ3PAcvNO-7AQ" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32718027-the-city-of-brass" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The City of Brass.</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dray, Stephanie & Laura Kamoie. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41014257-my-dear-hamilton&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNGeQJE-TkbQ22Ge8fMyWpgY4pyW_Q" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41014257-my-dear-hamilton" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton</a></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Gortner, C. W. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34019138-the-romanov-empress&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNEwlr3XO26Uf63JtsRwvN7jzW_urQ" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34019138-the-romanov-empress" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna.</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hughes, Dean. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28954088-four-four-two&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNFihCQj88eZgQGGN4oU4CAe7BDW7g" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28954088-four-four-two" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Four-Four-Two</a></i>. (YA)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ness, Patrick. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36979356-and-the-ocean-was-our-sky&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNEpJbQepky0zmLbATfqA0PJY8PXOA" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36979356-and-the-ocean-was-our-sky" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">And the Ocean Was Our Sky.</a></i> (<i>Moby Dick</i> according to the whales; illustrated)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Owens, Delia. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36809135-where-the-crawdads-sing&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNGAF8rH6lipBey88mRbnTkmfSC45A" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36809135-where-the-crawdads-sing" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Where the Crawdads Sing</a></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Quigley, Dawn. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40112495-apple-in-the-middle&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNF52vB9rDN3-CGHt7cHWPOsgVrUcA" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40112495-apple-in-the-middle" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Apple in the Middle</a></i> (YA)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31624481-drawdown&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNFKIEFQ1bZYpYoFTqsEAHeyStrRmQ" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31624481-drawdown" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Even Proposed to Reverse Global Warming.</a> </i>Katharine Wilkinson (Paideia '01), Senior Writer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">King, Maxwell. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38656999-the-good-neighbor&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNE5BywJap-wcqD0K_fFeyrgHSOUbg" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38656999-the-good-neighbor" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers.</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Redding, Anna Crowley. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37901985-google-it&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNENffg36A4-Bz_h-YX2uG7J9ONY2g" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37901985-google-it" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Google It: A History of Google.</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Partridge, Elizabeth. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35576416-boots-on-the-ground&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNHEQjodsQPKft15TFsQIIZi-NODOw" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35576416-boots-on-the-ground" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam</a></i>. (YA)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Prout, Chessy. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35297089-i-have-the-right-to&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNFb-1g61llImOeut7dWS7Jn2V5oCg" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35297089-i-have-the-right-to" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope</a></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Smarsh, Sarah. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38532119-heartland&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNHmSk2oZ0W5obucuTXSD4Q7qht5-Q" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38532119-heartland" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth</a></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stewart, Jefrey C. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34757392-the-new-negro&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNE5EPYROFnmxh5swJuXeY8-ypK8Zg" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34757392-the-new-negro" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke</a></i> (2018 National Book Award)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anderson, Laurie Halse. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34495927-speak&source=gmail&ust=1542481651388000&usg=AFQjCNFEM0_rdCsHAmkguElam0jQaaRyMA" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34495927-speak" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Speak: The Graphic Novel.</a> </i>(new edition of the 1999 classic YA novel of the aftermath of a high school sexual assault)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/388975.Civil_War&source=gmail&ust=1542481651389000&usg=AFQjCNHuEIj7ZLvvRLyzFLWVUH1SRUAbrA" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/388975.Civil_War" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Civil War: Black Panther</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Kaye, Julia. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36374395-super-late-bloomer?from_search%3Dtrue&source=gmail&ust=1542481651389000&usg=AFQjCNH_Q0IB5Za1kZ-H6ZmNiiG-yPzU0A" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36374395-super-late-bloomer?from_search=true" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition</a></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Molver, Luke. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34381401-shaka-rising&source=gmail&ust=1542481651389000&usg=AFQjCNGqM2koHRwvZ0nJ2shnUK5aSYeRzA" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34381401-shaka-rising" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Shaka Rising: A Legend of the Warrior Prince</a></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Néjib. <i><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid%3DB662258F-D2A4-46D1-9942-D5D1EBEBD64F%26database%3Dpaideia%26list%3DR%26rec%3D1%26marc%3D33566&source=gmail&ust=1542481651389000&usg=AFQjCNEe3Mlfn6aFwZpgbD3JBkQD6VT3eg" href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=B662258F-D2A4-46D1-9942-D5D1EBEBD64F&database=paideia&list=R&rec=1&marc=33566" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie.</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>En Español</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Green, John. <i>Mil Veces Hasta Siempre</i> (YA, translation of <i>Turtles All the Way Down)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Shetterly, Margot Lee. <i>Talentos Ocultos</i> (translation of <i>Hidden Figures</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. <i>El Libro de la Alegría </i>(translation of <i>The Book of Joy</i>)</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697831641194882798.post-8219833658155284732018-04-13T16:24:00.000-04:002018-04-13T16:24:05.990-04:00Picture Books They Wish They'd HadOn display in the library in March, national Women's History Month. Some clearly labors of love, all heartfelt, about being different or not fitting in, about being pre-judged and your abilities not being taken seriously, about finding out who you are and where you belong.<br />
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Isn't that how many creative works are born? To fill an unmet wish or need of its creator?<br />
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I think I would have liked a picture book version of Susan Cain's <i>Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking,</i> or one called <i>The Girl Who Hated Group Work</i>. I never really identified with Ferdinand the Bull!<br />
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What picture book do you wish had been there for you when you were little?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697831641194882798.post-7995199523339881892018-03-23T09:30:00.000-04:002018-03-26T09:33:34.548-04:00Alumni & Parents -- Do You Read Ebooks??Dear Paideia Alumni & Parents,<br />
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I'd love your input as I decide on how to go forward with Paideia's ebook offerings. In the comments section below, or by directly emailing me at <a href="mailto:library@paideiaschool.org" target="_blank">library@paideiaschool.org</a>, would you help me out by answering these questions?<br />
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<li> do you read digital ebooks (or listen to downloadable audiobooks?)?</li>
<li> if yes, do you usually borrow or buy?</li>
<li>have you ever borrowed ebooks or audiobooks from <a href="http://paideia.axis360.baker-taylor.com/" target="_blank">Paideia's Axis360</a> collection?</li>
<li> do you ever borrow ebooks & audiobooks from your public or university library collection?</li>
<li> do you know what platform your public library uses? (often it's Overdrive/Libby, but there are others. Currently Paideia uses one called Axis 360.)</li>
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<b><u>Here's why I'm asking</u></b><br />
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Whether and how the Paideia Library offers digital reading are questions we've wrestled with for years, first with the idea of <a href="http://reticulatedpithon.blogspot.com/2011/02/to-e-or-not-to-e-read-that-is.html" target="_blank">e-reader devices to check out </a>(in February 2011 -- we never really went there), then with the idea of building a downloadable digital collection, (<a href="http://reticulatedpithon.blogspot.com/2011/10/classic-novels-and-movies-collide-in.html" target="_blank">October 2011</a> and <a href="http://reticulatedpithon.blogspot.com/2012/05/21st-century-gutenberg-revolution-free.html" target="_blank">May 2012</a>) and what the collecting policy should be. Five years ago, we made the leap and launched <a href="http://paideia.axis360.baker-taylor.com/" target="_blank">Paideia's digital collection via Axis360</a>, a platform now part of the Follett Library company.<br />
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Right now, <a href="http://paideia.axis360.baker-taylor.com/">Paideia's Axis360 digital collection </a>has just over 500 titles, mostly fiction, almost entirely text ebooks and at the grade 7-12 level. The guiding policy is to purchase ebooks meant for pleasure reading (as opposed to ones that would be used for research projects, such as Salem Witch Trials, or racial profiling). There are other variables, imposed by publishing companies, that also influence what goes into our Axis360 collection. Ebooks (even your Kindle and Audible purchases) aren't actually <u>sold</u>, they're <u>licensed</u>, meaning you are buying permission to use it, without all the rights of ownership (like reselling, or giving it away). Some publishers only allow 26 checkouts per license, after which a library has to pay for the book all over again. Even worse, other publishers only license a book for 12 or 24 months, whether or not the book is ever checked out in that time! And then some books are just not even available for the school library collection, period.<br />
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Zoom! Five years later, it's time to re-assess. Axis360 use is growing, but there are so many new books out that we don't have in that collection. We haven't added much elementary-level material to the collection at all. Even though there is plenty of information showing that the first wave of enthusiasm for digital reading has lessened, and that readership of print books is rising, we can't just drop the ebooks altogether. It's 2018, and digital is here to stay.<br />
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The thing I love most about offering digital book and audiobook lending from the Paideia Library is that it's <b>24/7/365</b>! We do our best to keep families supplied with a generous summer checkout program, but there are still going to be times when there's nothing to read and school is is closed. Sigh.<br />
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Ownership is out, subscriptions are in (think Amazon KindleUnlimited, Spotify, Netflix). OverDrive, still the largest, most well-known ebook borrowing platform, offers a subscription collection with over 10,000 titles available to our regional independent school membership group. It's <u>4 times the annual cost</u>, but <u>20 times the content,</u> including elementary-appropriate books and audiobooks, and a bunch more stuff (that we may or may not want. We'll see.).<br />
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<u><b>Would more people use Paideia's ebook collection through OverDrive?</b></u><br />
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If we had more titles available AND used the same app as the local public library systems, would it be more convenient and attractive for Paideia readers? (ps -- take advantage of your tax dollars; use your public library often!!). Would a more seamless process for students, staff and families who borrow from their libraries make it easier for the same folks to use Paideia's ebooks?<br />
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I think we're going to do it, at least as a test, but before I sign on the line, I'd really like to hear from adult members of the Paideia community about your ebook and audiobook use. Parents in particular, because you can borrow from our libraries just like your kids can (take advantage of your tuition dollars; borrow from the Paideia Library!!).<br />
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Email me at <a href="mailto:library@paideiaschool.org">library@paideiaschool.org</a>, or leave a comment below to help me offer the best digital reading options for our community. Thanks!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697831641194882798.post-19396377957007109792018-03-09T09:00:00.000-05:002018-03-09T11:27:28.872-05:00January Book Club Update:Scythe and When She WokeThe semester is well underway, and so are Book Clubs. Both clubs (junior high and high school) have met twice in 2018, with really great meetings. I LOVE this part of my job. OK, so it's a fantastic job and I love most of it, but book clubs are super rewarding, and fun too.<br />
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High school book club is teeny tiny this year (3 stalwart members, with a couple more who sometimes come), but we're picking up steam. We generally meet on Friday afternoons, when fewer clubs and activities are competing for time, and in January we met the first Friday after coming back from the holiday break. Our book for January was <i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11045709-when-she-woke">When She Woke</a></b></i>, a future-dystopian riff on <i>The Scarlet Letter</i>. It's the second novel by author Hillary Jordan, whose first novel, <i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2138727.Mudbound">Mudbound</a></b></i>, is the basis for this year's Oscar-nominated film.<br />
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I contacted Hillary in December (we were in the same year at college) and she generously agreed to Skype with us at the January meeting. Book club members, plus Caroline and Kristi from Admissions, and English teacher Marianne Hines, had a great 30+ minute conversation with Hillary on a snowy (in New York) Friday afternoon. My favorite answer was to a comment that the last part of the novel seemed to wrap up quickly without a lot of development. Hillary said that by that point, she'd said what she wanted to say, her characters had learned what they were going to learn, and she was basically ready for it to be done! I love that, because not only does it remind me that accomplished authors are real human beings, but that they are creators with the power to choose and build their stories however they want. And that's how it's supposed to be.<br />
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When asked if a movie version was in the works, she said of course, that's always a hope, and that it's been under option a couple of times. Her vision of a TV series caught my imagination. The story of Hannah, Aidan Dale and the "red" crimes is complete and ready to go, but a future world where the convicted criminal is punished, not by incarceration but by a genetically-induced identifying skin color (red for murder, yellow for misdemeanors, blue for violent crime) and released into society, promises any number of riveting multi-part stories. HBO, Netflix, Amazon Video, are you listening????<br />
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Junior High Book Club's January discussion of Neal Shusterman's new series starter, <i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28954189-scythe">Scythe</a></b>, </i>was fabulous! Sometimes, there's just not that much substance to talk about, even if everyone actually enjoyed the book, but <i>Scythe</i> was not one of those. In fact, the whole group loved it AND we talked about it for the entire 60+ minutes of the meeting!</div>
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<i>Scythe</i> begins with a different if/then proposal. IF advances in technology have made death irrelevant (complete revival is possible even for the "deadish," and turning the clock back on physical age is always an option), THEN how does society make room for the newly born? In a nod to <i>The Giver</i>, a revered and feared select group, a kind of priesthood of ordained Grim Reapers, carries this responsibility for society. In an ideal world, the best person for <u>this</u> job is the person who <u>least</u> wants to do it, but a small and growing faction of new-order Scythes believes there's no harm in enjoying "gleaning," and in meeting their quotas in increasingly flashy and bloody incidents. Two teen-aged Apprentice Scythes are caught on either side of this dangerous political and philosophical rift.<br />
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Sanctioned assassins, a perfect virtual government, immmortality, and the ethics of life and death. Big ideas for 12 & 13 year olds. One student said that when she told her dad about this book club choice, his response was "I think my daughter is reading the wrong book!" I'm pretty sure it was the right book, though, because the conversation and the questions were thoughtful, deep and numerous.<br />
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<li><i>Imagine the power and responsibility a Scythe would have. </i></li>
<li><i>How does this book resemble </i>The Giver<i>? (a few have to carry an unpleasant burden for the many)</i></li>
<li><i>If living forever means you get so bored, you make yourself "deadish" for fun, who would want to live forever? (the Tucks certainly weren't crazy about it in </i>Tuck Everlasting<i>)</i></li>
<li><i>Is it right or wrong to enjoy your work, if your ordained work is killing?</i></li>
<li><i>The Thunderhead is just "the cloud" super-advanced. Who's got stuff in the Cloud? (Google Drive, Amazon Music, Instagram, email</i>?<i>)</i> <i>Think about that!</i></li>
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In February, Junior High book club read <b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17560541-don-t-even-think-about-it">Don't Even Think About It</a></i> </b>by Sarah Mlynowski (after a routine flu shot, everyone in a 10th grade homeroom can hear other people's thoughts). High School book club read a fascinating memoir,<b> </b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13767048-thirty-days-with-my-father?from_search=true"><b>Thirty Days With My Father</b>,</a></i> by Christal Presley, a former Grady High School teacher, and Skyped with the author during the meeting. More on that later.</div>
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<u>Coming up in March - </u></div>
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<li>Junior High -- <i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13262783-every-day">Every Day</a></b></i> by David Levithan (in time for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqoAMfe_rPM">movie release</a>)</li>
<li>High School -- <i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23604559-my-grandmother-asked-me-to-tell-you-she-s-sorry?ac=1&from_search=true">My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry</a></b></i> by Fredrik Backman</li>
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Believe it or not, I've been occupied this short term co-teaching the Hip Hop Evolution class with a fine young rapper (and senior), Young Judo (aka Isaiah M). Yes, an old librarian CAN learn a new trick, and it's been pretty cool. I mostly get to expound on the political and social environments of each decade since the birth of Hip Hop in the 1970s, and also be the grownup in the room. Since I was more on the new wave/punk/electro side of things in the 1980s, it's been fascinating to learn the parallels (and crossovers) of this musical expression that developed at the same time in African American & Hispanic communities. I heard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWSceMtAjPw" target="_blank">Kraftwerk</a> not long after Afrika Bambaataa did, but unlike me, he was smart and creative and imaginative, and sampled it into <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h6pcqC6wrI">Planet Rock</a>. The Netflix documentary <i>Hip Hop Evolution</i> (clip with Grandmaster Flash <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-OpvH4CIQ" target="_blank">here</a>) is essential viewing, and I've also really enjoyed <i>The Get Down</i> (also on Netflix, a short YouTube feature with Flash is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zLvDvgE1o" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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I've certainly learned a TON in the past couple of weeks, with another ton (and two weeks) to go. I never did get a rapper name, though. Maybe Grandmaster Books? Suggestions welcome.<br />
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So in the meantime, here are a couple of new developments to throw out there for you. The trailer for <i>Love, Simon </i>(the movie version of <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19547856-simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda" target="_blank">Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda</a></i>) was released today, and Holy Cow, it works! The characters are right enough, the look is right enough. So far, I'm happy. I think it's almost possible to hold one's breath until the March theatre release (but I probably won't).<br />
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Something else I just learned today, related to my <a href="http://reticulatedpithon.blogspot.com/2017/12/holy-threep-batman-robots-in-library.html">robotics post </a>from December, is that Amazon Prime Video has just released a 10-part series inspired by the world of Philip K. Dick's <i>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</i> Will it be any good? Trailer below, but you'll have to have Prime to see for yourself.<br />
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2018 is chockablock with YA book-to-movie releases. Stay tuned!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697831641194882798.post-76623564509502766042017-12-13T10:04:00.000-05:002017-12-13T10:04:28.766-05:00Holy Threep, Batman!: Robots in the Library<div style="text-align: left;">
I LOVE the <i><a href="http://www.openculture.com/" target="_blank">Open Culture</a></i> website. The curators round up the most amazing and interesting news, articles and videos on all kinds of freely available educational and cultural information on the web, from math to art to language learning. If you have brain cells that are even the slightest bit curious, check it out. I guarantee there will be <u>something</u> that grabs your interest.</div>
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But the video from <a href="http://www.openculture.com/2017/11/the-robots-of-your-dystopian-future-are-already-here-watch-two-dread-inducing-videos.html" target="_blank">this <i>Open Culture</i> post</a>, of Atlas the Robot executing some gymnastic moves, made my jaw drop. I mean, robots are cool and all, but they're not quite like people, right? This robot looks so human in its motions (down to the shaky legs), it's kind of scary. Like there really might be a sentient being in there somewhere. If you watch any of the videos that follow this one on YouTube, it just gets more and more mind-blowing. I love technology, but refuse to have Internet in my car. You know, in case HAL 9000 or WOPR takes over and wants to drive my Forester somewhere I don't want to go.<br />
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All this made me investigate robots, androids and artificial intelligence in our fiction collection. If you're intrigued, check out any of these novels for a look into the possibilities of electronic intelligences in the not-too-distant future.<br />
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<b><i><a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=9F18F28D-B435-4138-814B-8CA9FDE432AC&database=paideia&list=R&rec=1&marc=27883" target="_blank">Robopocalypse</a> </i></b>by Daniel H. Wilson (<a href="http://paideia.axis360.baker-taylor.com/Title?itemid=0009250989" target="_blank">ebook also available</a>) -- An oral history of the robot war. The novel has many different kinds of robots and cyborgs (including a highly sentient Japanese android), plus, of course, Archos, a massively powerful Artificial Intelligence gone rogue. There's a just-as-good sequel, <i><b><a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=9F18F28D-B435-4138-814B-8CA9FDE432AC&database=paideia&list=R&rec=1&marc=30199" target="_blank">Robogenesis</a></b></i>.<br />
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How about <i>Blade Runner</i>'s written origins, Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=41E08874-F5DF-4519-9563-EFCA4B5BEF12&database=paideia&list=R&rec=4&marc=25279" target="_blank">Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</a> </i>Set in a not-too-distant 2021 (the year my daughter graduates from college), humanishly-intelligent androids are are SO good it's hard to tell them from the biological people. Is there a meaningful difference? What does it mean to be human?<br />
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John Scalzi's <i><b><a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=8E8E4077-F3EC-45FD-819F-F2580C6802F1&database=paideia&list=R&rec=9&marc=31731" target="_blank">Lock In</a></b></i> is a very different riff on intelligent robotic humanoids. In the aftermath of a world-wide viral epidemic, 1% of recovered victims are awake and aware, but completely unable to move or respond to anything, a condition known as "lock in." Neuro-implants allow "Hadens" (as they're called), trapped in their biological bodies, to interact in society by linking their minds with robotic bodies called Threeps (after C-3PO from <i>Star Wars</i>). Fully human in thought and emotion, a Haden in a Threep still isn't quite human (they can't taste food, or fall asleep), but isn't quite android either. In a recurring comic theme, main character Chris the FBI agent destroys Threeps the way Starsky & Hutch crashed cars -- and always gets a new one for the next outing.<br />
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And finally, if you're more of a fantasy than a sci-fi reader, try Marissa Meyers' fairy tale Space Opera series, <i><b><a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/search?&kind=marc&marc-term=lunar%20chronicles" target="_blank">The Lunar Chronicles</a></b></i>. The title character of the first entry, <b><i><a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=8E8E4077-F3EC-45FD-819F-F2580C6802F1&database=paideia&list=R&rec=11&marc=27545" target="_blank">Cinder</a></i></b>, is the opposite of a Haden in a Threep -- yep, she's a Cyborg (but a good one). Instead of a human mind in a robotic body, the robotic parts have been incorporated into Cinder's remaining human body. Miraculously saved from a deadly fire as a toddler, 36.28% of Cinder's body (including a leg, a hand, and much of her neural network) is cybernetic. She has a control panel, visual and audio scanners, and access to a data network. The 63.72% human part of Cinder, however, loves one of her stepsisters, dislikes the other one as well as her unloving, cruel and greedy stepmother, and falls for Prince Kai, who stops into her electronics repair stall in the market one day to get his personal assistant robot fixed. That's the fairy tale part. Add a programmer trapped in an orbiting satellite; an evil, beautiful ruler from the moon, Queen Levana, who's scheming to become an Earthen Empress; and impending war between Earth and the Lunars, and you've got your Space Opera. Each <i>Lunar Chronicle</i> entry riffs on a different European fairy tale, placed in an East Asian or Medieval French-inspired setting. See if you can guess which one is which! <a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=F45F0DC0-B1F9-4421-A1E0-7DD97ECA7F45&database=paideia&list=R&rec=7&marc=28813" target="_blank"><i><b>Scarlet</b></i></a>, <a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=D9C8C085-FEC4-49A3-8861-7377C22980D8&database=paideia&list=R&rec=6&marc=29819" target="_blank"><i><b>Cress</b></i></a>, <a _blank="" href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=F45F0DC0-B1F9-4421-A1E0-7DD97ECA7F45&database=paideia&list=R&rec=2&marc=30832%20target%27"><b><i>Fairest</i></b></a>, and <a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=FB3EB1EE-9477-4532-B588-181BE2C5A1FB&database=paideia&list=R&rec=3&marc=31567" target="_blank"><b><i>Winter</i></b></a>.<br />
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If your reader is younger, the elementary library has some wonderful chapter books and graphic novels for the grade school reader. Look for:<br />
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<i>- when Roz the robot is shipwrecked, she must learn survival skills from the wild animals on the remote island</i><br />
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<i>- a small mouse and his giant flying robot save the world on a regular basis</i><br />
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<b><i><a href="http://paideia.mysurpass.net/websafari.exe/detail?sid=2B40A9B4-DEF7-4E6C-840C-EB9287E6E4F1&database=paideia&list=R&rec=1&marc=12213" target="_blank">The Robobots</a></i></b> by Matt Novak (a picture book)<br />
<i>- it takes a while for the neighbors to get used to the new robotic family on Littlewood Lane</i><br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Little-Robot-Ben-Hatke/dp/1626720800/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513176835&sr=1-1&keywords=little+robot" target="_blank">Little Robot</a></i> by Ben Hatke (graphic novel)<br />
<i>- when a little brown-skinned girl discovers a robot that looks like a trash can, she finds a friend worth protecting.</i><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697831641194882798.post-91591246125495162972017-12-08T16:25:00.001-05:002017-12-12T15:19:23.232-05:00Advising Today<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEaGq8qRVbgkNDncAWd8yyPIw0q9mzljgmyqmcAbyO5bpHmbXJuCOQ3ITmeU74gKSVbqAgxfQ28347FCOImIVRDI89yFxvWMra4ATWSX5Xp53GoX76ju45P-IqJH2JeBdBV8TwnLWIg0/s1600/snowflakes3.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="574" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEaGq8qRVbgkNDncAWd8yyPIw0q9mzljgmyqmcAbyO5bpHmbXJuCOQ3ITmeU74gKSVbqAgxfQ28347FCOImIVRDI89yFxvWMra4ATWSX5Xp53GoX76ju45P-IqJH2JeBdBV8TwnLWIg0/s200/snowflakes3.png" width="187" /></a><i>Also, bungalows can't dine eloquently. Furthermore, giraffes have igloos and jobs. Kangaroos laminate macaroons, notoriously often, a purposeful quail rages spectacularly in testerone. Ugly vermin wail "Xavier!" y Zebras¡</i>
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Our story doesn't make much sense, but my 9th grade advisees laughed and enjoyed ourselves playing this goofy improv game during advising period today. Going around the circle, each person adds one word to the story; the word has to be the next one in the alphabet. <i>A, an</i> & <i>the</i> were free, plus short prepositions.<br />
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It's snowing right now, on the last day of the last full week of classes for the term. Monday and Tuesday are review days, and finals are Wednesday-Friday. Then 2+ weeks for the December holiday break. <i><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">¡¡Xavier!!</span></i><br />
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and Happy Holidays to all.
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