tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45694373828500933512024-03-17T09:37:25.062+13:00Library ZestKia ora Northland teachers and librarians - this blog is a place to share information relevant to school libraries, literacy and learning and support the Northland school library network meetings.
"Zest" is to aspire to a spirit of liveliness, enthusiasm and relish - and a nod to my citrus setting in the orchard town of Kerikeri where I am based as the National Library Schools Services Adviser for Northland.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger581125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-28941358787052528922012-03-04T19:00:00.001+13:002012-03-04T19:01:54.084+13:00Book covering videosA useful page with videos showing book covering techniques...http://www.raeco.com.au/custompage.aspx?custompage=Keeping%20books%20aliveUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-39165927805758610072012-03-04T18:55:00.002+13:002012-03-04T19:00:38.233+13:00Little Free LibrariesI am inspired by this piece about Little Free Libraries, springing up in communities to share books...http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-21/little-libraries-lawn-boxes-books/53260328/1" Todd Bol wanted to honor his mother, a former teacher and book lover who died a decade ago. So two years ago, Bol built a miniature model of a library, filled it with books for anyone to take, andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-33710305376488402662012-02-13T21:14:00.003+13:002012-02-13T21:19:40.597+13:00Bio poems - a Laura Candler resourceHere is a link to an appealing poetry resource from Laura Candlerhttp://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/literacy/PDFWriting/BioPoemsMadeEasy.pdfwhich she suggests could be used to start writing about book characters, amongst other things (biography, autobiography, famous people...) and with the added feature of using Wordle too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-59324994849034317472012-02-13T15:35:00.004+13:002012-02-13T15:40:19.192+13:0040 developmental assets for adolescents This list might be of interest to those working with teens...Search Institute has identified the following building blocks of healthy development—known as Developmental Assets—that help young children grow up healthy, caring, and responsible.This particular list is intended for adolescents (age 12-18). If you'd like to see the lists for other age groups, you can find them on the DevelopmentalUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-27436737599737302372012-02-07T09:20:00.004+13:002012-02-07T09:26:29.446+13:00Happy Charles Dickens' birthdayMaria, a teacher librarian colleague just sent an email wishing me Happy Charles Dickens' birthday! today...I sent her back a link to the great website A word a day by Anu Garg, which last week celebrated Dickensian characters that became words in anticipation of Dickens' upcoming birthday...wellerism fagin gamp scrooge gradgrindReaders' comments:AWADmail 501 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-34644766102673060152012-02-07T08:48:00.002+13:002012-02-07T08:57:01.678+13:00Weeding, or "I can't believe you are throwing out books!"A great blog post from Julie Goldberg from her blog Perfect Whole about weeding.I can't believe you're throwing out books! May 2011.She begins by saying "I am a librarian but no longer a bibliophile" and then goes on to talk about the process of weeding, the emotional hurdles we librarians - and our patrons - have to go through, dealing with donations, and an exploration of what a book really Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-63575246673159389052012-02-07T08:25:00.003+13:002012-02-07T08:30:55.519+13:00ESOL strategiesAn Immigrant Student's Story: I Was a Dictionary Girlby Helen Janc Malone From : Education Week, Feb 6 2012Here is a piece about working with ESOL students in a classroom - the author speaks from her own experience and suggests 10 strategies for supporting English-language learners.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-2371971780590375572011-12-02T09:24:00.013+13:002015-05-25T10:19:40.963+12:00Small change for StuartMagic, mystery - and a very strange adventure, says the banner on the cover of this fabulous novel by Lissa Evans, and it lives up to this description being full of clues and puzzles, tricks and inventions, with an endearing character in Stuart Horton who is 10 years old, short for his age, and intrepid, clever and brave.
I think it would make a great read-aloud for upper primary, funny and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-58965157377048273542011-09-29T08:12:00.003+13:002011-09-29T08:19:46.043+13:00Fabulous mystery paper sculpturesMy friend Sarah sent me this link to these wonderful paper creations celebrating books, libraries, ideas, left anonymously at various cultural institutions in Scotland - exquisite, intricate, humourous, meaningful... and generous and mysterious...http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Mysterious-paper-sculptures/blog/4991767/126249.htmlI love the captions too...Once upon a time there was a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-44157262892019577532011-08-31T13:51:00.002+12:002011-08-31T14:03:42.316+12:00A monster calls
Cover image from Walker Books
The novel, A monster calls by Patrick Ness (Walker, 2011) is the result of a collaboration between many talents, and everything about the book made it a deeply moving and memorable reading experience for me.
It tells the story of 13 year old Conor whose waking nightmare is seeing his mother go through the gruelling treatment for cancer, but whose Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-72011367000097448122011-05-10T22:16:00.003+12:002011-05-10T22:22:16.671+12:00Book HooksOlga Nesi mentioned the Book Hooks website in her article about helping children talk about their reading (previous post http://libraryzest.blogspot.com/2010/09/talking-about-books-slj-article-by-olga.html )From the website :Bookhooks is an online book reporting toolkit for young readers. Bookhooks facilitates the publication of online book reviews. Book reports can be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-91110324258827165872011-05-10T20:49:00.003+12:002011-05-10T21:31:53.486+12:00Books that changed livesIf you loved the NZ Book Council video promotion of Maurice Gee's Going West http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_jyXJTlrH0then I think you'll love this book promotion from the Scottish Book Trust too...Books that changed lives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym5eJCx2EUc&feature=relatedand there is more on the Book Trust website with interviews etchttp://www.scottishbooktrust.com/thebookIt Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-46584435109769880752011-05-10T20:20:00.003+12:002011-05-10T20:23:45.567+12:00A couple of poetry linksCheck out this article on the Scholastic website about digital poetry."All you need is a computer, projector, and an Internet connection to give students the power to make their words larger than life. Digital poetry can turn a typical school poetry slam into a multimedia event. Read on to captivate the most tech-savvy wordsmiths, grab links for your interactive whiteboard, and partake in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-56770376783864238132011-05-10T20:10:00.003+12:002011-05-10T20:19:36.850+12:00Paul JenningsHere is a link to Paul Jennings' blog with the transcript of a talk he gave "Keep the magic going" with good advice about encouraging reluctant readers...http://www.pauljennings.com.au/blogs.asp?cid=32"My definition of a reluctant reader is as follows: a reluctant reader is a child for whom adults have not been able to find a good enough book.""Imagination is the food of compassion. We should Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-64410077912637732952011-05-10T19:29:00.004+12:002011-05-10T19:45:04.618+12:0050 books every child should read...Hello again, poor neglected blog - days and evenings and weekends overrun with things not at my computer !From the Independent newspaper in the UK, a list created by authors Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman, Michael Rosen, and Independent writers Katy Guest and John Walsh, with each selecting 10 "not to be missed' books for a Year 7 reader. This piece was prompted by Education Secretary MichaelUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-872834619357728842011-04-18T13:35:00.007+12:002011-04-18T13:45:19.058+12:00Baby book showerA friend of mine who is a happy new grandmother sent me a wonderful photo of her 2 1/2 week old grandson being read Dr Seuss's Ten apples up on top by his father, and the look of rapt engagement was a delight to see. This new baby will grow up a reader for sure, and in fact his mother's baby shower was a baby, book and barbeque shower and everyone brought a new copy of their favourite book – Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-90511370951682128362011-04-18T06:40:00.007+12:002011-04-18T06:50:31.876+12:00Into the book - comprehension strategiesI posted about this website last year - a useful resource when talking to students (primary) about ways to get more from reading - but have just recommended the downloadable pdf posters with each strategy simply defined to a librarian asking for just this thing for display in the library, so thought I would mention it again...Into the book - http://reading.ecb.org/index.htmlFrom the website :Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-75137117646874869042011-04-07T20:31:00.006+12:002011-04-07T20:40:23.547+12:00What does a good library tell you about a school?A post from Doug Johnson on his Blue Skunk blog, shared on schoolibs by Carole Gardiner from Queens High in Dunedin this morninghttp://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2010/1/24/what-does-a-good-library-tell-you-about-a-school.html"Had I any say in the decision, my grandsons would never attend a school that did not have a good* library program. You can tell a lot about a school's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-87228032431202361162011-04-07T19:41:00.007+12:002011-04-07T20:31:17.348+12:00Meg Rosoff - Bride's FarewellI think Meg Rosoff would be one of my favourite authors, I've just recently discovered her - every book so readable, so different from the other, so well-written, so thoughtful...The latest one I've just finished is the romantic, coming of age novel The Bride's Farewell (Viking, 2009) - published as an adult book but for me a definitely a great YA fiction title. This book is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-74218394907117328422011-04-07T13:52:00.001+12:002011-04-07T13:54:38.668+12:00Habits are learned. Visit the library.A 30-second video from the Finnish Library Association. It's delightful.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eITfhOwyTU&feature=player_embeddedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-64026054468229880872011-04-06T21:58:00.004+12:002011-04-07T20:55:13.063+12:00Shaun Tan, Astrid Lindgren and BolognaShaun Tan is the 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winner, with its NZ$1 million prize.On Shaun's wonderful website he writes an account of being told he had won, and what it means for him... http://www.shauntan.net/news1.htmlAnd from the Astrid Lindgren Memorial blog which has more reports about the award, there is also a giddy 60 second video of the Bologna Children's Book Fair which might Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-28623278029954401282011-04-06T21:12:00.009+12:002011-04-10T17:40:41.150+12:00Karen Bonanno and school library managementCheck out Karen Bonanno's website with various useful presentations, articles and resources she shares... http://www.schoollibrarymanagement.com/index.html"schoollibrarymanagement.com is dedicated to the information specialists, teacher-librarians, school librarians, library media specialists, and those who work in school libraries worldwide, who are passionate about making a difference to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-5355100253028379052011-04-06T20:49:00.005+12:002011-04-07T11:28:54.159+12:00The Good Word Junior - tv programmeThis was a great programme, and thanks to TV on demand, if you missed it you can watch it here...http://tvnz.co.nz/the-good-word/good-word-s3-special-video-4045647Some highlights :Barbara Woods, Deputy Principal Viscount Primary School, talking about their Book Club"We knew we had teachers in classrooms doing wonderful jobs at teaching reading but they weren't actually - a lot of them - readersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-73003553322811106142011-04-04T12:11:00.004+12:002011-04-04T12:14:52.530+12:00Good news for NZ schools re EPICCommunication from Paula Banks, EPIC manager re MOE renewal of their support of EPIC for NZ schools for 2011..."This is to let you know that the Ministry of Education has just notified me that they will be re-newing their subscription to EPIC on behalf New Zealand schools for 2011. Another exciting development is that 3 new resources are being added to the subscription. These have not been Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569437382850093351.post-50156713373563010252011-03-24T13:14:00.004+13:002011-04-04T09:52:44.892+12:00Puffin Short Story Award<!--[if !mso]> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-NZ X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0