I read a post on LM_Net about a challenge to read a 100 books before the end of the school year - here is a blog by a school librarian who has taken up that challenge and is posting about it... http://briarcliffmslibrary.blogspot.com
"OK - What can I do to read lots of books in a short amount of time and make sure I stay on track? Make a pledge to read 100 books during this school year then post it on the internet and tell all the students in my school so they can keep me honest, of course! My plan is to read 100 books during the 2010-2011 school year. I'm going to read all kinds of stories - funny, sad, scary, adventurous, quiet, long, short, with pictures, without pictures. All kinds of stories. Wish me luck and give me suggestions! I’ll keep you posted on this blog! "
It isn't such a revolutionary idea, but setting oneself a challenge (eg a certain number / by when / different genres...) and keeping a blog about it (or LibraryThing / Shelfari account) is a great way to be reading role model and promote reading to students - and fellow teaching / library staff - eg for summer reading...
Showing posts with label LibraryThing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LibraryThing. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
LibraryThing interview with Alan Bradley
LibraryThing has an interview with Alan Bradley who wrote The sweetness at the bottom of the pie, and The weed that strings the hangman's bag - both featuring the intrepid 11 year old Flavia de Luce solving crimes and in particular using her passion for chemistry...
http://www.librarything.com/author/bradleyalan/interview
Alan Bradley said " An utterly competent 11 year old female was, in my opinion, long overdue in mystery fiction. I believe that the intelligence of girls is often discounted nowadays, not only by society, but sometimes by the girls themselves. As if it's a sin to be brilliant!"
At the end of the interview is mention of "Legacy Libraries" for Lawrence Durrell and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring books that they were known to have owned...
http://www.librarything.com/author/bradleyalan/interview
Alan Bradley said " An utterly competent 11 year old female was, in my opinion, long overdue in mystery fiction. I believe that the intelligence of girls is often discounted nowadays, not only by society, but sometimes by the girls themselves. As if it's a sin to be brilliant!"
At the end of the interview is mention of "Legacy Libraries" for Lawrence Durrell and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring books that they were known to have owned...
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Quotes
I use LibraryThing but was checking out Shelfari and Goodreads which look good too...
Goodreads has some neat quotes - on the home page and at this tab http://www.goodreads.com/quotes
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body. C.S. Lewis
Goodreads has some neat quotes - on the home page and at this tab http://www.goodreads.com/quotes
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body. C.S. Lewis
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Network meeting books
Just to let you know that the books promoted at the Northland school library network meetings are listed on LibraryThing under Northlandnetworks.
Go to http://www.librarything.com/ and search for Northlandnetworks
Let me know if you would like the password if you would like to contribute.
I haven't added ratings or tags but you can click on each book and it will take you to more information about it.
I've only added books that I recommend !
Go to http://www.librarything.com/ and search for Northlandnetworks
Let me know if you would like the password if you would like to contribute.
I haven't added ratings or tags but you can click on each book and it will take you to more information about it.
I've only added books that I recommend !
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
LibraryThing
Have you checked out LibraryThing yet ? www.librarything.com
A couple of accounts I've set up are PukapukaMaori (Maori books) and JulsFarNorth (for the Junior Literacy MOE cluster).
Fiona Mackie, the librarian at St Cuthbert's College has a great account fabfic-terrificteens - go here for her profile http://www.librarything.com/profile/fabfic-terrificteens
or here for her library http://www.librarything.com/catalog/fabfic-terrificteens/yourlibrary
Have a go - it is easy, fun and free, and could be a great way for individuals, classes, teachers, book clubs etc to record their reading...
A couple of accounts I've set up are PukapukaMaori (Maori books) and JulsFarNorth (for the Junior Literacy MOE cluster).
Fiona Mackie, the librarian at St Cuthbert's College has a great account fabfic-terrificteens - go here for her profile http://www.librarything.com/profile/fabfic-terrificteens
or here for her library http://www.librarything.com/catalog/fabfic-terrificteens/yourlibrary
Have a go - it is easy, fun and free, and could be a great way for individuals, classes, teachers, book clubs etc to record their reading...
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