ALA Books for the College Bound

Every 4 years the American Library Association updates its "Books for the College Bound" book list. The 2009 update is now available. We already have several of these books in our library collection and the list is steadily growing. To see what is available in the FCS High School Library visit the online library catalog and search for Category "Books for the College Bound." Keep checking back as more titles will soon be added. For the complete list visit the ALA website. And remember: You Gotta read, Read, READ!

Encyclopedia Britannica Coverage of the 2010 Olympic Games:

Encyclopedia Britannica Online has opened up it's coverage of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and in the nearby town of Whistler. Follow the link below to learn about the Olympics, past and present. EB 2010 Olympics

(Call or email Mrs. Green if you have misplaced the EB userid and password.)

NEW BOOKS!

Thank you Topsiders! The Middle School / High School Library has just received 32 new books with funding from the Topsiders! Check out our shelves for these new titles:

• All or Nothing / Brooke, Lauren
• Angels Trilogy / McDaniel, Lurleen
• The Birchbark House / Erdrich, Louis
• Blood Brother/ Rose, Malcolm
• Blue Sword / McKinley, Robin
• City of Ruins / Williams, Mark London
• Crispin at the Edge of the World / Avi
• Double Check / Rose, Malcolm
• Holly's Story/ McDaniel, Lurleen
• Iron Thunder / Avi
• Lake House / Patterson, James
• Maggie's Door / Giff, Patricia Reilly
• Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color / Alexander, Elizabeth
• Molly Moon, Micky Minus & the Mind Machine / Byng, Georgia
• One Last Wish / McDaniel, Lurlene
• Rio Grande Stories / Meyer, Carolyn
• Rise of the Wyrm Lord / Batson, Thomas
• Scheme Team / Brooke, Lauren
• Sunrise over Fallujah / Myers, Walter Dean
• Sunset / Hunter, Erin
• Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris / LaFevers, R.L.
• Three Cups of Tea / Mortenson, Greg
• Time stops for no Mouse / Hoeye, Michael
• Time to Smell the Roses / Hoeye, Michael
• Water Street / Giff, Patricia Reilly
• Way Down Deep / White, Ruth
• When the Wind Blows / Patterson, James
• Wizard Abroad / Duane, Diane
• Wizard Alone / Duane, Diane
• Wizards at War / Duane, Diane
• Wizards Dilemma / Duane, Diane
• Wizards Holiday / Duane, Diane

Summer Reading Books

If you are having trouble finding your summer reading book in a book store, don't forget that you can go to the customer service desk and have them order it for you. Give them the ISBN that is on your summer reading list. They can order it for you to pick up in the store with no shipping charges. Or order online from reputable websites such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble. I ordered the sophomore summer book from Amazon and it shipped the next day. See you in August!

Rick Riordan coming to Barnes & Noble!

This is waaaaaay in advance but I just got word that Rick Riordan, author of The Lightning Thief, will be signing books at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Brentwood, TN on Saturday, August 29th at 2 p.m. Plan ahead to go out to meet him and have him sign your books! The Lightning Thief is a Volunteer State Book Award (VSBA) nominee and is on several school reading lists. The middle school kids will tell you that Riordan's books are #1.

New Look of TEL

The look of the Tennessee Electronic Library portal has changed. If you access it from your url line or from the left sidebar on the library website you will see the changes. For now, you will need to sign in using your city, zipcode, and phone number. The only tricky part is when entering your phone number. Use the areacode and don't include any dashes. Much has changed and better instructions will come soon. Happy searching!

How To Library

Now available is the How To Library. Access it from the FCS MS/HS Library home page. Once on the home page you will see a link to the How To Library in the left sidebar. This library will contain documents to guide you through some common library activities. The file cabinet will be growing so keep an eye on it for documents that may help you.