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Welcome to your Virtual Dolores Huerta MS Library!
Welcome to your Virtual Dolores Huerta MS Library!
Make yourself at home. Please feel free to browse our bookshelves. We're open 24/7!
Make yourself at home. Please feel free to browse our bookshelves. We're open 24/7!
Mission Statement
Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Dolores Huerta Middle School Library that:
All students leave our Middle School with the knowledge to be independent life-long learners who are not only ethical, literate users of information, but who are also literate producers of information in order to be successful, productive citizens of the 21st Century.
All students will be able to determine their informational needs, recognize relevant information, solve problems, and effectively communicate the results of their research.
All students will find themselves represented in our library.
All students develop the life-long habit of leisure as well as informational reading.
Every student finds a book they're excited to read!
Meet Ms. Dyson - Library Coordinator
Meet Ms. Dyson - Library Coordinator
Contact Info ~ 818-729-3900 x21100
Contact Info ~ 818-729-3900 x21100
Looking for a book? Want to make a book recommendation? Or submit a book review?
Feel free to email me at lisadyson@burbankusd.org with questions and comments.
Just Finished Reading!
Hey Friends - Welcome to your library! - I thought I'd share some fun facts about myself. First - I love books - no surprises there but what I love even more is helping you find a book that you'll love too. I'm happy to point you in the right direction, give you suggestions, and we'll see if we can find you the perfect match. Fun facts ~ I grew up in the heart of our country's Revolutionary beginnings - the City of Brotherly Love - otherwise known as Philadelphia. I moved to LA to pursue an acting career and I've been pretty lucky that way, well Covid put some things on hold but performing is my passion so you'll find some sections in your "library" that relate to all the Arts. My family is my other great passion - that includes my husband Scott, my daughter Maddie, and our dog Misty
Even in the darkest of times—especially in the darkest of times—there is room for strength and bravery. A remarkable memoir from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler’s list.
An unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America — from one of the most inspiring lawyers of our time.
What's Mrs. Hatch reading this month?
Mrs. Robin Hatch
Principal
our Staff - picks of the month!
our Staff - picks of the month!
Mr. Sonlay Vorachak
Counselor
Ms. Kiki Franklin
Guidence Tech II
Ms. Kristie Smith
Attendance
Ms. Megan Burkhart
Office Manager
Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters—strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis—survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.
A wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, "Salvage the Bones" is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real.
Beneath the veneer of success and happiness, Anna is hiding a dark secret, one that threatens to unravel everything she has worked so hard to create. Only one thing is certain: to protect her children, she must betray them.
Too many mortals strive to improve only their wordly position--and too few seek spiritual betterment. Such is the problem James Allen faced in his own time. The ideas he found in his inner-most heart after great searching guided him as they will guide you.
Ms. Eliza Cholakian
Counseling Tech
Ms. Bonnie Staub
Counselor
Ms. Ani Tashchian
Asst Principal Instruction
Ms. Dena Grimshaw
Title 1 Coordinator
The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them, and in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.
The poetry is a companion for those who consciously enter the inner world to explore the gardens within--out of the everyday "world of dust"--through an ascending hierarchy that restores one's soul to the heart; the heart of the spirit; and in finding spirit, transcending all.
The Knocklepockles is a middle grade novel that tells the story of Riley, age 11, who is scarred by the same fire that killed her family. When Riley is befriended by the Knocklepockles, Olivia, Charlie, Jane, and Elmer Wallace, she discovers a way to live again.
Ms. Jen Lurie
Sr. School Finance Tech
Ms. Ruby De La Cruz
Attendance Tech
Mrs. Beverly Bussard
Media Specialist
Ms. Jackie Davis
Counselor
One of America’s most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany.
Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing.
This award-winning prequel to "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" is the perfect gift for anyone with little ones they love. When children have their buckets filled and learn how they can fill other people's buckets too, they understand how special, valuable, and capable they are.
The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.
Even our District Administrators & School Board Members Read!
Even our District Administrators & School Board Members Read!
Dr. Emily Weisburg
Throughout, she challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so much fascination with Jewish deaths, and so little respect for Jewish lives unfolding in the present.
Ms. Abby Pontzer Kamkar
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why?
Mrs. Charlene Tabet
From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unexpected rewards that come from life’s detours.
Ms. Luci Bowers
TOSA Professional Development
Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies, competitors across San-Er fight to the death to win unimaginable riches.
Dr. John Paramo
Superintendent
Step by step, the exercises in this book inspire board members to adopt a student-outcomes-focused mindset as they reevaluate their impact on those they serve. It challenges them to explore effective ways to focus on what students need. Then, it provides the necessary knowledge and skills for school boards to empower their students for success.
Mr. Robyn AndersDirector Instructional Technology
IN THE YEAR 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them.
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