DIGITAL LIBRARY 

READING

Raising Readers: What Parents Can Do - Several great strategies for parents to motivate their child to read

Three Great Standards-Aligned Reading Resources for All Grade Levels 

Read Across America - Teacher/Parent Resources and Activities 

Ten (10) Important Reasons to Read

Read a Free Sample Issue of Literacy Today Magazine 

Tips for Guest Readers 

Marley Dias on the Impact of Jacqueline Woodson's "Brown Girl Dreaming" 

Reader's Oath  

Read Across America Poem 

Why Read Slowly?  

LIBRARY LITERACY EVENTS

Field Trip to the historic Downtown Los Angeles Central Library!  

On Friday, November 1, 2019,  our school's Teacher Librarian, Mr. Stelzried, led the very first group of Marquez HS students on an approved field trip to the beautiful and historic Los Angeles Central Library, which is a leading public research center and an architecturally significant library. All participating students visited the "Teen 'scape" department, which is just for teens, and learned from the Teen/YA Head Librarian, Ms. Phoebe Guiot's presentation about the library collection and resources, academic databases, electronic resources, as well as learning about some new YA fiction. In addition, our school group went on a guided tour of the entire library (interior and exterior), which noted historically and artistically significant artwork and the architecture, and all received a LAPL Library Card! Very special thank you to teacher extraordinaire Mr. Ysais, and Mrs. Blancarte!

Authors Susan Orlean (The Library Book) and Roxane Gay Discuss Orlean's book and the Crucial Role of Public Libraries - Watch the video of the discussion, recorded at the Hammer Museum.  (At 6 minutes, 34 seconds in, is a beautiful short film, "A Love Letter to the L.A. Library" with voiceover narration by Susan Orlean.)

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Why Susan Orlean Sees A Bright Future for Public Libraries - Read the article

2019 - 2020 High School Battle of the Books Voluntary Reading Program and Literary Event

Please see Mr. Stelzried, Teacher Librarian (and our Battle of the Books team academic coach), in the school library for information on how to become a member of this great academic team, which improves literacy and inspires a lifelong love for reading and literature. The annual literary event held in the spring semester, which was scheduled for Friday, May 1, 2020 at North Hollywood High School has, unfortunately been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Teacher Librarians at the various high schools involved in this fantastic voluntary reading program have decided to postpone the Battle until a date in the Spring semester of 2021. We will continue to keep the same titles of books and encourage all students to continue their reading over the summer with a goal of reading as many of the 16 titles as possible.    

"Who dares take up the game?" -- The Green Knight

"High School Teacher Librarians Make Reading Fun and Get Students Engaged With Academic Competition "Battle of the Books" - Read the inspiring article published on the LAUSD Division of Instruction (DOI) website, and featured in the DOI slider, about the High School Battle of the Books voluntary reading program! As Dr. Stephen Krashen has written, free voluntary reading is the best way to improve student's reading levels.

"The Power of Reading" (with Full Transcript) by Dr. Stephen Krashen, Professor Emeritus The University of Southern California

Congratulations to the '18 - '19 Marquez High School's Battle of the Books team for achieving third place at last school year's extremely close 2018 - 2019 High School Battle of the Books  District FINALS competition which was held on Friday, April 5th, 2019, again after school at North Hollywood HS. Our team missed tying for 2nd place by only one question!!!

In the 2017 - 2018 school year, Marquez High School's first Battle of the Books team had an excellent and extremely close "Battle" and achieved a very rare "Tie" for first place against North Hollywood HS during the April 13th, 2018 LAUSD Finals High School Battle of the Books competition held after school at North Hollywood HS! 

YALLWEST

This year, 2020, the Yallwest YA book festival is now called the Y'all Stay Home Book Festival. All activities, keynotes, and author panels will be virtual, with many online games, contests, and FREE book giveaways!

Y'all Stay Home Book Festival 2020 website

Yallwest Saturday, May 4, 2019

Yallwest Home Page  The 2017 - 2018 Yallwest Book Festival was held on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Santa Monica High School. Morning Keynote with authors Tamora Pierce (The Song of the Lioness series and The Protector of the Small series) and Tomi Adeyemi (The Children of Blood and Bone). Afternoon Keynote with authors Veronica Roth (The Divergent Series) and Sabaa Tahir (An Ember in the Ashes). 

In the spring semester of the 2017 - 2018 school year, our school library's full-time Teacher Librarian, Mr. Stelzried, led a school bus full of our amazing and awesome Marquez High School students to the wonderful literacy event in Santa Monica known as the Yallwest YA Book Festival, which included FREE tickets for all students to the above Keynotes, as well as many other ticketed events,  free round trip transportation, free lunch, opportunities to meet so many award winning YA authors and attend free author book signings, and free student selected brand new books!

Why School Libraries Are So Important

School Libraries Build Strong Students - From the American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

Why school librarians matter: What years of research tell us - Read the article by Keith Curry Lance and Debra E. Kachel, from the Phi Delta Kappan Professional Journal for Educators.

Why Invest in Libraries, by University of Southern California Professor Emeritus, Dr. Stephen Krashen

Invest in Libraries - From the School Library Journal

Why Are School Libraries Essential?

School Libraries - More Important Than Ever

School Libraries Impact Studies - Includes How school librarians help students achieve standards, and Full-time school librarians linked to higher student reading scores.

Protecting Students Against the Effects of Poverty: Libraries, by Dr. Stephen Krashen 

PSA for School Libraries - Author Jason Reynolds

Reading Resources

What Are Lexile Levels

What does the Lexile measure mean?

Lexile Level to Grade Level Correspondence

About Lexile Codes

Text Complexity Rubric

LAPL Teen Books   The Los Angeles Public Library Teen Web has many great suggested reading lists. 

ATN Book Lists   You can find lists of books by author, genre, and read-alikes.

CDE Reading Lists  California Department of Education suggested reading lists.

Reading Rants  "Out of the ordinary" booklists for teens written by Jennifer Hubert.

Good Reads Young Adult/Teen suggested reading

The Good Reads List of the Best Book Series

The Good Reads  Top 44 YA (Young Adult) Books

Epic Reads

2018 Reading Challenge

Teen Reads from the Library of Congress   Suggested reading and FREE online classic literature!

The Book Seer - What to Read Next

How to Find a Book by Description

How Audiobooks Improved My Reading Life

Stephen Krashen: Pleasure Reading