Books & Reading
How to find a good book to read!
How can you find a good book to read?
Ask a friend and share books you've enjoyed reading with one another.
Ask the library staff - the library staff are happy to recommend a good book to suit your reading tastes and interests. The Year 11 Library monitors can help you with recommendations at lunch time too.
Ask your teacher - your English teacher can recommend great books. Other teachers may also have the perfect recommendation for you.
Ask your parents - do you know what your Mum or Dad, or another adult in your life liked reading in their childhood or as a teenager? Do they have a book they have recently read that they could recommend to you?
Lamont Standing Orders folder - look out for this folder with reviews of the new books that have been received by Lamont. The folder is located with the new books on display. This is a great way to discover new books from Australian and international authors.
Go to the Books & Reading website and visit the Book Recommendations and Book Lists webpages for lists by genre and reading recommendations from students and staff.
Book Reviews & Shelf Talkers - read book reviews from students in the folders on display in the Fiction area, or browse the shelves and read a recommendation from a fellow student. If you would like to write a book review or complete a shelf talker to recommend a good book you have read, please see the library staff.
Novelist Plus - have you read a good book and you would like to find something similar? Try searching the Novelist Plus database to discover your next book. Novelist Plus can be found on the Research Resources page (link available via eLibrary) or go to it directly here.
How to request a new book
If there is a book you would like to read and the library does not have a copy already in the collection, you may submit a request for the book to be purchased. Fiction and non-fiction books in print and/or digital format may be requested.
How to reserve a book in eLibrary
Follow the instructions in the Google Slide to place a book on hold in eLibrary. You need to login to My Account in eLibrary using your school network email address and password.
You will receive an email notification when the book is ready to be collected from the library.
Cerdon click collect student edit version.mp4The Click & Collect library service at Cerdon.
How to access eBooks and audiobooks
Student eBooks
Students in the Parramatta Diocese have access to two eBook platforms providing access to a range of digital eBooks and audiobooks.
Click on the links below to access Audio and eBooks:
For step-by-step instructions about how to access eBooks and audiobooks from Sora and CEDP Wheelers, watch these videos below (login to ClickView first using your school email address and password):
Books & Reading website & blog
Visit the Books & Reading website and blog to find out about some of the books that the Cerdon community has been reading and recommending. This site will also take you to past Book Club meetings, digital displays of books by genres, cover displays of new books added to the collection by month and more.
More information about reading at Cerdon
There are many ways to enjoy reading at Cerdon:
Make sure you always have a book to read everyday - the library has a wide range of print and ebooks for all types of readers and for all types of interests. You can also request or recommend books for the collection.
NSW Premier's Reading Challenge - Years 7-9 students: challenge yourself to take part in this annual reading challenge. Listen for details in the daily notices and the library's Google Classroom about how to participate.
Book Club - all students are welcome to join the library's book club. Meetings are usually held a few times a term. Meetings are informal conversations about book club books and what members have been reading. Visit the library's Books & Reading website to read about past book club meetings.
Good Reading for Young Adults
Good Reading for Young Adults
Good Reading for Young Adults and Good Reading for Kids are great places to find good books to read, author interviews, and lots of interesting book-related information and articles. Students at Cerdon can submit book reviews for publication in Good Reading for Young Adults, as well as submit other work for publication such as poetry and short stories.
If you are interested in reading and writing book reviews, see the library staff about joining the Cerdon Book Reviewers classroom.
