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April 2023 Library News
April 2023 Library News
Stanwood High School
In the library circulation system, not reading is considered especially heinous. At SHS, the dedicated person who works to combat this crime is a member of an elite single-person squad known as the librarian. These are her (favorite) stories.
The Team is always hard at work choosing the best books for you!
April is National Poetry Month:
Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month reminds the public that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and, of course, poets, marking poetry's important place in our lives. Haiku interactive Tool
April Poetry Month
in the SHS Library!
Write a poem to add to our Poet-Tree! Come to the SHS Library and grab a “leaf” for the tree. Write your poem and hang it on our POET-TREE!
Types of poems you
can write:
Free verse
Sonnet
Acrostic
Villanelle
Limerick
Ode
Elegy
Ballad
A short poetry glossary
Stanza = a set amount of lines in poetry grouped together by their length, meter or rhyme scheme.
Meter = the pattern of stressed syllables (long-sounding) and unstressed syllables (short-sounding) in poetry.
Rhyme scheme = the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each line or verse.
Couplet = a two-line stanza.
Tercet = a three-line stanza.
Quatrain = a four-line stanza.
Cinquain = a five-line stanza.
Sestet = a six-line stanza.
27th Annual National Student Poetry Contest!
Free to enter! Prizes just for entering! Entry deadline is April 30, 2023. GRAND PRIZE is $500.00! Poem can be no more than 20 lines. Four divisions: Grades 3-5, 6-7, 8-9, and 10-12. Each student may submit one poem. Online entry form at www.libraryofpoetry.com or by mail (either typed or handwritten, if possible. Poem may be on any subject, in any style except concrete (shape poems) or blackout. More details in the SHS Library or from your English teacher! Entry forms and official rules are also available in the library. Great opportunity!
62 Prizes Available!
April 2023 Literacy Calendar:
April 2023 Literacy Calendar:
D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Month
April is School Library Month
2 – International Children’s Book Day
2 – National Children’s Picture Book Day
2 – Hans Christian Anderson’s birthday
4 – National School Librarian Day
4 – Maya Angelou’s birthday
9 – National Unicorn Day
12 – Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) Day
12 – Beverly Cleary’s birthday
13 – Scrabble Day
13 – Celebrate Teen Literature Day
15 – Rubber Eraser Day
15 – World Art Day
What else is going on in April:
17 – International Haiku Poetry Day
18 – Newspaper Columnists Day
23 – Shakespeare’s birthday
23 – World Book and Copyright Day
23 – World Book Night
23-29 – National Library Week
24 – Congress approved the Library of Congress
25 – National Library Workers Day
26 – National Library Outreach Day (formerly National Bookmobile Day)
27 – Take Action for Libraries Day
27 – National Tell A Story Day
29 – Independent Bookstore Day
On April 4th each year, National School Librarian Day recognizes the professionals who keep the school library in working order. School librarians spend long hours keeping the library organized. They are also dedicated to helping our children find the resources they need to keep learning. School librarians are the people who create an environment where students can learn every day of the year. Their work is an impressive accomplishment.
“Duck in” to the library &
"Quack" open a good book!
Check out a book from the library! Read book and then write up a book review and turn in to the library. Forms available in the library. Return the book. Turn in the book review for a drawing! 15 prizes available!
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