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KHS library CLOSED next SY 2021-22. Librarian reassigned to MATH- no experience needed! :-0
“People really are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows. And maybe it’s a good thing, the way we never stop surprising each other.” ~ Simon
—from Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli “People really are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows. And maybe it’s a good thing, the way we never stop surprising each other.” ~ Simon
Take a look at the top books & videos announced at the American Library Association's (ALA) Midwinter Virtual gathering. Let's make certain to add many to our 'wanna get' list!
Take a look at the top books & videos announced at the American Library Association's (ALA) Midwinter Virtual gathering. Let's make certain to add many to our 'wanna get' list!
Links to our KHS library & other 'free' e-book Sources
Links to our KHS library & other 'free' e-book Sources
No matter that you're off-campus, you can still tap into some delightful 'escapism' remotely (see links below)!
What's your favorite literary genre? Look here for definitions of the top 14. The page also has links to short videos by award-winning authors explaining how they write. [some fee-based classes] Here are Neil Gaiman's 2 minutes of gifted inspiration!
What's your favorite literary genre? Look here for definitions of the top 14. The page also has links to short videos by award-winning authors explaining how they write. [some fee-based classes] Here are Neil Gaiman's 2 minutes of gifted inspiration!
Currently, our collection IS quite aged so LOOK for fabulous NEW titles in the coming year!
Want to travel back in time? There are plenty of free, archived, digitally available materials here! Many are talking about a few titles written in the 1800s. Specifically, Baron Trump's Marvelous underground Journey and The Last President. Read them to see what all the chatter is about!
Over 60,000 free eBooks with 'expired' U.S. copyrights
Over 60,000 free eBooks with 'expired' U.S. copyrights
Shared HIDOE eBook Collection with thousands of ebooks, audiobooks & read-along titles!
Students & teachers can now connect automatically to the HSPLS OverDrive collection without a public library card!
Login to SORA here & enter your school ID# (students & staff).
Teachers can 'assign' titles for classes, and you can also take notes and bookmark sections.
Resources:
OpenLibrary.org offers two services, both are free.
Digital lending library has over 2 million eBooks that can be downloaded and/or read in a browser and are conveniently searchable by genre.
OPEN LIB "Catalog"- A project to build a shared weblist of EVERY book ever published. Over 20 million books already listed! This may include Project Gutenberg titles, plus thousands more- yet not all accessible to view. Want to help? See their webpage for details.
MANGA & COMICS
MANGA & COMICS
See additional cooking channels under the "Resources" tab!
Riveted Lit - Register for FREE account to access current titles!
JUST FOR FUN!
JUST FOR FUN!
Track your reading minutes and 'cash' them in for VIRTUAL field trips to special Hawai'i destinations! Each QUARTER will have NEW locations.
Share your journey using #808Reads and you may be featured on their page!
Uses SORA e-books
Uses SORA e-books
Link to Kaiser High's page (uses "beanstack" software to track minutes read-- self reported).
Use your Student ID; password=birthdate mm/dd/yy
Teachers use Employee ID #; password=schoolcodeemployeeID#
Who doesn't like a story being read to them? Take a listen!
STEM Storytime from Space
Cece Bell- El Deafo (autobiographical details too)
Betty White reads Harry the Dirty Dog (BOTH are classics!)
Publisher-Approved Read Alouds
STORIES are portals to temporary freedom from "real life" allowing us to walk in someone else's shoes for awhile. *BOOK some delightful escapism today!*
STORIES are portals to temporary freedom from "real life" allowing us to walk in someone else's shoes for awhile. *BOOK some delightful escapism today!*
Book Talk Sources
Looking for a new book to read? Why not ask a librarian! HSPLS staff review their favorite books for Young Adults in this series of book talks.
These booktalks are also provided by HSPLS staff review their favorite books for Adults in this series of book talks.
Reynold's Tell Your Story Series
Reynold's Tell Your Story Series
Ready to pen your own thoughts like a pro? Fortunately, passionate author Jason Reynolds has volunteered to share tips on how to write more "authentic" by honing your own imagination to better engage readers.
Each video also includes a specific prompt to help develop particular writer ideas in a fun way with lots of brainstorming with what he calls, “get-you-going” questions.
Watch entire “Write. Right. Rite.” Series HERE. Following, are some sample episodes (all 3 minutes or less) to entice you.
“We can always do something to fight back. We have the power to change the evils in the world. We’ve been knocked down for far too long. Now let’s rise.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone “We can always do something to fight back. We have the power to change the evils in the world. We’ve been knocked down for far too long. Now let’s rise.”
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. ~Meister Eckhart
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. ~Meister Eckhart
Broken crayons still color!
Broken crayons still color!
Children of the Bone
Children of the Bone
What Ms. S is currently 'reading' [audiobook] on SORA (see above). It's like a West African version of the Avatar: The Last Airbender! weaving in African mythology. Everyone has gifts. Should you give others the power to suppress yours?
Read aloud by Rami Malek & one of librarian Ms. S's favorite ancient folktale stories! Is the cost of success ever worth compromising your own core values?
The author & illustrator employ guest readers from around-the-world (on lockdown!) to read letters from different colored crayons that have gone rogue & feelin' discriminated. Does one's color limit your possibilities?
Quotes from book characters on perseverance (making the best of a situation). Check SORA for availability!
Quotes from book characters on perseverance (making the best of a situation). Check SORA for availability!
“Sometimes, when people get treated as less than human, the best way to help them feel better is to simply treat them as human. Not as victims. Just you as you.” -- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely
"Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up.” —from Divergent by Veronica Roth
“What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?” —from An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
“The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.” —from UnWholly by Neal Schusterman
Graphic Novels Win BIG in 2020!
Graphic Novels Win BIG in 2020!
This is the FIRST time ever that a graphic novel has been awarded the GOLD John Newbery Medal award! The annual award, for qualifying books published during the prior year, has been awarded since 1922- in honor of English bookseller John Newbery. Look for it in our Graphic Novel section-- with more on order!
THE UNDEFEATED by Kwame Alexander won the 2020 Caldecott Medal for for "most distinguished American PICTURE book for children".
Link HERE for numerous OTHER award winners---many of which we WILL have in our library (eventually)!
Link HERE for numerous OTHER award winners---many of which we WILL have in our library (eventually)!
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