Gaming for Good

Check out this cool online game - Free Rice. Test your vocabulary and feed hungry people in the process! All you have to do is select the correct definition for the words provided and for each correct answer, the site sponsors will donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

Books save lives

Novel might have helped save missing Scout's life

Baltimore Sun

By Jonathan Pitts

..."A team of rescuers found Michael Auberry, the 12-year-old Boy Scout who had been missing in the rugged wilderness of western North Carolina for four days, alive and well, if a bit shaken and dehydrated.
According to his father, Kent Auberry, a key to the boy's survival might have been a book Michael spent a few weeks reading several years ago: Hatchet, a realistic novel by Paulsen that has attained the status of a young adult classic since its publication in 1988."

French Collection webpage

The latest addition to the Kids Page is En français , a page all about HPL's french collection and online resources. The page includes information about the 7 branches that house the collection, tips for finding material in the catalogue, information about French dual-language, FLAG and MELD materials and much more...

Kids Page survey

As you know, the Kids page is going to be getting a new look. To help keep us on track, we have created a short survey for current Kids Page users to give their feedback.

Please encourage kids, parents and caregivers to take a minute to offer their ideas and suggestions.

Freedom to Read Week - February 25 - March 3

Celebrate Freedom to Read week and check out the booklist of challenged books and books about censorship on the Teen Space.

The Freedome to Read week website has a list of 100 of the books that have been challenged in Canada. Take a look at the Bookcrossing.com project to free challenged materials.

Happy reading!

IM and myspace and blogs, OH MY!! Assignment

Thank you to everyone who participated in the workshop. Here is a reminder of your assignments. We look forward to your comments.

Option A: Try one of the Web 2.0 applications covered in workshop. Create an account and play.

Option B: Talk to a teen or tween in your life about their online habits. What they like, how they use the web and where they think the web is headed.

Then.. tell us about. Your comments can be entirely anonymous.

HPL Readers' Advisory Blog

Just in case you weren't able to attend one of Helen Kelly's Readers' Advisory Workshops!.

There is now an HPL Readers' Advisory Blog for library staff to exchange suggestions, get help with tough Readers' Advisory questions and post our success stories:

http://hplreadersadvisory.blogspot.com/

October 23rd is International School Library Day

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