Your BHS Library Newsletter
Volume I, Issue 5
June 2011
It has been a pleasure working with Bradford’s amazing staff this year. ~ Kristen
Books,
Books,
Books!
As you collect, count, and store away your classrooms’ text books, keep in mind the opportunity summer gives us to open other texts! Every year at this time I get so excited at the prospect of summer reading! Books are just better when the pages are reflecting sunshine and being ruffled by a light breeze! Our newsletter this month is dedicated to summer
reading, for both you and your students! Can you recommend a good book?
There are lots of ways to find that “just right” book for whatever your summer plans are. Here are places to get you started. Whether you are happy or sad to see her go—Oprah knows her books! Here is her summer 2010 (2011 isn’t out yet) reading list: http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Summer‐Reading‐List‐Summer‐Books Amazon provides a great summer reading list broken into categories: http://www.amazon.com/Summer‐Reading‐Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=341154011 Maybe you want to see what other people are reading or ask for rec‐
ommendations—Shelfari is a wonderful online book community: http://www.shelfari.com/
And of course, Novelist (one of our district databases) is amazing all year long! http://web.ebscohost.com/novelist/search?sid=f2d29494-4bca-4c42-a427-a33f0d01dacb%
40sessionmgr112&vid=1&hid=108
(To use at home: At BadgerLink site, click the link that says
"Please login using your Wisconsin library card." Choose Kenosha
Unified School District from the pull down menu. Use your student/staff ID number to enter. Then choose the database you want
to use.) Share some great reading lists with your students! http://www.ala.org/ala/
mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/
bestficya/bfya2011.cfm http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/mustreads-for-teens/379002318/?
cds2Pid=17550&linkid=1712074 Or give them a summer read‐
ing challenge: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/
collection.jsp?id=608 Have them check out the Bradford Library Resource Lists for amazing books (The Battle of the Books List is full of favorites): http://destiny.kusd.edu/cataloging/servlet/
presentviewmylistsform.do?l2m=Resource%
20Lists&sideLink=true
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Your BHS Library Newsletter
Out and About
Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest
Saturday, June 4, 2011 & Sunday, June 5, 2011 Location: Chicago, Illinois http://www.chicagotribune.com/
entertainment/books/printersrowlitfest/
The Great Midwest Book Fest 2011
will be hosted at Terri Lynn's On Brad‐
ley (4740 W Bradley Road) in Milwaukee, on Saturday, June 18, 2011 1pm to 4pm. http://www.greatmidwestbookfest.com Barnes & Nobel
2710 South Green Bay Rd, Racine, 262‐598‐9757
Teen Book Group will meet to discuss a great new title from our Teen Department. The book group is open to all teens. Any questions? Ask for Melody . Wed, June 29, 2011 6:30 PM ‐ Wed, Jan 25, 2012 Twenty-Somethings Book Group will be reading The Glass Castle and My Horizontal Life this month. Tues, June 21, 6:30 PM The group will be reading Shiver and The Hunger Games for the discussion. Tuesday July 19, 2011 6:30 PM Movie and Book Group gives readers a chance to read a book, see a movie and dis‐
cuss how they compare. Open to everyone. For more information please call Melody . Fri, June 24, 2011 7:00 PM ‐ Fri, Dec 30, 2011 KPL
The Kenosha Public Library has lots to offer this sum‐
mer. http://www.mykpl.info/ Here are just a few of the events: Author Tour 2011 Kick Off
What an exciting opportunity to meet some of our local authors and illustrators from the city of Kenosha and Kenosha county! Meet the authors at the kick off. You can also see each author at their own individual Author Series. The Author Tour 2011 and Au‐
thor Series are recommended for mature high school students. Books will be available for purchase. (Teens/
Adults) Tuesday, June 28 6:00‐8:30pm Southwest Josh Frazer ‐ Mother Goosed. Tuesday, July 12 6:00‐7:00pm Southwest Charlene Lassig ‐ The Scroll of Deuel. Tuesday, July 26 6:00‐7:00pm Southwest Larry Kreuscher ‐ Seasoning for Time, Laughter and Reasoning in Rhyme. Tuesday, August 9 6:00‐7:00pm Southwest Gale Borger ‐ Totally Buzzed. Tuesday, August 23 6:00‐7:00pm Southwest KPL— Book Club in a Bag
Book club bags can be checked out from the Southwest branch and must be returned there. All copies (most bags contain 10) are checked out to one person, who is respon‐
sible for seeing that all are returned along with the bag. The checkout period is 28 days. Books may be renewed but not reserved. Click here for a list of available titles. Your BHS Library Newsletter
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All those pages weighing you down?
Take advantage of the digital age… eBooks and audio books are great ways to bring along all your summer selections without all the bulk. Here are some great sites to get digital versions: KPL— Check out ebooks and audio books online with your KPL library card. http://dbooks.wplc.info/C937B4E6‐8259‐4221‐BF51‐
A3478A24562B/10/355/en/Default.htm KUSD Databases World Book Encyclopedia, Lit Finder, &
Tumble Readers offer free eBooks and some audio. A wiki that lists many sites for eBooks: http://springfieldebooks.wikispaces.com/home Audible is a great site for audio books (sadly, not free). http://www.audible.com/ “A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the
birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.”
~ James Dent
“...and there is a book in your hand.”
~
My favorite summer
read:
Enchanted April
By
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Kristen Kief
Bradford Library
Summer School Hours
The library will be open during sum‐
mer school on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 8‐Noon.