MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Oh, boy!  Are we excited to announce a new event or what! The library will be hosting a Trivia Night on Thursday, October 19.  This event will put the FUN in FUNdraiser.  If you love the fall/Halloween season, you will want to be sure to join us on this night.  More details soon to follow.  

Barbenheimer Comes To the Library

Have you caught Barbenheimer fever yet? On July 21st, Warner Bros. Pictures released the live action film Barbie based on one of the most prolific dolls in American history and Universal Pictures released Oppenheimer, a sprawling film about the leader of the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer, known as the ‘father’ of the atomic bomb.

To learn more about the history of these iconic figures, stop by the library...where we have books for every Barbie.

Book Haul is Back at Barnes & Noble

Stop by a Barnes and Noble book store to find HUNDREDS of titles for 50% off.  Shop in stores or online.

The closest stores to us are in Hendersonville and Bowling Green.

Barnes and Noble

New Goodies Donated

I don't normally post about packages I get in the mail, but this one was something special for you all.  Earlier today, Ms. Debbie gave me a box from Amazon.  I was a little puzzled because I haven't yet ordered anything this year.  When I opened it, I was wonderfully surprised to find items that had been donated to our library from a wish list I had set up earlier on Amazon.  

A big thanks to Ren C. for donating these items to our library.  We look forward to using them in the very near future.

A puzzle of famous authors, display stands and new Uno cards 

If you're wondering, we're a BIG fan of gifts.  So, if you'd like to help there a few ways you can do so...

 

1.) If you would like to donate something to our library from our Amazon wish list, click on the link.

2.) We also love Amazon gift cards to purchase needed items.

3.)  Although it is on the Amazon wish list, we also accept unopened bags of Dum Dum suckers and Mini Tootsie Roll pops hand delivered by students or parents.

4.) Monetary donations or Amazon gift cards with which we purchase books in honor of a student's birthday.

5.)  Monetary donations during our Book Fair to purchase books from sale.

6.)  New, middle school aged books (hardcover or paperback) to be used in drawings and as prizes for games, etc.  We're all about finding age-appropriate books at Ollies and bargain book sales for this!

THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!

Library Workers

Our library workers are likely familiar faces to most of you.  These girls are a huge help to me and are always eager to assist students in locating and checking books in and out of the library.  

8th Grade

(L-R)

Caitlyn Wix and Alexa Herald

7th Grade

(L-R)

Sophia Gaines and Haygan Carter

New School Year Begins

Students, 

Welcome back! 

The books and I have missed you.  

MORE WINNERS

The spring semester is always a whirlwind of activity and sometimes I don't get things posted here in as timely a manner as I would like (though things are always added to our school Facebook account as they happen).  This past semester we held a drawing for prizes from entries made by students looking up vocabulary words in our library dictionary, held our first annual community-wide Easter Egg hunt and brought back our Battle of the Books.  Here's to another school year full of more fun library activities.

Winners of our "Dictionary Drawing"

8th Grade John Allen Leath

6th Grade Silas Templeton

7th Grade Brinley Towe

An example of the Word-of-the-Month for January

Easter Egg Hunt Winners

Khloe and Sophia Hines

Avery West

Abigail Denning

Jada Craig

Aelxa Herald

2023 Battle of the Books Winning Teams

8th Grade:

Erah Bohanan, Marleigh Dillard, Mason West, Virginia Karnes and Caden Spears

7th Grade:

Alexa Herald, Sophia Shubert, Kierra Simons, Isabella Parks and Madelyn Carpenter

6th Grade:

Silas Templeton, Gage Irvin, Holley Stafford, Bryson Meyer and Dalton Rumley

Presidents' Day 2023

I hope you all enjoyed your day out of school yesterday in honor of Presidents' Day.  Stop by the library this week to check out a book on your favorite man to hold the highest office in the land (and, really, the world).  You can find books on an individual president in the biography section by looking for the first three letters of his name, or find a book about all the presidents, vice-presidents or first ladies in the collective biographies section (920s).  

Speaking of favorites...who are your top 3 favorite presidents?  Leave a comment below.

A few of my favorite earlier presidents are Andrew Jackson (a self-made Tennessean not without his flaws, but still a favorite of mine), Abraham Lincoln, and Theordore Roosevelt. 

Celebrating Black History Month 2023

Did you know that each U.S. President since 1976 has recognized February as Black History Month? Though some variation of it had been celebrated for decades prior to that, it was President Gerald Ford who first officially designated the month and urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history”.

Today, many other countries around the world also set aside a month to celebrate Black History.

Stop by the library to check out some books about the many great Americans we celebrate and the moments that helped shape the Civil Rights Movement.

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Here are some call numbers to look for if you would like to find something related to Black History and/or the Civil Rights Movement.

303

305

323

342

344

363

370

920

940

970

and, of course, for biographies look in the biography section under the first three letters of the famous person's last name. So, a book about Martin Luther King, Jr. would be 92 KIN.

And the Winner Is...

The American Library Association announced the winners of this year's Youth Media Awards.  The winner of the prestigious John Newbery Medal is...(drumroll, please...)

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson 

Freewater is a "lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.

Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp.

In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to find his mother and help his new home.

Deeply inspiring and loosely based on the history of maroon communities in the South, this is a striking tale of survival, adventure, friendship, and courage."  - description from Amazon

A copy of the book has been ordered and is on its way.  Be sure to stop by the library to check it out - or check out one of the many past Newbery winners we currently have on display.

For a complete list of YMA winners, please visit here.