Library Events
Author Visit - lamar Giles
Thanks to a grant from St. Mary’s Episcopal School, author, Lamar Giles, visited us on February 3. 2020. Mr. Giles books interest middle school and young adult reluctant readers. The Academic Enrichment classes read his books in preparation for his visit. The library also has copies available for check-out.
Some of his titles include Spin, The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, Overturned, Fake ID, and Black Enough
Banned Books Week - September 27 - October 3
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles lists of challenged books as reported in the media and submitted by librarians and teachers across the country.
A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others. As such, they are a threat to freedom of speech and choice.
The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read.
Initiated in 1982, Banned Book Week celebrates the freedom we have to read what we choose and raises awareness of the problem of censorship. Many books that are considered classics were at one time challenged or banned somewhere in this country. Click here to read more. about Banned Book Week.
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles lists of challenged books as reported in the media and submitted by librarians and teachers across the country.
A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others. As such, they are a threat to freedom of speech and choice.
The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read.
Initiated in 1982, Banned Book Week celebrates the freedom we have to read what we choose and raises awareness of the problem of censorship. Many books that are considered classics were at one time challenged or banned somewhere in this country. Click here to read more. about Banned Book Week.
Book Fair Book Talks!
Come by the library and check out the books for the upcoming book fair! We have nine of the titles on display with book talks on each of them for you to review.
Titles include:
Unfriended by Rachel Vail
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits by Jordan Romero
Red Queen by Victoria AVeyard
A Little in Love by Susan Fletcher
Kalahari by Jessica Khoury
Allie, First at Last by Angela Cervantes
The Secret Language of Sisters by Luanne Rice
The Possibility of Now by Kim A. Culbertson
Come by the library and check out the books for the upcoming book fair! We have nine of the titles on display with book talks on each of them for you to review.
Titles include:
Unfriended by Rachel Vail
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits by Jordan Romero
Red Queen by Victoria AVeyard
A Little in Love by Susan Fletcher
Kalahari by Jessica Khoury
Allie, First at Last by Angela Cervantes
The Secret Language of Sisters by Luanne Rice
The Possibility of Now by Kim A. Culbertson
Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!
Join us in celebrating Read Across America Day on March 2, 2021. We will be celebrating the love of reading with our Best Buddies in the library. Get ready to celebrate reading in a fun and exciting way! We will read to the kids, have lunch, and get creative with Dr. Suess activities. |
Scholastic VirtualBook Fair
Fall 2020 www.scholastic.com/bf/cmspatriot Colonial hosted another successful bookfair this fall! We will be hosting a BOGO Scholastic Book Fair in the Spring. Students will attend the book fair virtually. There will be a wide variety of books, posters, and gifts in every price range. We hope to reach our goal this year, and the book sales will generate an estimated 125,000 hours of reading for our students and their families! |
Teen Read Week
October 10-16
Encourage your teen to read this week! Independent reading can improve reading skills and increase interest in all types of books. Let your teen choose what he or she wants to read, and support their interests.
October 10-16
Encourage your teen to read this week! Independent reading can improve reading skills and increase interest in all types of books. Let your teen choose what he or she wants to read, and support their interests.
Author Visit - John Dahlgren
YA author John Dahlgren was scheduled to visit Colonial to talk to a group of Colonial students about his novels and the work of an author. However, due to illness, Mr. Dahlgren was unable to attend. We hope to reschedule his appearance for the next time he visits this area. Mr. Dahlgren is also a psychologist and member of the Swiss Psychologist Federation. His two fantasy adventure novels, Tides of Avarice and Sagaria, were our Lunch Bunch selection reads. For more information on these exciting novels, please visit TidesofAvarice.com.
YA author John Dahlgren was scheduled to visit Colonial to talk to a group of Colonial students about his novels and the work of an author. However, due to illness, Mr. Dahlgren was unable to attend. We hope to reschedule his appearance for the next time he visits this area. Mr. Dahlgren is also a psychologist and member of the Swiss Psychologist Federation. His two fantasy adventure novels, Tides of Avarice and Sagaria, were our Lunch Bunch selection reads. For more information on these exciting novels, please visit TidesofAvarice.com.
National Library Week
April 4-10, 2021
National Library Week celebrates libraries and all they do for our students and for learners of all ages. From school libraries to bookmobiles to Little Free Libraries, libraries remain an essential part of our society.
April 4-10, 2021
National Library Week celebrates libraries and all they do for our students and for learners of all ages. From school libraries to bookmobiles to Little Free Libraries, libraries remain an essential part of our society.