New Books!

Recently, the Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation generously awarded a grant related to purchasing books for the library!

The project summary on the grant application noted that students will strengthen existing connections and build new ones with the purchase and addition of agriculturally themed nonfiction and fiction materials to the collection. Even though some of our students come from rural backgrounds, many do not. These books will help reinforce students' understanding along with develop new learning.

Books arrived last month, and after processing, are now featured on the display table as students enter the library.

Already students have taken an interest in several of them, and upcoming AO offerings will feature the books. You can also see them featured on stories_from_the_stacks, our Instagram account.

📚😍 New Books!

Back from the holiday break, students can now browse and check out new books that have been recently added to the collection.

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Many of the new books are fiction, but also included in the order are poetry books, narrative nonfiction, and graphic novels. Many are by authors already popular with students. You can see a lot of them below:

Students could also visit the library during advisory to watch book trailers for some of the new books. They accessed a Google Doc with links to YouTube trailers.

CLICK HERE to access the trailers document.

Feel free to stop by to take a look at the new books! Happy reading!

Back-to-School Book Talks

Welcome back! It's been great to spend time with so many of the reading and English classes on these first days back to school! Several classes came in to hear about the new genrefied fiction section and how to use the catalog effectively when searching, and other students participated in a book tasting during their visit. Others listened to the book talks included in the Slides presentation below:

Several of the featured books have been checked out already, but you're welcome to stop by to put a book on hold. Or, you can browse the dozens of new books on display and on the shelves to find something different to check out! Happy reading!

👀 #TakeALookTuesday--Graphic Novels Edition, Part II

It's an exciting time to update students, families, and colleagues about the growth in the graphic novels section of the collection! Here are the numbers:

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So what kinds of graphic novels are now part of the collection? Manga titles, which previously hadn't been in the library, are now included, as well as many graphic novel memoirs and graphic novels series. Not only are the new graphic novels added from student requests, but they've also been included to reflect the diversity of the student body.

While there's so much to be excited about with the growth in this popular section of the library, even more titles will continue to be added throughout the remainder of the school year. Be sure to stop by to see what's available!

👀 #TakeALookTuesday--New Books Edition

Recently several new books have been added to the collection. Titles are both fiction and nonfiction and in multiple formats--graphic novels, novels in verse, and prose. 

See something you like and want to know more? You can watch book trailers for several of the books HERE, or you can access them from the playlist below.

More new books are on the way, so be sure to stop by regularly to see the newest additions! Hope to see you soon--happy reading!