Enter to Win!

Every time you check out a book in the Media Center this week, you can enter to win our drawing for a $25 Barnes and Noble gift certificate! 

Mystery Author Contest

As part of "Love to Read" month, we will be running a mystery author contest in the Media Center.  During morning announcements, a short clue will be given about an author.  Stop by the Media Center anytime during the school day to submit your answer.  At the end of the day, we will draw for a winner!  Winners will receive a $10 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble!  Good Luck!

Love to Read Month!

February is Love to Read month!!

We've got some great things planned for this month and into March!

Stop by to checkout our book displays!

We'll also be unveiling over 300 new books this month!

Like last year, we will be running some contests to win Barnes & Noble Gift Cards.  Listen up and win! 

For the first time, RHS will be doing a community read with the Rogers Public Library. Stanley Gordon West author of Until They Bring the Streetcars Back will be a guest at RHS and the Rogers Public Library on Tuesday, March 9.  

We'll wrap it up with a Book Fair at Conferences in March!  

Scholastic approached us to test their new book fair geared specifically for high school students.  I hope it's a success for us, and I'm excited to work with Scholastic!

Black History Month

It's Black History Month!  

Stop by and check out some great titles including:

 

BOTW~The Book Thief

I finished Markus Zusak's The Book Thief awhile ago, and it is still lingering in my mind. The publisher offers this review: 
"It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . ..Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. 
This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul."

Here's what the author says:

Markus Zusak's Website

BOTW

Blogging has been on the back burner for a while! It's good to be so busy! :0)

For Book of the Week, I'm focusing on a piece of nonfiction! I read Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy Tyson a couple of years ago, and it has never left my memory.  I recommend it to students who need to read a powerful memoir, autobiography or other nonfiction piece. It is reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird, although it has it's own voice and story. In reading the first line, readers are brought to a different time and place where the Klan raged. At times times this book was too raw, but I felt compelled to read it. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says, "If you want to read only one book to understand the uniquely American struggle for racial equality and the swirls of emotion around it, this is it." 

Google Squared!

Behind yet again! What can I say? It's been crazy busy!
Here's another cool tool from Google: Google Squared.
It's a chart based on your search term. Boxes are linked to various websites! I love it and think it's a fabulous tool. You can also create your own boxes and add additional terms/information! Give it a try!