Money, money, money!

Football player/HiLife sports editor presents check to librarian Tina Sanders and assistant Andi Gisch. Ron Carter Cadillac Hyundai Clear Lake gave a $5000 grant to CCISD football. The top award of $2,500 went to Creek with the most votes. Wildcat football donated $1,500 of that to the library. The CCHS library thanks the athletic department!

Battle of the Kids' Books

"School Library Journal’s fifth annual Battle of the Kids’ Books tournament, affectionately known as “BOB,” is about to begin! Modeled after college basketball’s March Madness, the tournament pits 16 of 2012’s best books for young people—everything from fantasy to nonfiction to wicked good romance—against one another in a winner-take-all online elimination contest kicking off on Monday, March 12." Read more about it in the SLJ's online newsletter by clicking the link below.


SLJ's Battle of the Kids' Books

Lilibeth Andre Visits the Library

Artist/Author Lilibeth Andre from Houston visited the library today and talked about her book The Lady of the Turquoise Pendant. The self-published book is about an Aztec princess who must fight for her father's kingdom that is doomed to fall into the hands of the evil and bloodthirsty high priest. The 8 illustrations were painted by the author and include all of the main characters in the story.

Ms. Andre talked to nineteen classes which included Spanish, English and art classes. The teens had many interesting questions such as her inspirations for the different faces in the art, if artists today use live models, and why she chose to self-publish versus the traditional path.

Thank you Ms. Andre and we look forward to the next book in the story!

League City High Schools READ

Clear Creek, Clear Falls, and Clear Springs HS libraries have started a reading program called League City High Schools READ. Students can choose one of three books to read and discuss with students in all three high schools. Click the link above to read more about it.

Thank you Kathy Eldon!

Last week was an awesome week at Clear Creek High School library. We had four great days with the Dan Eldon exhibit donated to us by the Creative Visions Foundation. The climax of the week was a visit by Dan's mother Kathy Eldon.

Ms. Jameson, Mrs. Sanders, Kathy Eldon, & Mrs. O'neil

The exhibit was very colorful and Dan was so inspiring in what he accomplished in his short life. His mother is so positive. It makes you want to get out there and make a difference in the world. Thank you Kathy for showing us that life is precious! For more information, visit the Creative Visions Foundation.

Upcoming January Events

While the semester is winding down for students and teachers, the library is planning three programs for January. The first program begins the day students return. We are fortunate to have the Dan Eldon Exhibit January 8-11 with a visit by his mother on January 10th. Who is Dan Eldon, you ask?

Dan was an artist, activist, adventurer, and war-photojournalist born in London and raised in Africa. On his first official war assignment, he was tragically killed by a mob in Somalia in July 1993 along with three other journalists after a bombing by UN forces killed over 70 innocent people. He was only 22-years-old. Dan left behind several artistic journals which have been published and his art displayed all over the world.

His mother Kathy started the organization Creative Visions Foundation which inspires "the use of media and the arts for positive social change around the globe." His sister Amy became a journalist and helped to make an Emmy-nominated documentary called Dying to Tell Their Story. Other books and a movie have been made about Dan and his life: The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon (1997) and the book and movie Dan Eldon: Safari as a Way of Life (2011). All copies are available in the library.

We will launch Read Across League City High Schools also in January. Students can choose between three books to join an online discussion group with students of the three high schools in League City: Clear Creek, Clear Falls & Clear Springs. Participants will be able to attend a three-school pizza party and get prizes and MAYBE credit in their English classes. More details to come.

Finally, on January 25th, the library will host Houston artist and author Lilibeth Andre who has written her first young adult novel called The Lady of the Turquoise Pendant. Students may pre-order her book before December 21st at nearly half off the publisher's price. Forms are available in the library. We look forward to her visit.

January is shaping up to be an exciting library adventure!!!