Photography Contest

In celebrating ALA's Teen Read Week, whose theme this year is Picture This, the library is sponsoring a photography contest. Each student may turn in two original photos of any subject as long as it is appropriate for school. Prizes include a digital camcorder, a digital camera and a digital photo frame. All photos must be entered by Wednesday, October 19th by the end of the day. What have you got to lose????

Winning photos will be posted on the blog and displayed in the library.

Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore

Just finished this great book set in the Texas hill country! Two sisters Phin and Amy are watching their aunt's farm while she's on a vacation. When dead bodies start showing up at the ranch next to them, the archeological team from UT begin researching the bones while the sisters investigate the ghosts who are attacking random people. One ghost even attaches himself to Amy. Yikes!  This is great fun with a small amount of romance thrown in for a real Texas romp! Check it out in our library!

Thank you Simone Elkeles!

Simone Elkeles visited our library October 3rd during all three lunches with small groups of students. The students loved seeing her book trailers which are also available on her website at www.simoneelkeles.net. Check them out here!

Simone's website

Open House Book Sale

Tonight during Open House, students and/or parents will have the opportunity to purchase required reading books for English classes at a 10% discount. Reading Rumble books will also be available for purchase. Open House begins at 6:30 p.m.

Celebrate your Freedom to READ

The library is celebrating Banned Books Week this week and next week. The annual celebration is sponsored by the American Library Association.

"Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States."  Read more about it.

Author Simone Elkeles to Visit CCHS Library Oct 3rd!!!

The author of the Perfect Chemistry trilogy will be visiting CCHS library during all three lunches on October 3rd. Her books will be available for sale. A select number of invitations to the event will be given to each English teacher to give to interested students. Students may bring their lunch to eat in the library while Ms. Elkeles talks to the students about her books. The library has not had an author for several years, so we are all very excited about her visit!