Former Lady Bush is THE BOMB.COM...

...not only because she first taught in Houston or is a certified librarian. Not even because she is a Longhorn. But, because she, as the First Lady of Texas is responsible for the Texas Book Festival and as the Nation's First Lady, the National Book Festival! This past weekend, I attended the TexBKFest in Austin and met quite a few authors and of course purchased a gazillion books. I even met Dan Rather! I shall post pictures later.

Real Lions Wear Pink

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Learn the facts about breast cancer. Stop by our display for a book mark which contains a list of resources available in our library.

Literacy Month

In 2009, President Obama proclaimed October as National Literacy Month. There is a lot going on in our library this month. We celebrate Teen Read Week and Gulf Coast Reads with two field trips to Houston Public Library. For TRW we will visit the Smith Neighborhood Branch for a collaborative lesson and viewing of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. We will also visit the Central Branch of HLP for a celebration, book discussion, and meet the author Jonathan Safran Foer.

Readers are Leaders!

Congratulations to our Summer Millionaire Readers!

Incredibly Closer

I have just returned from New York where I participated in an independent book study of Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. This Name That Book book is also this year's Gulf Coast Reads selection. You will hear more about the author and book as we near October.

Millionaire Readers

Do not forget to submit your summer reading logs to the librarian or to your English or reading teacher. Logs are due, September 28. If you have read at least five books over the summer, simply list the book, author, your name and ELAR teacher on a sheet of paper and turn it in. The librarian will contact you about verifying what you have read.

Welcome Back!

I look forward to seeing you this year! I am excited about teaching classes another year here at JYHS. If you would like to visit the library on your own, meet me in the cafeteria during lunch or after school. The library is open in the mornings 7:30 - 7:45, Monday and Thursday. After school hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday until 4:00 p.m. and Friday 3:30 p.m. Do not forget to follow us on Twitter @YatesLibrary.

Dark Shadows: Re-vamped for the Big Screen

Dark Shadows: Re-vamped for the Big Screen

Traveling & Black Friday #5

Amazon review of Feed by M.T. Anderson

Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains.For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days.

Winner of Thanksgiving Feed Your Brain

Congratulations to Cedric Spriggs! Go to the PTO snack bar to pick up your free Chick fil A.