Reading Adventures @ La Biblioteca
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Is cheerleading for you?
The ERAS TOUR Encyclopedia
Check out the backstage pass to Taylor Swift's iconic The Eras Tour!
Includes a detailed exploration of each tour stop in North America, the stage design, costumes, and dancers, and an in-depth analysis of every song featured in her setlist.
Don't miss out on this awesome tour through Taylor Swift's journey through the years.
Available at the library and as a multi-user ebook.
Click on the HERE to access the ebook
Friday, November 1, 2024
Native American Authors and Stories
#NotYourPrincess Voices of Native American Women
-Edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
The first thing I am is a person.
I am a woman. And I am part of a nation,
the Indian nation. But people either
relate to you as an Indian or a s woman. They relate to you
as a category. A lot of people don't realize that
I am not that different
from everyone else.
Winona LaDuke
(Anishinaabe/Ojibwe) (pg.32)
Walking in two world by Wab Kinew
In the real world, Bugz is a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and life on the Rez. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massively multiplayer video game universe.
"We don't want to create two worlds, but walk together in one world -relating to each other as having our own uniqueness that we mutually respect." -Senator Murray Sinclair
Braiding Sweetgrass Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Native American Code Talkers by M. M. Eboch
The Girl Who Lived with the Bears by Barbara Goldin
The story of the girl who insulated the bears and was taken to live with them is one of the most popular stories of the native peoples of what is now British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska. Over the years it has been told in varying versions by the Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Tagish, Tutchone, and Ahtna peoples.
"The girl stood there, confused and growing angry. Handsome or not, she thought, he shouldn't keep a chief's daughter waiting." - The Girl Who Lived with the Bears
I Fight No More - Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty. -Chief Joseph
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Last Minute Scary Reading!
What's Halloween without some scary stories, right? Stop by the library to choose one or two of our most scariest, horrific stories on the shelves! Here are some ideas:
Check out our Xtreme Horror Lab Collection!
How about some appetizers chill with your friends?
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Filipino American History Month
I know we are have way into the month, but I still want to write a bit about Filipino American History Month. Especially, I'd like to showcase an awesome author you all might know from the Disney Show The Descendants. Yes, Melissa de la Cruz is the author of the novel The Isle of the Lost, which is a prequel to the Disney show. In any case, here's a little bit of Filipino American History, including a link to the FAHM page. Filipino American History Month (FAHM) commemorates the first Filipinos to arrive in the continental United States at what is now Morro Bay, California on October 18, 1587. In 1992, the Filipino American National Historical Society introduced FAHM, and in 2009 U.S. Congress officially recognized October as FAHM in the U.S.
Jasmine de los Santos has always done what’s expected of her. Pretty and popular, she’s studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship. And then everything shatters. A national scholar award invitation compels her parents to reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very real threat of deportation.
One of them was high.
One of them screamed.
And one of them died.
When fifteen-year-old Chris Moore is tragically killed in a car crash, Argyle Prep is full of questions. Who was at the wheel? And more importantly, who was at fault?
Monday, September 16, 2024
Mes de la Herencia Hispana - Hispanic Heritage Month. September 15 - October 15
Middle Grade Titles Mexikid by Pedro Martin (podcast here)
A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar (podcast here)
We are not from here (podcast here)
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
What to read over the holiday weekend?
Have you read R.L. Stine lately? Ever? This author is mostly known for his Goosebumps book series. If you like those, you might like his newest books like Nightmare room, or Be Careful what you wish for. There are more! Come to the library to check out the collection!
Learn more about this author at Teachingbooks.net