The official back to school date for teachers is only two weeks away, on August 13, 2012. I know all of our teachers at Brookhaven have been working hard to prepare for the new school year. It's just one of the many things teachers do on their own time to help make the school year better for our students. I am certain when I begin venturing back into the library I will find many teachers already there, preparing their classrooms for Day 1.
We have received about 250 new books so far for this school year. Several are replacement titles for copies that have been worn out. An example of these is the Wimpy Kid and Harry Potter series. Others represent new series that I hope you enjoy, including the Katie Wu books and Field Trip Mysteries. New titles have been added to many old favorites, including Jake Maddox and Debbie Dadey titles. Lots of sports biographies and pet books are also included in this year's selections.
Sad as it is to say, sometimes our students don't get the opportunity to come to the library each and every time they want new materials. Hopefully our online titles will be beneficial to them. TumbleBooks offers many books, quizzes, activities and even National Geographic videos. FollettShelf offers readers more than 150 titles that are also all testable in Reading Counts. These ebooks can be opened on a computer, smartphone or tablet operating iOS or Android 3.0 and higher. For the Destiny Quest app, go to Google Play or iTunes app store.
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