February and March
OPA Libraries Newsletter
Library Curriculum
February
- Black History Month
- Chinese New Year
- Caldecott Winners
- What makes a quality book?
- Mock Caldecott
- Caldecott Results and Newbery Awards
March
- Nonfiction
- Women's History Month
- Media Smarts
- Dewey Decimal System
Love Your Library Contest
Students were invited to enter the Love Your Library Book Contest.
Featured Database: EBSCO
All Databases available from Utah's Online Library are available for home access as well. Just ask the librarian for this year's username and password to access from home.
EBSO Elementary
The following databases are available through EBSCO Elementary
https://youtu.be/Oo4nd-VK7nA
EBSCO Middle School
The following databases are available on EBSCO Middle School.
https://youtu.be/DHwJgBBmdN8
Featured Social Media: Twitter
Twitter uses hashtags so people can discuss and search for topics they are interested in.
OPA's Twitter Handle
OPA Library's Twitter Handle
Elementary Statistics
Featured New Titles
Fiction
Hello Universe
Newbery Award winner
Wolf in the Snow
Caldecott Award winner
Charlie and Mouse
Theodore Seuss Geisel Award winner
Nonfiction
Grand Canyon
Robert F. Sibert Honor and Caldecott Honor
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
5 starred reviews
Giant Squid
Robert F. Sibert Award
Junior High Statistics
Featured New Titles
Fiction
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Winner of a Newbery Honor Award, Printz Honor & Coretta Scott King
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Winner of a Coretta Scott King Award, and Newbery Honor
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Printz Honor Award and National Book Award
Nonfiction
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander
Winner of Coretta Scott King Award
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heligmann
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Winner
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives.. by Dashka Slater
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Honor