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New York TImes Replica Edition
You can sign up a class of up to 35 iPads to receive the New York Times Replica Edition for free. “The New York Times Replica Edition is an online replica of the newspaper with enhanced features, including the ability to listen to articles. It gives you all the content from the printed paper, 7 days a week including Saturday and Sunday, The Book Review and The New York Times Magazine. You also get 30 days of back issues.” Click here to sign up.
Writing Center
Please remind and encourage your students to use the Writing Center. There are 3 ways to sign up:
Enriching Students- click “other teachers” then “library”
OnCampus, bottom of progress page is a link to the Writing Center page with profiles of the mentors and links to email them for appointments
QR codes on the Writing Center posters around campus will link to the Writing Center page
Shakespeare has an official co-author for Henry VI plays
Oxford University Press will officially credit Christopher Marlowe as a co-author on the Henry VI plays.
Read books, Live Longer
Read books, Live Longer-check out this study in the New York Times.
Real Life Hogwarts to Open in 2017
New Books in our Collection
Find a Way by Diane Nyad
Thanks to Cory for sharing the story of Diane Nyad, who at the age of 64 swam 111 miles from Cuba to Key West. Find a Way is an inspiring read for all of us Bulldogs who are looking to do the same.
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Read this popular novel to see if you agree with all the fuss. A play adaptation is set to open in February in London and a television series is underway.
Girls & Sex by Peggy Orenstein
March Books 1, 2, & 3 by John Lewis, Andrew Ayden & Nate Powell
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B is the 2016 Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award, which "honors a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences." Adam, a fifteen year old with obsessive compulsive disorder, navigates two households, a half-brother, school, a crush and his support group which meets meetly in room 13B.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
Our beloved Harry is now a father of three. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth Harry Potter story and the first official play.
Margi Putney
Email: mputney@burrburton.org
Website: http://www.burrburton.org/Page/Academics/Library
Phone: (802) 549-8122