May 18th - May 22nd, 2020
This Week @ WMS Library
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IT'S TIME TO RETURN YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS!
Not sure if you owe any books? Check your email- any students with overdue books received an email on Monday from the WMS Library. You can also ask your homeroom teacher or email Ms. Maroni-Wagner.
If you have a library book at home, return it as soon as possible. If you left a library book in your locker or classroom, let your homeroom teacher know.
EVER TRIED A PODCAST?
Aiden Tyler, Quaran-teen
Six Minues
Flyest Fables
Youth Radio
A podcast for teens, published by teens. It was created to showcase the power of young people as makers of media, technology, and community. It brings the teen perspective to issues of public concern.
Pants on Fire
The Radio Adventures of Eleanor Amplified
WFPL TEEN ROOM EVENTS
The Watertown Public Library is now offering curbside pickup for library materials for Watertown residents! Check out the MLN catalog and if you see something you want that is owned by the Watertown Library, give them a call.
Visit the WFPL Island on Animal Crossing!
Visit our Animal Crossing island! We'll have freebies, fruit, and cool spaces for you to explore. The library island will be open from 4-5 pm on Monday - Friday and the Dodo Code will be available at watertownlib.org/animalcrossing right before the gates open. The island will change a little bit every day, so be sure to come back.
Teen Book Discussion Groups
Come and talk about a great book we are reading! We meet every Wednesday at 3:30 PM. This week’s book (on May 20th) is The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. You don’t have to read every book or come to every meeting—just join us when it works for you. Register at the site below, check out the audiobook on Hoopla, listen along, and come to the meeting. For more info and Zoom links, go to www.watertownlib.org/516/Teen-Book-Discussion-Groups
MY TRUE STORY Writing Contest
Enter to win Amazon gift cards! Enter an essay that describes your reflections and experiences during COVID-19. There are two levels of competition—one for grades 6-8 and one for grades 6-12. Be part of history! Entries will be added (with your permission, of course) to the Watertown Free Public’s Local History collection. Let future generations what life is like for you at this time. Be creative! To find out the details, please go to: www.watertownlib.org/523/My-True-Story
OTHER WMS LIBRARY HAPPENINGS
This Week's *Always Available* Book Pick
These titles are always available from Sora (log in with your school email & password). No waiting!
Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Writer) and Brian Stelfreeze (Illustrator)
A new era begins for the Black Panther! MacArthur Genius and National Book Award-winning writer T-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me) takes the helm, confronting T'Challa with a dramatic upheaval in Wakanda that will make leading the African nation tougher than ever before. When a superhuman terrorist group that calls itself The People sparks a violent uprising, the land famed for its incredible technology and proud warrior traditions will be thrown into turmoil. If Wakanda is to survive, it must adapt--but can its monarch, one in a long line of Black Panthers, survive the necessary change? Heavy lies the head that wears the cowl!
MAY IS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN MONTH
THE VOTES ARE IN!
We have some good news- every WMS student will be lent a digital copy of the book to read from June 1st to September 30th!
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Visit the WMS Library Website for Digital Reading Resources & Tutorials
- How to borrow eBooks and audiobooks from the Watertown Middle School digital collection (Destiny Discover)
- How to search, browse and borrow eBooks and audiobooks from the MLS Commonwealth eBook Collection (Sora)
- How to search, browse and borrow from the WFPL digital collection (Overdrive).
- How to search, browse and borrow from Hoopla
- How to get a Boston Public Library eCard (bpl.org/ecard)
Leah Maroni-Wagner
Library Website: www.wmslibrary.org
Virtual Library: bit.ly/wmslibextend