MS/US Library Buzz
Tips, Tricks and What's New: Issue 4
NEW!! CFS RESEARCH HUB!
The library's website -- library.cfsnc.org -- has an exciting new addition: The Research Hub!
Curated with Upper School researchers in mind (though anyone can use it!), the Research Hub is a compilation of online resources for credible information relating to seven broad areas: General Research & Reference; News & Current Events; Data & Statistics; Primary Sources; Arts & Humanities Research; Science Research; and E-Books & Books Online. Besides our subscription databases, there are a lot of outstanding websites your students may not know about, such as NCPedia (encyclopedia of all things NC), the World Bank Data Catalog (sooo much data!), and Europeana (digitized collections of museums, libraries and galleries across Europe).
We hope you will check out the Research Hub and encourage your students to check it out, too! If you have any additional resource suggestions, please let Justine or Mig know.
pbs learning media video recommendations
The "Mother of Genetic Engineering" is the grandmother of CFS students, Alex (MS) and Samuel (US) Chilton. Check out Mary Dell Chilton's scientific work:
Middle/Upper School: John and Hank Green's Crash Courses have come to PBS LearningMedia. Check out their whole collection!
Forget the Oscars! Which authors walked the red carpet?
Each year the American Library Association (ALA) honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. You've probably heard of some of these awards -- the prestigious Newbery and Caldecott Awards, for example -- but there are lots of other categories, too. The 2015 Youth Media Awards were presented February 2nd at ALA's annual Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition. Many authors of color and books featuring non-white and LGBTQ characters were honored (a refreshing change from many adult literature awards), which may or may not be partially due to the popular and much-needed campaign #WeNeedDiverseBooks (if you don't already know about it, click on the link and find out).
Here's a peek at some of the winners and honorees you can find in the MS/US Library -- and be sure to check out the full list of award and honor winners!
The Crossover
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
In this winner of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award (honoring a book published by a first-time author writing for teens), high school senior Gabi Hernandez finds her poetic voice while dealing with gender double-standards, low self-esteem, and family issues. Also featured on NPR!
I Lived on Butterfly Hill
How It Went Down
An Honor Book for the Coretta Scott King Award, this riveting novel offers many perspectives and accounts of the events surrounding the death of Tariq Johnson, a 16-year-old black teenager gunned down by a white man in his neighborhood. A timely, unflinching look at the cycle of urban violence and its emotional impact on young people. (The Crossover took top honors for the C.S. King Award, and Brown Girl Dreaming- a National Book Award winner- was another honoree.)
Beyond Magenta
The Port Chicago 50
Subtitle: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights. Have you ever heard of the 50 African-American sailors who were tried and convicted of mutiny by the U.S. Navy because they refused to follow orders to continue loading dangerous ammunition onto ships after a dock explosion killed 300+ sailors and civilians? Me, neither--until I (Justine) read this fascinating true story, a deserving finalist for the YALSA* Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction.