Mahoney Library Blast
Make the most of the library from home!
About the Library Blast
While we are learning from home during school closures, I hope to send daily emails every weekday morning. These messages will include cool and interesting websites, videos, book recommendations and more, so that we can stay connected and keep learning!
I want to hear from you!
Please share:
- Memes
- Photos of your pets
- Your art or comics
- Recipes
- Book recommendations or reviews
- Other TV, movie, game or media recommendations
- Playlists
- Funny or uplifting videos
Please email me anything you would like to share at gartleel@spsdme.org!
Sora
Sora is an app that provides access to a collection of ebooks and audiobooks that we share with Memorial and the High School. This slideshow will help you login if you haven't used Sora before. If you have any trouble logging in or using Sora, please email me at gartleel@spsdme.org. If there is an ebook or audiobook you are looking for that you can't find on Sora, please let me know, and I will do my best to find it for you!
Junior Library Guild
Junior Library Guild is currently offering free access to their online ebook collection. You can access more free ebooks by visiting jlg.ipublishcentral.com (or downloading the JLG Digital app on a personal device) and signing in with the username JLGMID and the password JLGFREE.
Epic!
Epic! is another online ebook collection. You can access Epic! by downloading the app or visiting https://www.getepic.com/students and using the class code wtt8334. Epic! has tons of books, comics, audiobooks, and videos. Epic! can only be accessed during the school day.
Thursday, April 9
National Unicorn Day
Today is National Unicorn Day! This special day originated in Scotland, where unicorns are the national animal.
Appomattox Day
On this day in 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War.
Name Yourself Day
What name would you give yourself, if you could rename yourself for a day? National Name Yourself Day is the day to try out a new name for a day.
5 True Facts about Unicorns
Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color: Lee's Reluctant Surrender | History
Yesterday's Winner
Who would win: Snake who is a baby and can't stop clapping OR a carnie armed with a shrink ray armed with a lightsaber? Winner: Carnie. Reason: Lightsabers are powerful and can cut almost anything.
TODAY: Backyard Birding for Students
Today (Thursday, April 9) live Q and A with Maine Audubon Naturalist Doug Hitchcox will show students how to identify birds in their backyard, answer questions about unique New England birds, and more! Find more information about tuning in on the Facebook event page.
Wall of Birds
The Wall of Birds is a mural at Cornell Lab of Ornithology which displays the diversity and evolution of birds from 243 different families and across 375 million years. The Wall of Birds website has an interactive version of the mural which allows the viewer to explore extant birds and extinct bird relatives and ancestors, like the Yutyrannus, Archaeopteryx, Microraptor, and Phorusrhacos, or Terror Bird.
LeVar Burton Reads
LeVar Burton, well-known for his long-time role on Reading Rainbow, is doing weekly live story readings on Twitter. Young adult readings are Wednesdays at 3 p.m., and readings for children are Mondays at 9 a.m. You can tune in on LeVar's Twitter @levarburton.
Summer Festival of the Arts
Summer Festival of the Arts, a summer arts camp in Bar Harbor, is offering a variety of online arts classes, including drawing, origami, make up art and design, song and rhythm, and more! All classes are free, but do require registration. Find more information on their website.
Mx Gartley
Stay in touch: email me at gartleel@spsdme.org to share what you're reading, a playlist you're listing to, what show you're binging or anything else. Also feel free to email me if you need help finding a book, audiobook, or any other resources!
Email: gartleel@spsdme.org
Website: http://libguides.spsd.org/mahoney
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