News From The Pit: June 2015
Summer Reading Edition
It's Almost Summer!
Get your stack of books ready!
Summer Reading helps you...
- unplug
- connect with humanity (got empathy?)
- stay scholarly
- grow your vocabulary
- get ahead (ask your teacher for titles you'll read in the fall)
Suggested Goal: Read FIVE or more books this summer
It's time for #summerREADselfie !
What do I do?
- Snap a picture of yourself with each book you finish this summer
- Post it to your Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, or Snapchat (or email it to friends)
Why?
- Spread the word about good books
- Connect with each other over the summer
Top Ten Teen Titles video:
(via the American Library Association)
2015 Teens' Top Ten Nominees
Staying in Hungary?
Check out books:
- Wednesdays, 1:30 ~ 4:00, July 1 through August 12th
Buy Books:
- Bestsellers Bookstore sells English books
- Book Depository gives free delivery
OverDrive: Check out e-books (get the app here)
Email if you need your library number
SAT Prep
Kahn Academy has just announced a free program to prepare for the SAT tests in March, 2016. Get ahead by doing the program over the summer.
Sarah Ducharme
MS/HS Librarian, M.Ed, MLS
Email: sducharme@aisb.hu
Website: www.trycuriosity.blogspot.com
Location: Nagykovácsi, Hungary
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AISBMSHSLibrary
Twitter: @sducharme