Online Reading Materials

Students can use the  Sora app that gives them access to free ebooks and audiobooks in both English and French. Sora can be downloaded (www.soraapp.com) and accessed using student cloud accounts. Click here for a step by step guide to access Sora.

The PEI Public Library also has many ebooks available. A library card is needed to access the materials. If you do not have one, you can apply for one online here.

Your Library card also gives you access to Flipster, a digital news stand with numerous full colour magazines.

Here is a list of the many online resources the PEI Public Library offers.

If you have any questions, please contact me! laperry@edu.pe.ca

 

This month we are focusing on Canadian authors. Do you read Canadian? Come and visit the library and have a look at the selection of Canadian authors we have available to read.

Here is a link to the ‘I read Canadian’ playlist on the Bibliovideo youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoRQbrmtvSYMRm1emqkhP8Q

Check out this video on ‘I write Canadian Middle Grade and YA books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_CePCX9wLM&list=PLOz0pnHjFk9fWdgHp-z7obw-Me2cxR_M_&index=4

So many great authors to read 🙂

 

The EWS virtual book fair is on until Sunday, March 14.

Free Shipping is on Wednesday, March 10th between 6-8pm.

Click on the link to ‘Visit’ the fair!

https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5156904

The EWS Virtual Book Fair ends this Sunday, Nov. 22. Tonight (Wednesday, Nov.18) there is free shipping between 6-8pm.

Visit this link to shop: https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5151861

Just added to the EWS Library collection. An amazing read!

*A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of the Year

“Profoundly moving . . . Will take your breath away.” –Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces

A stunningly gorgeous and deeply hopeful portrayal of living with mental illness and grief, from an exceptional new voice.

Watch the book trailer:

Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn’t be here but is. So Biz doesn’t tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn’t tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface–normal okay regular fine.

But after what happens on the beach–first in the ocean, and then in the sand–the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. Dad disappears and, with him, all comfort. It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Or maybe–maybe maybe maybe–there’s a third way Biz just can’t see yet.

*Summary copied from amazon.ca

Here is a list of some of the titles added to our Library:

My Hero Academia Books 6-10

Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi

A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism–and antiracism–in America

This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.
A book about race

Read more about Stamped

 

Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper’s destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility, super strength and lethal fighting instincts.

Read more about it here

The School for Good and Evil books 4 and 5

Read more about the series here

 

The Marrow Thieves by  Cherie Dimaline

In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America’s Indigenous people, and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow, and dreams, means death for the unwilling donors.

Read more about it here

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. And despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can’t escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out.

Read more about it here

An announcement will be made when the Library will be open (hopefully soon!). Until then feel free to browse the EWS Library collection !

New this year, you will be able to fill out an ‘Order a Book Request’. This will allow you to order a book to be delievered to your classroom. Use the link in the menu on the right or click here.

Looking for a book but can’t find it in our Library? If you think it is a book that many of our students would enjoy, send a Request for purchase! Use the link on the menu on the right or click here.

I look forward to our Library opening and can’t wait to hear about what you have been reading 🙂

Mrs. Perry

As you come to the school this week to collect report cards and locker contents, a gentle reminder to bring in any Library books that you may have at home. I hope to have as many returned as possible! Thank you for your help!

Bored? Have some fun with basic coding using Scratch! Scratch  is a free website that allows you to create your own games, animations and interactive stories. You can even try this Earth Day project from Kids Code Jeunesse ! Did you know that Scratch is a project brought to you from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab. Here is a little video on some of the greatness of MIT:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIop1hxFliQ

 

Are you looking for some good book recommendations? Here is a great list of books to read now.  There is a great mix of old and new titles.

Here is a new book by the Canadian Author, Kenneth Oppel:

It was just rain.

But after the downpour, odd black plants begin to shoot up.

Suddenly—

They. Are. Everywhere.

They take over fields and twine around houses. They bloom and throw off toxic pollen—and feed.

Strangely, three Salt Spring Island teens seem immune. Anaya, Petra and Seth. What’s their connection? What’s their secret? A week ago, they wouldn’t have thought they had one.

But they’d better figure it out fast—the invasion has already begun.

 

To read an excerpt from the book and watch a book trailer visit Kenneth Oppel’s Website here.