Monthly Archives: February 2012
Bookworms @ Jimboomba Library
Jimboomba Library’s Teen Meet is the last Thursday of each month from 4.00 – 5.00 pm. This month teens created Bookworms from recycled art books with staff. Some of the more artistic teens decided that book crabs or flowers were a … Continue reading
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Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother’s bedside. She’s been stricken with something the old-timers call “Milk Sickness.” “My baby boy…” she whispers before … Continue reading
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Staff suggestions
Staff have been busy reading over the school holiday break, and below is the teen fiction suggestions for February. Kingdom’s Reign by Chuck Black An evil army masses against the Knights of the Prince, and they are outnumbered. Only the King … Continue reading
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Your Tutor
Now that school has resumed, so has the homework. If you are stuck, and need a hand with Maths, Science, English or help with assignment research, Your Tutor can help. Simply by owning a Logan City Council Library card, this … Continue reading
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Safer Internet Day
Today is Safer Internet Day, a day organised to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones by young people. The topic for 2012 is “Connecting Generations and Educating Each Other” The internet is a great … Continue reading
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Book Trailer and Book Review Winners
My colleagues and I were blown away by the entries in this year’s Summer Read Book Trailer and Book Review Competition. We had 10 entries, and the level of talent and creativity displayed was amazing. The entries were judged by … Continue reading
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Top YA Fiction requests for January
Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins Passion, a Fallen Novel by Lauren Kate Destined by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast Seizure by Kathy Reichs Power of Six, Lorien Legacies #2 by Pittacus Lore Forever, Wolves of mercy Falls … Continue reading
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LOL
February’s theme for the National Year of Reading is Laugh. Did you know that laughter stimulates five different parts of the brain, so reading something humorous can actually help keep your brain from aging? (another good reason to read something … Continue reading
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