For all of October, we displayed a plethora of spooky reads! The collection contained ghost stories, books on monsters, spooky graphic novels & more! Favorites included the Spooky Stories To Tell in the Dark collections, Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, and Raina Telgemeier’s Ghosts!
Thank you to all of the Middle Schoolers who wrote the title of the scariest book they’ve ever read! We had some funny answers (like The Front Page of the New York Times) as well as sincere ones – like Coraline by Neil Gaiman! Another thank you to the sixth graders who cut out all of the pumpkins!
Banned Books Week was held on September 23 – 29. The 2018 theme, “Banning Books Silences Stories,” was a reminder that everyone needs to speak out against the tide of censorship. We celebrated Banned Books Week by featuring a display of books in the library that have been banned or challenged somewhere in the US. Many of them were some of our most popular titles! This helped accentuate the importance of granting the freedom to read for all ages and readers.
September 15-October 15th is Latinx Heritage Month! We featured books in the library by Latinx authors, featuring Latinx characters, or about Latinx figures in history.
Berkeley Carroll Middle School students, and staff were given the opportunity to show off what books they read this summer. The colorful post-it note display showed an amazing variety of books read by our community of readers!
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