While we celebrate African American history in the library all year, we had a display of books up in honor of African American History Month – which takes place in February of every year. The books on display celebrated African American men & women from many different fields & histories, as well as a few of our favorite novels written by African American authors! The library’s digital slideshow in February also featured notable African American women in history, with short biographies adapted from several books we have in the library.

Visit the African American History Month government website for more info

The Newbery Award winning titles were officially voted on, and announced (both nationally, and for our library’s Mock Newbery elective)!

This year, the winners were:

Newbery Award Winner 2019: Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (pictured here)

Newbery Award Honor Book 2019: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (pictured here)

Newbery Award Honor Book 2019: The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Mock Newbery Award Winner 2019: Front Desk by Kellly Yang (pictured here)

Mock Newbery Award Honor Book 2019: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (pictured here)

Remember, all of these titles (and the rest of the Mock Newbery reading list!) are available to check out in the BC Middle School Library.