Earl Haig SS Library

On Wed. Mar. 7th, the Library is pleased to welcome Lesley Anne Cowan, White Pine nominee for her book, Something Wicked.  Ms. Cowan will be joining us for Period 5.  If you have read this book and would like to participate in this session, see a teacher-librarian.

Check out our White Pine wiki for more information on this and all the White Pine nominees.

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Join the discussion and prepare for the debates.  ◙CBC’s Canada Reads.  The nominees are:

The Game – Ken Dryden
On a Cold Road – Dave Bidini
Prisoner of Tehran – Marina Nemat
Something Fierce – Carmen Aguirre
The Tiger – John Vallant
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Hosted by:  Jian Ghomeshi

Welcome to Canada Reads: True Stories. For the first time ever, Canada Reads is all about non-fiction.

The debates will air on February 6,7,8 and 9 at 11 a.m. in your time zone on CBC Radio One 99.1FM and will be live streamed on CBC Books at 10 a.m. ET.  Find out how to be part of the Canada Reads studio audience.

 Are YOU ready for D.E.A.R.? Starting next week, every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 10:05am to 10:25am (after period 1), the Drop Everything and Read program will commence. Be sure to browse our selection of reading materials so that you can be ready for it!

Check out our ◙DEAR page for contests and let’s get reading!

• 8 Benefits of Reading

To help make your decision for the first novel of the Independent Reading Project (IRP) (Gr. 12 English), take a peek at our display of award winning and shortlisted novels.  Remember that it is better to purchase your own copy so that you can mark up and highlight the book at will.

Check out this list of literary awards, but always be sure to get your selection approved by your teacher:  ◙Literary awards (click here).

◙ Giller Prize for Fiction
◙ Governor General’s Award for Fiction

◙ Toronto Book Award

You may be able to save money and find a used copy of your book at:

1. BMV Bookstore – several locations including:

• 10 Edward St (Bloor & Yonge) 416 977-3087
• 2289 Yonge St (Yonge & Eglinton) 416 482-6002
• 471 Bloor St W. (Bloor & Spadina) 416 967-5757

2. ABE Books – purchase online, restrict your search to Canada or make sure seller ships in Canada http://www.abebooks.com

3. Compare Book Prices online at http://www.comparebookprices.ca

Winner

Congratulations to Richard Scarsbrook, author of The Monkeyface Chronicles, this year’s winner of the White Pine Award.

1st runner up:
Swim the Fly by Don Calame

2nd runner up:
Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

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Come out to the second last White Pine meeting this Thursday April 7th after school in the library and don’t forget to ◙visit our site and write your reviews!

How do movies compare to the books that inspire them?
Join the ◙White Pine Reading Club this Thursday, March 3rd, after school in the library as we pit the merits and malevolence of motion picture against the richness (or archaism?) of the written word.

Bring a friend and speak your mind.  ◙http://haigwhitepine2011.wikispaces.com/

Interested in The White Pine program, but want to know more about the reading list?  Check out the revamped White Pine Wiki by clicking below:  ◙http://haigwhitepine2011.wikispaces.com/

Watch “book trailers” and read direct excerpts from most of the titles in this year’s White Pine reading list.

Join us for some good booktalk in the library after school on Thursday March 3rd after school.

Thursday, Feb. 17th @3:30pm, Periodical Room

Been reading your White Pine Books?  Come and share your experiences with others.  We meet every first and third Thursday of the month.  Our remaining meetings will be held Mar: 3, 24; Apr: 7 (voting time), 21

Read five of the ten White Pine titles and come out on April 7th for our voting session where we’ll send in our votes.  The author with the most votes will receive the White Pine award.

Join the White Pine Reading Club!

Our inaugural (first) meeting will be held on Thursday Feb 3rd after school in the library periodicals room.  Bring your favourite White Pine book and a friend to engage in some dynamic activities related to the  selections from 2011.  We meet every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month until the end of April when the voting  for the best book happens.

Click here for our wikispace or copy and paste http://haigwhitepine2011.wikispaces.com/