Check Out The New and Improved Unquiet Library Website!

We are now hosting our official library website through Google Sites! Please check back often as new content is being added weekly!  If you have suggestions for content you’d like to see added on the website, our LibGuides page, or our blog, please email Ms. Hamilton at buffy.hamilton at cherokee.k12.ga.us.

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Your Favorite YA Authors @ The Decatur Book Festival!

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Make your plans NOW to attend the 2009 Decatur Book Festival!  Look at the authors who will be there—-YOUR favorites, students at the Unquiet Library!

• Charlaine Harris, author of the wildly popular Sookie Sackhouse supernatural mysteries, which are the basis for HBO’s hit show True Blood.

• Sara Shepard, author of the popular young adult fiction series Pretty Little Liars
• Jon Scieszka, Ambassador for Young People’s Literature from the Library of Congress
• Kate DiCamillo, award-winning author of Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, and other bestselling books for children and adults.
• Lauren Myracle
• Ally Carter

You will also want to check out the Teen Fiction Events!

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Our New Google Profile

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Yet another way to connect with our library—check out our new Google Profile!

CRHS English Department Suggested Summer Reading 2009

In case you are looking for copies of the books on the English Department’s  suggested summer reading list, we have most of these available in multiple copies here at The Unquiet Library.  Take advantage of our summer hours to get your copy!  Our first day of summer hours will be Tuesday, June 9 from 12:00 until 3:00 PM!

Annual Report for 2008-09 Ready!

The third annual Creekview High School Media Center Annual Report is now ready!  You can view the 2008-09 report by clicking on this link to open the report as PDF file. As I look back, I can hardly believe that this school year is closing in 48 hours.  I encourage you to take a look at our report that highlights the year’s achievements in our library program as well as our program goals for 2009-10.

On behalf of the library staff, I want to thank each of you for an outstanding year that far exceeded our dreams.  I can promise you that even more exciting activities and learning experiences are on tap for 2009-10—I am already looking forward to what promises to be our best year ever!  We have loved working and playing with all of you—we are truly blessed at The Unquiet Library!

In the meantime, don’t forget about our summer hours!  For more info, email Mrs. Hamilton at buffy.hamilton@cherokee.k12.ga.us and visit our informational blog post!

Love,

Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Fleet, and Mrs. Beasley

April 2009 Library Report

The monthly library report for April 2009 is now ready athttp://theunquietlibrary.wikispaces.com/monthlyreports2008-09.

Summer Hours @ The Unquiet Library!

For the first time ever, The Unquiet Library will host official summer hours!  Yes!  Whether you want to come check out a book, enjoy your favorite graphic novel in the comfort of our lounge furniture, do a puzzle, get a jump on summer reading, or browse through your favorite magazines, we will be open to you, our students, through June and July.

We will be open from 12:00 PM until 3:00 PM the following dates:

• Tuesday, June 9

• Wednesday, June 17

• Thursday, July 2

• Thursday, July 9

• Thursday, July 16

• Wednesday, July 22

Teachers are also welcome to come and browse our collection, get a jump on decorating their rooms, or collaborate with Mrs. Hamilton for an upcoming project for 2009-10!

We are looking forward to a summer of fun @ The Unquiet Library!

Web 2.0 Resources for the Swine Flu Outbreak

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Keep up to date with the latest Swine flu outbreak news with our Swine Flu Research Pathfinder.  This pathfinder features a Google mashup map that shows the geographic location of confirmed Swine flu cases, the latest headlines from Google News, video and news headlines from resources such as CNN, ABC News, and the CDC as well as the official Swine Flu widget leading you to the latest info you need to know to stay safe in this outbreak.

Teens’ Top Ten Nominations for 2009

We will be voting in this year’s Teens’ Top Ten contest sponsored by YALSA!  Check out the nominees by visiting this list—what do you think? You can check out these books or over the summer to get a jump on your reading.

Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted in April during National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year during Teen Read Week. Readers aged twelve to eighteen can vote right here, online, anytime that week.

Georgia Peach Book Winner and Honor Books Announced!

Yesterday at Kennesaw State University’s YA Literature Conference, members of the Peach Book Award Committee announced the results of statewide voting of over 5500 teen ballots.

The Peach Book Award for Teen Readers Winner is (drumroll, please!):

IMPULSE by Ellen Hopkins

The two Peach Book Award Honor Books are:

UGLIES by Scott Westerfeld
RIGHT BEHIND YOU by Gail Giles

Please visit the Georgia Media website, Peach Award page for all the resources you’ll need to encourage reading and voting on the next field of 20 nominees on which teens will vote between now and March 2010.   Go to

http://www.glma-inc.org/peachaward.htm or visit the library to see the new nominees!