Please join us!
On Tuesday, January 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., the Waynflete Parents’ Association and the Waynflete librarians invite all current parents to learn more about programs offered to Lower, Middle, and Upper School students in the School’s library. Librarians Laurel Daly and Emily Graham will explain the library program for the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools and will provide a hands-on demonstration of the research tools available to students and parents through the School’s website. Elizabeth Barrett, chair of The Friends of the Library, will offer a brief description of the group’s activities. Please join us for a closer look at the library!
American Library Association Book Awards Announced
The American Library Association has announced it major book awards for 2009.
The 2009 Newbery Medal winner is The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean, and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books. A delicious mix of murder, fantasy, humor and human longing, the tale of Nobody Owens is told in magical, haunting prose. A child marked for death by an ancient league of assassins escapes into an abandoned graveyard, where he is reared and protected by its spirit denizens.
Four books were also named as Newbery Honor Books: The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt; The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom, by Margarita Engle; Savvy, by Ingrid Law; and After Tupac & D Foster, by Jacqueline Woodson.
The 2009 Caldecott Medal winner is The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company). Richly detailed black-and-white scratchboard illustrations expand this timeless bedtime verse, offering reassurance to young children that there is always light in the darkness. Krommes’ elegant line, illuminated with touches of golden watercolor, evoke the warmth and comfort of home and family, as well as the joys of exploring the wider world.
Three books were also named as Caldecott Honor Books: A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, written and illustrated by Marla Frazee; How I Learned Geography, written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; and A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, illustrated by Melissa Sweet and written by Jen Bryant.
Monday Books Still Available!
Hosted by the Waynflete Arts Committee, Monday Books is a series of book discussions led by Waynflete faculty and staff. All Monday Books discussions are held in the library from 6:30 until 8:30.
March 16, 2009 - The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins
Discussion Leader: Peter Hamblin, Dean of Studies and Director of College Counseling
Copies of all four books in this year’s Monday Books discussion series are still available for sale in the library. Contact librarians Laurel Daly or Emily Graham FMI.
