Intended for students in Grades 7, 8 and 9, the Red Maple Program is one of three Ontario Library Association reading programs in which our school participates each year. In mid-October, the OLA announces the books nominated for the Red Maple prize. This year, there are ten nominated fiction titles, and ten nominated non-fiction titles.
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Told in the first person and set, in part, against the turbulent years of Cromwell’s England, I, Coriander is a fairytale about a young girl whose idyllic life ends with the death of her beloved mother and the remarriage of her grieving father. When her father is accused of supporting the Royalist cause and [...]
What fun to visit again with our friend Stanley and his friends, Alice, Elwood, Nutsy and Gassy Jack! In this sequel to Stanley’s Party, our favourite dog digs his way out of the backyard and sets off to find his friends and look for adventure! Hard to believe, but this new Stanley story, [...]
Intended for students in Grades 4 to 6, the Silver Birch Reading Program has two categories, a fiction category and a non-fiction category. There are ten books nominated in each.
Just as soon as copies of the Silver Birch nominated titles arrive in the library, students will be able to start their reading, and, very [...]
Every winter, the children in Kindergarten and in Grades 1, 2 and 3 visit the library on a weekly basis to listen to and carry out activities based on each of the ten picture storybooks nominated for the Blue Spruce prize.
Then comes the vote. Each child is given a small voting token, and must [...]
Scaredy Squirrel tells the funny yet poignant story of a squirrel who is so plagued by his fears - of killer bees, germs, poison ivy, and green Martians, to name but a few - that he is constantly on guard for trouble, his emergency kit at the ready.
When he forced to leave his home and [...]
