Igniting Imagination
The SHMS Library Chronicles
Our second Book Fair of the year will be next week, Monday, March 4th through Friday, March 8th located in the Media Center. We will also have special hours on Wednesday, March 6th until 5pm for shoppers. In addition, this coincides with Read Across America Week as well! Set-Up your E-Wallet today! We look forward to having another fun and exciting Book Fair!
📚🚀 Dive into the fascinating worlds of "The Fourteenth Goldfish" and "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" today on the SORA reading app! 📚🚀
🐙 "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm: When Ellie's scientist grandfather discovers the secret to reversing aging, (jellyfish), he turns himself into a teenager. Now, Ellie has to deal with a 13-year-old version of her grandfather, who goes by the name of Melvin. Together, they embark on a journey of discovery, friendship, and the true meaning of growing up.
⚡️ "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty: Lucy Callahan is a math genius with a photographic memory. After being struck by lightning, she develops an unusual condition - she can't forget anything. But Lucy's life takes a turn when she's forced to go to public school for the first time. There, she learns that fitting in and making friends can be just as challenging as solving complex equations.
📚🚀 These STEAM-inspired books are perfect for Read Across America week! Dive into the worlds of science, technology, engineering, art, and math as you read these captivating stories. 🐙⚡️
Happy reading, #SORA readers! 📚🚀
🤖 Thanks to support from the Rural Technology Fund, our 4th and 5th grade students now have access to the world of Cubelets Modular Robotics! 💡 It's a fantastic opportunity for them to enhance their computational thinking, STEAM skills, and creativity. Learn more about Cubelets at modrobotics.com and follow @modrobotics on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. To discover more about the Rural Technology Fund, visit ruraltechfund.org and follow @RuralTechFund on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Let's dive into innovation together! 🚀 #STEAM #Robotics #RuralTechFund
🚀🔧 Exciting News for Our 6th Grade Students! 🤖📚
Special Learning Event Announcement: Thanks to a generous grant from the AASL STEM Special Event Grant by Danaher Foundation, 6th-grade students have embarked on an innovative engineering journey during E Block this past week. They explored hands-on activities using Sphero Mini Robot Challenges and Blueprint Building Block Challenges, fostering teamwork and engineering innovation. Join us for a special Parent Night on March 14th to explore these new tools and anticipate a future field trip tailored for our student STEM enthusiasts. Gratitude to AASL and the Danaher Foundation for their support in fostering a love for learning and innovation. Stay tuned for more updates! 🚀🔧🤖
Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case
READ THIS TITLE ON SORA TODAY!
A ten-year-old girl may be the only person who can save humanity from extinction in this exciting graphic novel adventure.
It’s been fifty years since a sun shift wiped out nearly all mammal life across the earth.
Towns and cities are abandoned relics, autonomous machines maintain roadways, and the world is slowly being reclaimed by nature. Isolated pockets of survivors keep to themselves in underground sites, hiding from the lethal sunlight by day and coming above ground at night.
10-year-old Elvie and her caretaker, Flora, a biologist, are the only two humans who can survive during daylight because Flora made an incredible discovery – a way to make an antidote to sun sickness using the scales from monarch butterfly wings. Unfortunately, it can only be made in small quantities and has a short shelf life.
Free to travel during the day, Elvie and Flora follow monarchs as they migrate across the former Western United States, constantly making new medicine for themselves while trying to find a way to make a vaccine they can share with everyone. Will they discover a way to go from a treatment to a cure and preserve what remains of humanity, or will their efforts be thwarted by disaster and the very people they are trying to save?
Little Monarchs is a new kind of graphic novel adventure—one that invites readers to take an intimate look at the natural world and the secrets hidden within. Elvie and Flora’s adventures take place in real locations marked panel-by-panel with coordinates and a compass heading. Curious readers can follow their travel routes and see the same landscapes—whether it be a secluded butterfly grove on the California coast or a hot-springs in the high desert. Through both comic narrative and journal entries, readers learn the basics of star navigation, how to tie useful knots, and other survival skills applicable in the natural world.
Creator Jonathan Case acquired the fact-based portion of Little Monarchs through intensive research and several expeditions to study monarchs across the western United States. Scientific support also came from the Xerces Society, the world leaders in monarch preservation.
An American Library Association Notable Children's Book
An ALA Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table Top Ten Best Graphic Novels for Children Selection
Named to the Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
An NPR Book We Love
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Editors’ Choice Selection
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