Author Chris Crutcher is Coming!

Barrington High School Library and Barrington Public Library are excited to welcome award winning teen author Chris Crutcher on Thursday, December 3rd! Chris will be speaking to select high school classes during the day on Thursday and to the community at the Public Library at 7:00 PM. Intererested in Chris Crutcher? How can I find out more?

You can buy a book at the BHS Library at LIBRARY COST! Chris will sign books and the library will return them to your English class later (ask us how this works! Come to the circuation desk).

You can "Read it Forward"....did you receive a book in the mail? The library received a grant from the Helping Hands allowing us to mail books to random students, and these students then read the book, sign their name, and pass the book to another person, who reads it, signs it, etc... Click here to see the BHS TV Studio promotion for "Read it Forward"

Finally, you can check out a book at the library. We currently have multiple copies of Crutcher books available for checkout!

Find your favorite book and talk about them here! Just click on "comment"!

Winners of the New Moon Contest revealed!!

Click on each of the picture comment links to find out the winners. Stop in the library to choose your Twilight or New Moon Poster! Thanks for playing.

NEW MOON CONTEST!!

Look at the picture below. Then come up with a clever caption. We will choose four winners based on which is the most clever and funny. The winners will receive a Twilight or New Moon poster… your choice. Contest ends 11/19/2009.

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Teen Read Week at BHS

What a week!

Monday found students who checked out books were randomly selected by the system to receive prizes!

Tuesday students who matched first lines of books with the correct book were entered to win a Gift Card for Barnes and Noble.

Wednesday was get to know your library staff day and students who matched the library staff's baby picture with a current picture received prizes.

Thursday was scary movies in the library day. Students could sit in the comfortable seating area to watch Alfred Hithcock movies.

Friday was Scary Stories in the library day. Over lunch periods, students who won a scary writing contest and teachers read by our fireplace while hundreds of students came to listen. Over 500 students came to the library to participate in our Scary Stories! What a wonderful and crazy week!

Banned Book Week at BHS

"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing" Scout, To Kill a Mockingbird " BHS students checkedout the displays of books that have been challenged and banned throughout history, as well as displays telling why these books were challenged.



See what our students and teachers had to say about the right to read:

Teen Read Week, Scary Stories and More!

We will be celebrating Teen Read week October 26th -30th! Checkout the activities in the library, win prizes, and come see our newest books!

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

Friday, October 30th during lunch periods 4-7 come hear our BHS faculty read scary stories by the fireplace!

It's all happening @ your BHS Library!

The Books are Flying off the Shelves!

What a great welcome back to the school year! We have had an unprecedented number of books checked out as the year began! Some books that are so popular that unless you put them on hold now, you may not get a chance to see them on the shelves until after winter break are:

BHS Book Club Announces the Summer Reading List!

Here's the BHS Summer book club list. Please post your comments to these 8 books by clicking on the comments link below each cover. Feel free to share comments even if you have not formally joined our book club.

1 Crank by Ellen Hopkins

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2 Push by Sapphire

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3 The Secret Life of Prince Charming by Caletti

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4 The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

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5 The Uglies by Scott Westerfield

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6 The Autobiography of a Face by

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7 Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

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8 My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

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The Poetry Cafe was Sensational!

Thank you to all the faculty and staff who helped make the Poetry Cafe the success that it was! Over 500 hundred students attended this incredibly popular event!

Lovi's Classes Make Their Recommendations!

What do you think of these books!

For some tips on GREAT books to read, checkout the books that Ms. Lovi's classes are recommending!

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