happy halloween from me & miss helen! =)
please stop by the library today to show us your costumes and to see how we dressed up! =)
we're not giving away candy, but we do have scary books and cool bookmarks! ones with jack-o-lanterns and carmel apples that say "read"! =)
all we ask is that you please consume your candy cautiously and that you please dispose of your wrappers responsibly! meaning not behind the books, on the shelves, or all over the floor!
thank you & happy halloween! =)
p.s. if trick-or-treating just ain't your thang, we suggest curling up in bed w/ a good book where the ghosties can't get ya! this list has the latest & greatest scary teen titles that even we don't have yet! =)
Well, we're celebrating something else at the Big House Library, and this week it's Teen Read Week! =) See what we're doing on our Teen Read Week page.
What's Teen Read Week? It's the week where we pushy do-gooder grown-ups ask you to read just for the fun of it. Reading can be fun? Absolutely! ...if you read the right books for you! The trick is nothing boring! =)
So if we can't convince you to take out a library book and read it, please read something! Read anything! Just read already! =) Happy Teen Read Week! =)
The Big House Library is on Twitter! What's Twitter? Twitter is a free social networking and microblogging service that lets you keep in touch with people using the web, your phone, or IM. Twitter helps people stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: what are you doing? So, want to know what we're doing? Follow us on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/bighouselibrary. =)
PostSecret... What's that? According to our friends at Wikipedia, it's "an ongoing community mail art project in which people mail their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard." Since it started in 2004, it's been a phenomenal success, both as a book and as a blog. Now, it's coming to Casa! =) A senior journalism student at Casa named Anna is interested in starting a new project for the class and a new page for the Gaucho Gazette modeled after PostSecret.
Anna explains the background and what she has in mind: "PostSecret was an idea for a community art project started in 2004. Thousands of postcards were passed out that had simple directions on the back. The postcards basically said to write a secret on the back of the postcard that was true and that had never been shared with anyone before, and then to send it to the address written on the postcard. After passing out these postcards for two weeks, filled out postcards began to return. So many came in that Warren began compiling books of them. Some had simply-written secrets, some were elaborately decorated. The first postcard he received was actually a shopping list with a secret scrawled in tiny handwriting in the corner. Secrets ranged from pet peeves to confessions of despair, embarrassment, and betrayal. PostSecret is still going today; www.postsecret.com has new postcards every week. I'd like to begin Postsecret at Casa. I'm hoping to get a good enough response that I'll be able to publish some in the school newspaper, with 2,000 students and teachers I'm sure there will be. I've made a new postcard with instructions similar to the original that I'm hoping to pass out to all students at Casa Grande. Instead of mailing them, I'd like the postcards to be deposited anonymously in the PostSecret box that will be on a counter in the library (this is written on the postcards). The rules are simple and on the postcards. What I need English teachers to do is simply distribute the postcards to all of their students who are interested. Reiterate that any secret can be submitted, as long as it is true and has never been told to anyone before. Also make sure to remind them that creativity is encouraged. I'll also be passing out postcards at break and lunch and leaving piles in classrooms and the library, so if any student needs more than one they can find postcards all over campus. The journalism staff will, of course, exercise discretion in terms of what is published. If you have any questions contact Ms. Gay Robbins or me, Anna P."
The Library is proud to be supporting Anna in her endeavors and have out fingers tightly crossed for the success of the Casa Grande PostSecret Project. Check back for updates, and CLICK HERE TO SEE PICS OF THE POSTSECRET PROJECT.
Okay, who spilled the Snapple? Seriously, you guys, this was so uncool. For real. I'm not even kidding. What if that Snapple had spilled on the computers? (Computers which we know all too well pretty much suck!) There's a reason that there's no food and drink allowed in the library! Because accidents happen. Because, frankly, some students just cannot be trusted to not make messes! And because vermin -- like ants, roaches, rats -- like sweet sticky stuff. A lot! =( Please keep the Snapple capped! Please keep the library clean! It's the only library we've got! Thank you.
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