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2018 GSD Elementary Design Challenge Winners
Congratulations to our design challenge winners! These were chosen from 1,668 entries. Each of our four winners will get to pick out $250 worth of books for their school library and have their…
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What’s New in Sora, Granite’s Digital Library | October 2018
These posters feature some of the latest Middle Grade and YA titles that have been added to our district’s digital library collection, which you can access via the new Sora App. Click on…
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Featured Resource: Sora, the New Reading App from OverDrive
Sora is a new reading and listening app from OverDrive and Granite School District. With Sora, students and staff can access a large collection of ebooks and audiobooks for independent, recreational, or teacher-assigned reading. Students can…
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2018-2019 Elementary Library Yearly Theme: Ubuntu
Introduction For the 2018-2019 school year, our libraries will be encouraged to implement the ubuntu philosophy in the libraries by teaching and modeling four core principles. They are, Be curious Be considerate of…
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2017-2018 Top Circulating Library Titles in Granite School District
In the 2017-2018 school year, students and staff in Granite School District checked out nearly 1.7 million items from school libraries. Just as last year, we’ve compiled and analyzed this circulation data to…
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2018 Student Bookmark Designs from Valley Crest Elementary
Every year for the past several years, students at Valley Crest Elementary engage in a bookmark design contest to encourage reading. The winning bookmarks are printed and distributed to students in the school….
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Presentation: Teaching with Picture Books in Secondary Schools
For some, the reading of picture books is considered an activity exclusively meant for young children in lower grades. In a recent professional development session for Library Media Educational Technology Specialists in secondary…
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Battle of the Books 2018-2019 Book Lists and Informational Meeting
We are excited to officially publish the Battle of the Books 2018-2019 Book Lists! 2018-2019 Granite Battle of the Books 3rd-4th Grade Book List 2018-2019 Granite Battle of the Books 3rd-4th Grade Book…
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Highlights from Granite’s Battle of the Books 2018 Competition
26 teams of 5th and 6th grade students from across Granite School District converged on Rosecrest Elementary last Thursday, April 19, for the 2018 Battle of the Books District Competition.
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OverDrive Book Lists: Latino Stories and Spanish Language Titles
The Educational Technology Department recently participated in Granite School District’s Latino Outreach Night, during which we shared with students and their families some unplugged and plugged Hour of Code activities, a button making…
Latest Book Reviews
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How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America Written by Gail Jarrow
The Parker Inheritance
Listen to this book in Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library Written by Varian Johnson
The Length of a String
Read this book in Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library Written by Elissa Brent Weissman
Wacky Things About Animals: Weird and Amazing Animal Facts
Written by Tricia Martineau Wagner, Illustrated by Carles Ballesteros
The Dragon’s Curse
Read this series in Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library The Transference Trilogy, #2 Written by Bethany Wiggins
Horror Books in OverDrive/Sora, October 2018
Cindy Moyle, Library Supervisor for Secondary Schools, put together some display posters featuring the latest Horror titles in Sora for junior and senior high schools. Scroll down to see them, and then read…
Poor Little Guy
By Elanna Allen
Swatch: The Girl Who Loved Color
By Julia Denos
Lowriders in Space
Written by Cathy Camper, Illustrated by Raúl the Third
The War that Saved My Life
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic
Written by Lisa Papdemetriou
Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues
By Kimberly and James Dean
Challenger Deep
Written by Neal Shusterman, Illustrated by Brendan Shusterman
Ladybug Girl and the Dress-Up Dilemma
Written by David Soman, Illustrated by Jacky Davis
Sidewalk Flowers
Written by JonArno Lawson, Illustrated by Sydney Smith
Pete the Cat’s Groovy Guide to Life
By Kimberly & James Dean
The Parker Inheritance
Listen to this book in Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library Written by Varian Johnson
The Dragon’s Curse
Read this series in Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library The Transference Trilogy, #2 Written by Bethany Wiggins
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October 12, 2018House of Dreams
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September 6, 2018
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August 14, 2018Sparks!
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May 7, 2018
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March 27, 2018Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
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December 6, 2017
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October 12, 2018
House of Dreams
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