Highlights from the 2019 Granite Battle of the Books District Competition
32 teams of 5th and 6th grade students from across Granite School District came together at Jim Bridger Elementary last Thursday, March 14, for the 2019 Battle of the Books District Competition. Each…
What’s New in Sora, Granite’s Digital Library | March 2019
What’s New in Sora, March 2019 These posters feature some of the latest young adult titles that have been added to our district’s digital library collection, which you can access via the new…
Countdown to Battle of the Books 2019 District Elementary Competition
The Granite District competition for 5th-6th Grade Battle of the Books teams is coming up on March 14, 2019, from 5:30-7:30 P.M. at Jim Bridger Elementary. Our @LibraryMediaGSD Twitter account is counting down to the…
Author Visit: Erin Summerill
Erin Summerill, author of the Clash of Kingdoms series, recently provided a professional development session for the secondary library media educational technology specialists in Granite School District. A former high school English teacher…
2019 Mock Caldecott with Elementary Media Clerks
As part of professional development sessions in January, elementary media clerks engaged in a Mock Caldecott activity in which they read, analyzed, discussed, and voted upon 20 Caldecott-eligible picture books published in 2018…
What’s New in Sora, Granite’s Digital Library | February 2019
What’s New in Sora, February 2019 Romances in Sora These posters feature some of the latest young adult titles that have been added to our district’s digital library collection, which you can access…
Posters: 2019 ALA Youth Media Awards – Granite Elementary Libraries
On Monday, January 28, 2019, members of the American Library Association announced the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and numerous other book awards for children’s and young adult literature, collectively called the ALA Youth Media…
Best Books of 2018
Update 1/29/2019: ALA Youth Media Award Winners Added In this pinned feature post we compile links to 2018 children’s and young adult book award announcements, as well as “best-of” lists from professional library…
2019 Beehive Challenge: Picture Book Winners
Every year, we hold a Beehive Reading Challenge for all of our elementary school libraries. In the fall, each school receives the longlists for the Beehive Book Awards and are challenged to read…
2019 Beehive Challenge: Children’s Fiction Winners
Every year, we hold a Beehive Reading Challenge for all of our elementary school libraries. In the fall, each school receives the longlists for the Beehive Book Awards and are challenged to read…
