Books: December 17th - December 21st

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“As yummy

as a mug of hot cocoa . . .

As tantalizing

as a kiss under the mistletoe . . .”

 “Written in 1643 by

Father Jean de Brebeuf,

a Jesuit missionary,

as a uniquely North American

alternative to the Nativity story.”

“For I would make a memorial of that Child

who was born in Bethlehem . . .”

                   ~ Saint Francis

Books: December 10th - December 14th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“Two exes . . .

One holiday adventure . . .

Merry EX-MAS?”

“The real story of

Rudolph’s leadership

and our struggle for

fair working conditions.”

                    ~ Blitzen, Reindeer Union Local 691

A detailed account of

British and German soldiers exchanging gifts

during the Christmas Truce of 1914.

Books: December 3rd - December 7th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

"Some bonds . . .

aren't meant to be broken."

       
“When your with the perfect boy,

it’s okay to get

Snowed In.”

“The perfect scam . . .

the wrong victim . . .”

Books: November 26th - November 30th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

The earliest adventures of Batman:

1940 - 1941

“What matters most –

family,

love,

choice . . .”

“. . . a strange and breathtaking world

where humanity does not belong . . .”

Books: November 19th - November 23rd

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“Who would have guessed

that four minutes

could change everything.”

“A riveting apocalyptic novel about

a world gone mad . . .”

Gaia faces her greatest challenge –

leading the Sylum people to Enclave.

Books: November 13th - November 16th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“Teen angst and the paranormal

make a combustible mix . . .”

“A great journey . . .

A new love . . .

A dark secret revealed . . .”

A sock enthusiast . . .

A volleyball player . . .

Looking for the

answers to life . . .

Books: November 5th - November 8th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“. . . the unseen,

often unspoken,

emotional cost of war . . .”

Based on a true story . . .

a Swedish diplomat . . . saves over 100,000 lives . . .

during WWII . . .

Based on a true story . . .

A top-secret spy camp . . .

In Canada . . . 1943

Books: October 29th - November 2nd

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

A July storm . . .

Thawing bodies of inmates . . .

An experiment gone wrong . . .

Thirteen

Vampire Tales of

Blood and Desire . . .

“The dead have risen . . .

They walk among us . . .

They are coming for you . . .”

Halloween in the Library

Students and staff enjoyed a spirit-filled Halloween with zombies in the library . . .



and a Joker at the computers . . .

who was then sent to the office . . .





Books: October 22nd - October 25th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“Sometimes

holding on is easier

than letting go . . .”

“What’s sexier

than a two-ton costume

of brown fur?”

The atom-bomb . . .

Reconstructive surgery . . .

Political motivation . . .

Books: October 15th - October 19th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

Sixteen-year old Brit . . .

Her grandmother . . .

The “kidnapped” friend . . .

Bound for a class reunion . . .

“Autumn & Adonis . . .

They have nothing – and everything – in common.”

A Hollywood dream . . .

A movie star’s son . . .

A West Side Story plot . . .

Saskatchewan Library Week

Paralympian Colette Bourgonje, subject of the book, Moving Forward: The Journey of Paralympian Colette Bourgonje, was a guest presenter on Wednesday. At noon, she also had a display of her medals and other paralympic mementos.

Books: October 9th - October 12th

The following books, available in the SMHS library, were promoted this week on the monitors in the Commons and on the Shelfari shelf of this blog:

“Everything

you’ve been told

is a lie!”

“. . . the roughest, toughest conventional soldiers

in all the UNSC forces . . .”

“Escape from the

realm of the dead

is impossible . . .”