Overdue

John, flying solo, explores his role as a high school librarian while making a few points about information literacy.  

 

Books Mentioned:

The Catcher in the Rye

 

AASL Presentation:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1P3GZq6dLvrk7GPFzD6UN3wQGyy-fA1-Q5-jRYapkDMA/edit?usp=sharing

John and Rachel celebrate the holiday season by highlighting Christmas books and leaving the library to visit someone who loves all things Christmas in their workshop. Let’s wrap up 2020 with the best books as voted on by readers like you.

 

Books Mentioned:

Pearl S Buck’s Book of Christmas, Christmas Stories (Dickens), Let it Snow, My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories, The Official Guide to Christmas in the South or, If You Can’t Fry It, Spraypaint It Gold, Catcher in the Rye, The Polar Express, T'was the Night Before Christmas, The Christmas Carol, The Midnight Library, The Guest List, The Vanishing Half, House of Earth and Blood, From Blood and Ash, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, Mexican Gothic, Strange Planet, Stamped, A Promised Land, Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, A Life on Our Planet, Heartstopper: Volume Three, Dearly, Such a Fun Age, Clap When You Land, The Queen of Nothing, The Tower of Nero

 

Music Credits:

Jingle Bells 7 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

  

 

Deck the Halls B by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100368 

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

 

Carol Of The Bells by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Artist: http://audionautix.com/ 

 

We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

John and Rachel serve up books about food and sit down with White House High School’s leader of yesteryear. Discover titles that were written by or feature Native Americans in celebration of Native American Heritage Month.

 

Books mentioned: Eat a Peach, Fast Food Nation, Devoured, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Love and Food, Meal (GN), Sourdough, The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook, The Complete Cookbook for Teens, Let’s Make Ramen (GN), Where the Crawdads Sing, Hearts Unbroken, Apple in the Middle, Come On In, Surviving the City (GN), A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States

John and Rachel take a look at science fiction titles and host White House High School’s favorite gamer. Listen as we honor those who have served our country.

 

Books Mentioned: War Girls, American War, Soul of Stars, Uglies, Hush Hush, Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, Zoe's Tale, The Forever War, Ready Player One, Grenade, Grass (GN), Ceremony, Flygirl,

John and Rachel headline authors of horror before settling in for an eerie story from White House High School graduates and local business owners of lifeless treasures.

 

Books mentioned: HP Lovecraft (author), Stephen King (author), Elevation, If It Bleeds, The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein's Creator, Joe Quinn's Poltergeist, Alice in Zombieland, I Hunt Killers, Stamped

John and Rachel put a spotlight on teens’ top book choices and visit with the media specialist at White House Middle School. Stay tuned for books that will get you out of the middle and allow you to vote with confidence. Books Mentioned: With the Fire on High, Frankly in Love, Wayward Son, These Witches Don't Burn, Pumpkinheads (GN), Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me (GN), The Poet X, American Panda, Children of Blood and Bone, Thunderhead, The Cruel Prince, Batman: Nightwalker (GN), The Giver of Stars, Where the Crawdads Sing, Educated, Atomic City Girls, Donald Trump: 45th US President, Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics, Votes of Confidence: A Young Person's Guide to American Elections, Vote for Larry

John and Rachel face off in Banned Books Week trivia and stop in to visit a local business run by WHHS graduates. This episode closes with some of the librarians’ top picks from the banned books list. Books Mentioned: Brave New World, 1984, Of Mice and Men, Invisible Man, Ender's Game, Harry Potter, Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Hate U Give, The Fault in Our Stars, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Looking for Alaska, Th1rteen R3asons Why, Catcher in the Rye, Eleanor & Park, Kite Runner

The librarians at WHHS point out books from the library that will take students a step further in their classroom reading and go onsite at the White House Public Library. The segment ends with a couple of reads on the effect of tragic fires, both past and present. Books Mentioned: To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman, Invisible Man, Fahrenheit 451, The Handmaid's Tale, Beowulf, Grendel, All the Light We Cannot See, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Storm Siren, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Uprising

John and Rachel share some of the highlights of graphic novels and popular titles they have on hand before getting into an exclusive interview with WHHS Libraries’ biggest supporter. Listen in for a preview of titles related to pandemics both true and imagined.Books Mentioned: Blue Exorcist (GN), Boxers & Saints (GN), My Friend Dahmer (GN), To Kill a Mockingbird (GN), Animal Farm (GN), Romeo & Juliet (GN), Julius Caeser (GN), The Giver (GN), The Hobbit (GN), Walden (GN), Bloom (GN), They Called Us Enemy (GN), Extreme Ownership, I Am Legend, World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide, American War, The Hot Zone, The Great Influenza

In the first episode, John and Rachel discuss the wide worlds of fantasy along with some of their favorite novels of the genre. The co-librarians share a little about themselves in a Q & A style interview and their unique spaces at WHHS. The final drop is on new titles relevant to racial inequality from various authors.Books Mentioned: Harry Potter (series), Lord of the Rings (series), Chronicles of Narnia (series), Twilight (series), Vampire Diaries (series), Game of Thrones (series), Throne of Glass (series), The Raven Cycle (series), Rick Riordan (author), The Candle and the Flame, The Never Turning World, A Constellation of Roses, Shadow Scent, Song of the Crimson Flower, Caravel, Norse Mythology, Bone Gap, Elantris, The Bible, The New Jim Crow, The Color of Law, White Fragility, Stamped