Library
Students. Learning. Libraries. This is the best of all worlds. Studies have shown that there is a definite positive relationship between school libraries with certain dimensions in place and student achievement. The library at LWS is always updating and revamping the book collection and the data bases.
Current examples of some new books in the library this fall are the following:
- The Last Season by Eric Blehm. Mr. Blehm was a guest author at Off The Beaten Path and explained all of his research of eight years that went into this non-fiction book. Randy Morgan was a legendary backcountry ranger of twenty-eight seasons living alone in the most remote and unforgiving of wild places in Kings Canyon Nation Park which is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Randy went missing without a trace in Kings Canyon where he had long patrolled. The result was one the Park Service’s most intensive search-and-rescue operation ever attempted. The Last Season is a first-rate detective story, but it is an even better love story that delves into the character of a man, the story of a marriage, and the compromises that make our lives work.
- If The Creek Don’t Rise by Rita Williams. This book is a memoir of Rita’s life out west with the last black widow of the Civil War. Set amid the harsh splendor of the Colorado Rockies-Steamboat Springs– this is a gorgeous, ruthless, and unique account of the lies families live-and the moments of truth and beauty that save us.
- Mockingbird by Charles J. Shields. To Kill A Mockingbird is the most widely read American novel ever. Yet its creator, Harper Lee, has become a mysterious figure who routinely turns away reporters. Mockingbird is a colorful portrait of this unconventional, high-spirited, and sometimes hardheaded woman who loved her Southern home and the craft of writing and who-from these undying affections-created a book whose power has never diminished. At the center of the story is Lee’s struggle to create her famous novel, the only book she has ever published. But her life is as rich as her fiction and contains many highlights one being her as a rebellious tomboy in tiny Monroeville, Alabama, where she met her lifelong friend Truman Capote.
The library has a small collection of Graphic Novels. These are currently the hottest trend for engaging young adults to read. They are now a mainstream genre for school and public libraries.
The United States government has mandated that September 17th be observed as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day to commemorate the September 17, 1787, signing of the U.S. Constitution. The LWS library has many good resources which detail the foundations of our democracy. Here are a few examples that can be obtained at LWS library.
- The Real Revolution by Marc Aronson. The global story of American Independence.
- The President’s Cabinet and How It Grew by Nancy Winslow Parker.
- The Signers by Dennis Brindell Fradin. The 56 stories behind the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
- His Excellency George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis.
- 1776 by David McCullough.
- Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis. This book was a Pulitzer Prize winner.
These are just a few examples of books that remind of us our democracy and many of the rights that Americans take for granted today.
Please come by the library and check out some of the many books that make up our collection.
Nickki Durkan, Librarian LWS