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School Reading Lists:

Manchester-Essex Middle School Reading List-click here

Manchester-Essex High School Reading List-click here

North Shore Technical High School-click here

 

Monday, Aug 30, 1 PM - End of Summer Party & Raffle!
Join us on the lawn for a special, surprise celebration and final raffle drawing.

Next Monday, August 30^th , at 1 PM, we will be drawing the winners of the last YA Summer Raffle and enjoying a Captain Dusty’s treat. We’ve got lots of wonderful prizes, iTunes cards, movie passes, gift certificates to Capt. Dusty’s, Beach Street Café, Coffee Cup, Zak’s, and Nick’s Roast Beef. You could also win books and games. So, be sure your raffle entries for all the books you’ve been reading this month are in the box!

Summer reading program participants, ages 11-18, are welcome. Advance registration is required. Call 526-7711 or email acowman at mvlc.org.
 
 
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T@L?K! Blog More Great Books for
Kids & Teens
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Reference Links Homework Resources Search Engines

 

Gaming Sites

 


Early readers, chapter books, middle school, young adult, classics, Shakespeare.
Additional Websites
Suggested Summer Reading Lists for 2009 Summer Programs Link to Video of DDR and Guitar Hero

Homework Center Hours
Mon-Thurs 3-5 PM

  

The Homework Center Features:

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iMac Internet Station with color printer & word processing, reserved for students

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Free printing and CD burning 

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Thumb Drives available

Teachers, please send class assignments so that the library can have the appropriate material on hand.  Phone 526-7711 & fax:  526-2018.  E-mail:  Homework at mvlc.org.

Meet our new Young Adult Librarian

Anne Cowman, Young Adult Librarian

T@L?K!- Open to all teens, ages 11-18.  Members will recommend books, DVDs, music, and programs, for the Library.  For information contact Sara Collins, Children's Librarian, 978-526-2016, scollins at mvlc.org, or Anne Cowman, acowman at mvlc.org, Young Adult Librarian.  Next meeting TBA.

Teen programs & services funded through a federal LSTA Grant and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (2008-09)

Recent Teen Board Meeting:
Molly Carlson   Fiona Davis Charlie Davis

Cooking With Katie Pix
 
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Homework Resources

100 reference books available on-line;  includes citations.  Just enter your library card number. The GreenFILE, a bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns, Global warming, energy conservation, natural resources, and pollution. 
History - It's Happening!
A web site resource for middle and high school students to promote North America's history,

Consumer Health Complete Powered by Ebsco

Easy to use! BigChalk eLibrary is a full-text database of consumer-oriented magazines, books, newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, photographs and maps. Key in your request in natural language, and you won't be disappointed.

Contemporary Literary Criticism

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Gale Academic One File

Biography Resource Center

New Database

Great Books For Kids

     
     

International Children's Digital Library

 

 

   

Great Books for Teens

     
     

 

On-line Gaming Sites

    

Search Engines & Directories

Dewey Number

More Websites by Subject

 

000 All Subjects  http://www.sparknotes.com/
011 BookList Teen Scene  Recommended for Teens
133 Salem Witch Trials: http://etext.Virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft
332 World Currency http://www.banknotes.com/
341.23 United Nations Cyber School Bus http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/index.html
371 Test Preparation http://www.testprepreview.com/
500 The Why Files http://whyfiles.org/
510 Math.Com http://www.math.com/
510 Mathematics http://www.ams.org/
510 Math challenges for Families http://figurethis.org/
510 Percentage Tutorials  http://www.1728.com/percent.htm
510 Quick Math Solutions http://www.quickmath.com/
512 Algebra http://www.algebra.com/
513 Visual Fractions http://www.visualfractions.com/
523.1 The Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
529 Calendars & Time http://physics.nist.gov/genint/time/time.html
560 Museum of Paleontology http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
650 Job interview tips http://www.quintcareers.com/teen_job_strategies.html
809 Literary Criticism http://www.novelguide.com/index.html
900 20th Century Year-by-Year  http://www.infoplease.com/millennium1.html
909 World History http://www.historylink101.com/
910 Antarctica www.exploratorium.edu/origins/antarctica/
920 Academy of Achievement - Biography http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/pagegen/index.html
940 Digital History  http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/do_history/index.cfm

 

940.53 WWII http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/
973 American Centuries www.americancenturies.mass.edu/home.html
973 Colonial Williamsburg  http://www.history.org/kids/index.cfm

 

973 Colonial America   http://earlyamerica.com/
973 American Revolution http://www.americanrevolution.org/home.html
974.41 Local History Link to on-line images of historical Manchester-by-the-Sea