[DeBakey Library News Blog] April is National Poetry Month

[L. G. Hayes]

Poetry Cafe

The Thirteenth Annual Poetry Cafe takes place in the library Friday, April 26th from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.  Students, faculty, 
staff, as well as other members of the community are welcome to attend and share their appreciation of poetry.  The Cafe will also feature student musical performances and display student works of art.  Refreshments will be served.

The students particularly enjoy hearing their teachers perform. Please consider sharing some of your favorite poems, stories or songs with them.  





Inprint Reading Series


Authors Christina Henriquez and Marlon James will be the featured speakers at the Cullen Theater, Wortham Center at 512 Texas Avenue Monday, April 20th at 7:30.  The authors will read from their works and will then be interviewed on stage, after which there will be a Q & A from the audience followed by a book signing. You can purchase a signed copy from Brazos Book Store before their appearance if you prefer not to stand in line.

Book of Unknown Americans

Christina Henriquez

Marlon James

A Brief History of Seven Killings

Summer Reading Article

This is the time of year when teachers, departments, and entire school districts are considering the titles that will be placed on summer reading lists.  An article in School Library Journal, "Flip Summer Reading: What to do About Those Tired, Required Reading Lists," encourages teachers and librarians to rethink the summer reading list based on the purpose of student reading in the summer.  Are students reading to complete an assignment?  To increase the number of classics they read?  To improve SAT vocabulary?  To mitigate the the decline in reading levels that sometimes occurs in the summer?  Or perhaps to read for pleasure?

This timely article offers some suggestions for making summer reading more relevant and interesting for students.


Free Digital Resource

Fdr4 Freedoms

Fdr4freedoms.org is a web page that provides a rich immersion into 20th century history. This free digital source chronicles the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt.  The site contains 52 downloadable thematic chapters and more than 80 primary sources (photographs, newspaper clippings, audio and video footage), short biographies of 80 key historical figures as well as a collection that is the equivalent of 400 pages of text. This free web source is based on the speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 6, 1941.

Four essential human freedoms:

1) freedom of speech and expression - everywhere in the world
2) freedom of every person to worship God in his own way - everywhere in the world
3) freedom from want - everywhere in the world
4) freedom from fear - everywhere in the world

Sparticl

Sparticl, a free science website, is designed for middle and high school students by Twin Cities Public Television and sponsored by 3M. Sparticle combs through the science on the Web, and presents age-appropriate and valuable websites on a wide array of topics that are vetted and respected including PBS, Discover, NOVA, and the BBC.    The web site offers preselected subjects divided by general topics such as 'Matter and Energy', 'Tech & Invention' and many more.

Interactive elements such as games, videos, and quizzes are peppered throughout to maintain the students' interest.

I loved my friend.
He went away from me.
There is nothing more to say.
The poem ends,
soft as it began, -
I loved my friend.

Langston Hughes

         

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Posted By L. G. Hayes to DeBakey Library News Blog at 4/10/2015 11:31:00 AM

[L. G. Hayes]

Poetry Cafe

The Thirteenth Annual Poetry Cafe takes place in the library Friday, April 24th from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.  Students, faculty,