Every book is a passport to a different world.
Where will you go this month?

Looking for more info on our March activities? You’ve come to the right place!

March Reads

This month’s book themes are Book Fair Favs and Livres en Francais  and International Women’s Day. Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons and find a great read today!

    

MARCH MAKING BINGO

Just because we’re not at school, does not mean that making has to stop! Join in for our March Making Challenge:

 Complete a full row and share photos of your creations on our Padlet to enter the draw for an indigo gift card at the end of the month! These can be completed at school or home. The only requirement is it has to be something you’ve made SINCE this challenge started! 😉

Padlet link is on Teams!

Want some ideas and inspo? Click here!

 

Send the Mclibrary a postcard

Going somewhere on Spring Break? Send a postcard to the MC Library from wherever you travel! You can send your postcard from nearby or far away!  Anyone who sends in a postcard will enter the draw for this candy jar after the break. Come get info in the Learning Commons!

 

French Language week

March 20th is International Francophonie Day! We’re partnering up with amazing Mme. Yoyotte to celebrate French this month!

After March break, we’ll have an interactive bulletin board of French Idioms and a challenge to guess what each one means. We’ll also have a French game day at lunch! Stay tuned for more details after the break.

 

Kindness is love in action.

Looking for more info on our February events? You’ve come to the right place!

February Reads

This month’s book themes are Meet Cute and Blind date with a book and Black History Month Must Reads. Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons or browse the collections in destiny discover:

   

Click on the signs to explore the books in this category and place one on hold!

 

 

February MAKer Challenges:

 

DIY Kindness Colouring Page:

We’re looking for a colouring book page design that promotes a message about kindness or inspires kindness. This could include artwork, a quote, or combo of both. Just make sure that artwork is original and don’t colour it in yet!

We will be selecting a winning design, and this will be coloured in by middle campus students on Pink Shirt Day this year.

 

Kindness Stickers:

We’re also looking for original sticker designs that promote and inspire kindness. We’ll use the Cricut cutter to cut out winning sticker designs to hand out on pink shirt day! 

Designs are due Feb 15th!

You can come any lunch to work on either design challenge!

 

Book Trailers:

Is there a book you’ve always wanted made into a movie? Create a movie trailer for your favourite book—but only if it hasn’t been made into a movie yet!

Come to the info session on Tuesday, Feb 21st!

Winners will receive a prize a “Movie Basket,” with popcorn, candy and pop and be invited to watch Pixar shorts at break!

 

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR:

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New year, fresh start!

Looking for more info on our January activities? You’ve come to the right place!

January Reads

This month’s book themes are 2022 in Review and Once upon a Winter!  Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons or browse the collections in destiny discover:

                 

Click on the signs to explore the books in this category and place one on hold!

 

 

January MAKer Challenges: Try Something NEW!

Try a new Recipe:

We’ve got some awesome new cookbooks just into the library. All you need to do for this challenge is check one out, try out a new recipe and share a photo with us on the Padlet. Submit a photo any time before Jan 30th!  

Try a new Craft:

Come learn the ancient art of paper folding! We’ll have 3 tables, and a student leader at each to walk you through the steps to create a new design each day!  

Try a new Challenge: Tinkersketch

TinkerSketch is a challenge to respond to a daily drawing prompt. The goal is to make time (even if it’s just a tiny bit) to celebrate your creative self and jump start creativity through sketching. It’s up to you how you interpret the prompt, the only requirement is to sketch something! We’ll have a table set up for the month of January, and you can come any day to respond to the prompt!

 

Participate in one of these activities, and share a photo on the padlet to enter the draw for an indigo gift card!

 

Think outside the box engineering challenge:

Receive a box of random supplies and build the “challenge object” only using the supplies in your box! There will be 3 challenges: build a boat, a structure that holds a book open and a vehicle with wheels! Sign up individually or with a team of up to 3 people!

 

CHRISTMAS IS THE SPIRIT OF GIVING, WITHOUT A
THOUGHT OF GETTING.

Looking for more info on our December activities? You’ve come to the right place!

DECEMBER Reads

This month’s book themes are This Just In and Book Surprise!  Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons or click on This Just in to browse the collection in destiny discover:

        

If you read a book from either of these themes in December, you can collect a sticker at the end of the month for the WeRead Community challenge and join us at the book party for snacks, games and prize draws!

 

12 Days of Making:

Come to the Learning Commons every day at lunch in December to create something!

See info on each craft here:

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There’s no need to sign up, you can just show up!

 

Gift Baskets for Refugees:

In December, as our focus is on making and giving, not just getting and consuming, we are putting together gift baskets for refugee families. We have connected with two refugee families, each who have two kids and would appreciate help getting a gift for their kids over the holidays. There’s two ways you could contribute if you wanted:  

Come down to the Learning Commons starting Dec 5th to see our baskets and learn a little more about each child!

 

WE READ TO REMEMBER, LEST WE FORGET.

Looking for more info on our November activities? You’ve come to the right place!

NOVEMBER Reads

This month’s book themes are Historical Fiction and The Library League Recommends!  Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons or browse the collections in destiny discover:

            

Click on the signs to explore the books in this category and place one on hold!

 

NOVEMBEr MAKer Challenges:

BRIGhTEN UP NOVEMBER…diy candles

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We’re partnering with Arise and Shine Candle Company to make Candles! You will get choose your own fragrance and flowers to design a scent and then make one candle that you can take home! If you sign up, note this will be a 2 part session so you’ll need to be free Wednesday and Thurs or Friday that week. 

Sign up will be posted Nov 10th
24 Spots. First come first serve!

 

TINY CARDBOARD GINGERBREAD HOUSES

 

We had SO many creative Book Character pumpkins submitted last week! View them all here and then vote for your favourite using the form below.
One vote per person please!

         

              

           

           

           

           

           

CLICK HERE for the voting form!

Crunchy leaves, cozy reads, hello fall!

Looking for more info on these activities? You’ve come to the right place!

October Reads

This month’s book themes are ‘An attitude of Gratitude’,  Mystery/Thriller and’Fall in love with a new series’!  Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons or browse the collections in destiny discover: 

       

Click on the signs to explore the books in this category and place one on hold!

 

October MAKer Challenges:

 

BOok spine designs

We are hoping to put up a new window display and we need your help to do this by creating a book spine for our window shelf! Come by the LC any day next week to pick up a book spine template. You can colour one by hand or make one digitally!

Submissions due Mon Oct 17 to the Learning Commons!

 

LEGO Book Scenes

This is a challenge to recreate a scene from a book using Lego.  You can work on it any day next week and all you need to do is upload a picture of your final scene to the Padlet (QR code in the learning commons) when you’re done to enter the challenge!

Submissions due Mon Oct 17 (on the Padlet)

 

BOOK CHARACTER Pumpkins

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Come paint a book character pumpkin on Oct 18th and 20th at lunch or create one at home to submit by Oct 20th!

You can work on own or with a partner. You will need to sign up for this ahead ahead of time as we have limited space. We will supply some paint and small pumpkins, but if you would like a medium or large pumpkin you will have to provide your own!

 

 

It’s September! Welcome back to school, and welcome to the MC library blog, a place where you can learn about upcoming library events, activities, contests and book themes. 

BACK TO THE BOOKS CHALLENGE:

Read a book from one of this month’s themes and tell us about it to win a prize fro the library prize bin! This month’s themes are…

   

 

Guess the Teacher favs:

Match each teacher to their favourite book correctly by the end of the week to win a candy! Come to the learning commons for info on this challenge.

The Library is closed for the summer… reading doesn’t have to stop!

 

Summer Reading Bingo!

Complete one or more rows of this reading bingo board and submit completed rows to this form for prizes in September!

Click here to download a bingo board

Complete a row to win: 
-Early access to the Learning Commons and first dibs on checking out new books in September
-Magnetic bookmark
-Enter the draw to win a $20 indigo gift card (complete 2 rows, enter the draw twice!)

Going for a blackout: 
-Get all 5 rows to win a McLibrary tote bag!

*Note: If you complete more than 1 row, please submit a form for each row.

submit your completed rows here!

eBooks & Audiobooks available through sora all summer!

Click here to learn more about using sora!

 

Looking for more info on these activities, you’ve come to the right place!

IMPORTANT DATES:

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JUNE Reads

Check out this months reading themes below! Check out these books in the Learning Commons or click on the signs to browse the collections in destiny discover:

              

Click on the signs to explore the books in this category and place one on hold!

ONCE YOU’VE READ YOUR BOOK, SUBMIT YOUR FORM HERE

 

You’ll get a sticker and enter a draw to win a free book at the end of the month. Collect all FOUR stickers and come to the movie party!  

 

 

June Maker Challenge: 3D Book Covers

The Challenge:  Create a 3D book cover using Lego, pom poms, tissue paper, clay or Perler beads.  

Come at lunch June 6-10

Draws for participants for  VINYL STICKERS
Winning team gets the PRIZE BOX!

 

BOOK RETURN CHALLENGE:

 Win Ice cream for your homeroom by returning your library books by JUNE 10th!

 

Books available through sora all summer!

Click here to learn more about using sora!