Dear Jones Community, NEW BOOKS NEW BOOKS NEW BOOKS Lots of wonderful new books have arrived in recent days! Click to explore all the new titles all in one list! Click to explore the various thematic booklists (e.g. African American, LGBTQ, Latinx, Asian Interest, Immigration, Memoirs, Women’s Studies, etc.) on the library website. Newly arrived titles are featured at the top of those lists. Explore THE READERS LIST which features fiction and nonfiction titles that offer highly engaging and relevant subject matter that can be read and enjoyed with relative ease. Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2022 Check out the Chicago Public Library Best of the Best - the selections of the very best books published in 2022 for kids, teens, and adults. Explore the full lists of Teen Fiction, Teen Nonfiction, Teen Graphic Novels and Manga. The Jones Library has almost all of these titles!!! Book Bans: The Beat Goes On… Listen to this WBEZ podcast about how Chicago-area libraries are responding to book challenges and taking action to prepare themselves to safeguard readers their right to read. Related to this effort to suppress information include these items: Mazzei, Patricia, and Anemona Hartocollis. “Florida Rejects A.P. African American Studies Class.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/us/desantis-florida-ap-african-american-studies.html Fawcett, Eliza, and Anemona Hartocollis. “Florida Gives Reasons for Rejecting A.P. African American Studies Class.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/florida-ap-african-american-studies.html The Library Ambassadors and Blueprint welcome the Jones community to participate in the Winter 2022 Bookathon through January 31. Read a book, post a few words about your book, and complete the form in our instagram bio at #jcplibrary. Three participants will win prizes. More details on our Instagram. The Library Ambassadors are planning to dig further into book challenges and to explore many of the widely challenged titles. Join us using this Google Classroom code: bs2zqpd Restorative Justice Talking Circles The Restorative Justice Program provided SIX talking circles during Zen Week. Thanks to Mr. Lopez for his support during Zen Week! Talking circles bring together people of ages together in a quiet, respectful manner for the purposes of teaching, listening, learning, and sharing. Please reach out to JCP co-moderators Mr. Feeley [email protected] or Ms. Lilagan [email protected] or Ms. Vrettos [email protected] for further information or to request a talking circle for any group before school, after school, during ac lab periods, or even during class time. Mr. Gunnink recently participated in a discussion on the podcast Reset with Sasha-Ann Simmons about the advent of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E and their role in classrooms. It’s a thought provoking discussion and an important development. Well done, Mr. Gunnink! Attend the Anti-Valentine's Day Party at The National Museum of Mexican Art
FREE food, music, dancing, and health information. Register on eventbrite HERE. Enjoy this beautiful snowy day! Mr. Feeley, School Librarian [email protected] jcplibrary.weebly.com My recent reads Read current and past library newsletters on the Keeping Up With the Jones Library blog. Mr. Feeley |
JCP School LibraryThis blog consists of routine library email blasts to the Jones community. HERE is what I've read lately. Archives
February 2024
TOPICS |