Young Adult Books: Recent Additions

Come check out the new young adult books in our collection. On top of my list to read are Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and Gary Schmidt’s Okay for Now.  The latter  is a “companion book” to The Wednesday Wars which, without a doubt, is one of the most charming and delightful young adult books I have read [...]

A Celebration of New Sports Books

“It was the biggest crowd that we have ever had and it’s more than just the crowd. I thought there was a lot of passion and chemistry from our student body and that means a lot – that’s what sticks out to me. I’ve never seen the amount of numbers and support from the students. [...]

New Children’s Books in the Library! (Fall 2010)

Great reads just in time for the holiday break. Check out the new children’s books in the Houston Cole Library. Click on each title to view book reviews, book details, and book covers from Amazon. My Favorite Picks from Our Latest Acquisitions It’s a Book / Lane Smith A Bedtime for Bear / Bonny Becker [...]

The Underground Newspaper Microfilm Collection

Please see my new guide at http://libguides.jsu.edu/undergroundnewspapercollection Click on the link below to access the Using the Underground Newspaper Collection Tutorial: http://lib-www.jsu.edu/tutorials/undergroundnewspapertutorial2.wmv Free Handout! The new media is too important to be left to the Peter Pan and Mother Goose executives, but…(as a new artform)…can only be trusted to the new artists. ~ Marshall McLuhan [...]

New Children & Young Adult Books

Check out some of the latest children’s and young adult books at the Houston Cole Library. Click on titles for reviews from Amazon.com. So far, my favorite picture books are Robot Zot!; Eye for Color; Mermaid Queen: the Spectacular True Story of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam her Way to Fame, Fortune, and Swimsuit History!;  Jeremy Draws a Monster; [...]

Fold in, Fold out, Fold off! Taking Picture Books to Another Dimension

Stretch it out or shape it into a circle big enough to sit in! Panorama: a Foldout Book written by French authors, Fani Marceau and Joelle Jolivet, invites readers to explore the globe through detailed pictures which can be read in book format or folded out into a circle or any other shape. Sit outside [...]

Frog and Toad are Back!

In The Frogs and Toads all Sang, Adrianne Lobel, daughter of Caldecott medalist, Arnold Lobel (1933-1987), brings to light recently- discovered poems about Frog and Toad in lighthearted, carefree watercolor splashes.  Watch a video here of Ms. Lobel discussing the inspiration for this book. The poems, handmade as personal gift books for  friends,  were found in [...]

Touchdown!~ Recent Books on Football

When in doubt, punt! ~John Heisman Alas, college football has come to an end. The Gamecock’s next football season opens against Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi on September 4th. In the mean time, fight football season withdrawal syndrome by checking out recently - published books on football in our sports section on the 5th floor of the [...]

Featured Book of the Day: Why Don’t Students Like School? by Daniel T. Willingham

Why Don’t Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom by Daniel T. Willingham      Ooh! As one who loves to play memorization games,  I can’t wait to get my hands on this book (it’s currently checked out). A popular idea, supported by many [...]

Featured Book of the Day: Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed

“Inidvidualism is being attacked in our Country today,” argued Michael Sanders of Academic Computer Services this morning.  As Mr. Sanders worked  diligently on the library scanner next to the reference desk, I was privy to his rants about the difficulty of being an individual in today’s society of spineless lemmings. Well…that’s not exactly what he [...]