Delany Book of the year 2008 Announcing our 2008 winners! This year Delany students really liked the Older Reader nominations, but were generally perplexed by the huge range within both the Younger Readers section and the Picture Book category.   The theme was 'Fuel for your mind' and resulted a highly decorated petrol pump adorning the library. The Delany winners this year were Older readers: 'Marty's shadow', almost unanimously. Younger readers: 'Dragon's moon'. There was a 3 way tie in this section, and 'Dragon's moon' won after a further vote. Picture books: Our winner was 'Dust' and we also liked 'Ziba came in a boat', however we were amazed by 'Requiem for a beast', and we do not understand where it fits in the nominations. The readers read it together to try to get a 'feel' for it, before borrowing. However, its depth and novelty of production were generally not appreciated by the readers. This lead to an ongoing discussion amongst students and the L-TAG have decided to look into other existing selections of recent books, or ways to create our own shortlist. Meantime we are taking part in the 2009 Inkeys. More information on the library blog

DELANY READS! WEEK is here! So is this the end? Well not quite. Two weeks ago staff spent time thinking about our information services and resources. On Tuesday the 'Future Directions 2009' process starts, and their ideas have been included. Next year, lets have some student ideas included! FRIDAY Last day! We worked really hard to count up the books in recess. There were... drum roll..... 321 books! Mr G got closest, so we gave him a lollipop! The prize was jointly won by Raymond and Nayem! Congratulations boys! How many words can a Delany student make out of 'Delany rocks!'? We gave everyone a prize for because everyone had large totals. However Daniel got the most with 193 words! congratulations everyone! THURSDAY THANK YOU TO The town librarians who Visited us today The youth librarians from Parramatta, Merrylands, and Auburn libraries each sent librarians to talk briefly to the whole school asssembly, and to students in the library at Recess. Meantime, the competition entries are rolling in! WEDNESDAY Parent interviews Library staff are cataloguing! Come to the Library on Friday to have first chance to borrow. TUESDAY Competitions start and Staff buy for students Come to the Library on Friday to have first chance to borrow. MONDAY Book buying trip to Borders Come to the Library on Friday to have first chance to borrow.

Poster link here: 'DELANY READS! WEEK' - 19-23 MAY 2008 'DELANY READS! WEEK' - 19-23 MAY 2008 This year we are all involved. MONDAY: The Book team are off to Borders with your list of requests to purchase (mostly) for the Fiction collection. TUESDAY: At Recess, come to the library for the competitions launch. At Lunch, the Staff are buying for the Non Fiction collection. WEDNESDAY: While you come to school for parent interviews, the library staff will be cataloguing all those books from Monday! THURSDAY: This is the BIG day! Daniel, who is doing his gold award, has arranged for Merrylands, Parramatta and Auburn libraries to send 2 librarians to tell you what they have for you. Hear them briefly at assembly, and come to the library for more at Recess. Each library is very keen to hear what you would like too. FRIDAY: At recess, the competition winners will be announced in the library, and most of the books purchased on Monday will be released. and finally... at lunchtime, Mr Clarke will hold a manga/anime/graphic novel workshop. Just what do those terms mean? How do you tell a 'good' one? And how come they are so popular now?

 

TAG_L announces that the BOOK CLUB meets Wednesdays, Lunch 1 and 2, in the library. Bring a book (read) and your lunch.

 

OUR INTERNATIONAL BOOK CLUB PROJECT IS UP AND RUNNING! So far: * Our wiki is called The Page Turners and students from Danum (UK) Newtown Middle School (USA) and Delany (Aus) are taking part at this time. Read a book and talk about... simple! Enjoy!

INKYS WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED! At a Lunch on 19 November, we announced to Delany that The GOLD INKEY FOR 2007 went to 'Notes from the teenage underground', by Simmone Howell and the SILVER INKEY FOR 2007 went to 'Looking for Alaska' by John Green

 

Announcing our Books of the Year! ...And the winner is... We held our awards ceremony on Wednesday August 22 Thankyou to the Reading team, who organised another memorable event. This year the adult judges agreed with us that       Catherine Bateson's 'Being Bee' was the best Younger Reader book. But not one student voted for the winners of the other 2 national categories which were Shaun Tan's 'The Arrival' as best picture book, and Margot Lanagan's 'Red spikes'. Mrs Radford says these are excellent books, but they were not the books that we liked this year. Our winning picture book was       'The water witcher' and the Older readers' winner was almost a tie, with       'My big birkett' just winning over       'Don't call me Ishmael'. Ben Okri's '10 1/2 inclinations' was our theme for today No entry without a ticket! Everyone enjoyed it And now... announcing the INKYS! Starting 24 September!

 

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