Summer Reading Is Here!

Keep your mind sharp this summer by participating in our 2012 summer reading program, Reading Is Delicious! To sign up, stop in the library or send an email to jharper@hf233.org.  Download a reading log and a list of suggested titles.

HUNGER GAMES EVENT

Thanks to everyone who came to The Hunger Games party on Thursday, March 22.  Over 50 enthusiastic fans participated in the Cornucopia Challenge, made a Hunger Games bookmark, and tested their knowledge with a trivia challenge.  A dozen lucky students won door prizes, and everyone enjoyed refreshments.

 Lining up for the Cornucopia Challenge

Cornucopia Challenge

Hunger Games bookmark

 Cornucopia Challenge

 Trivia Challenge

Bookmark craft

Jean K. Keelan Collection

On behalf of the entire HF family, we would like to thank the family of Jean K. Keelan for their donation in honor of her memory.  The titles featured in the video below are ready to be used and enjoyed by students and staff. A complete list of titles can be found here.

New Booklist of Scary Stories

Do you like your reading to be on the scary side?  Like fast-paced mysteries and thrillers?  You might find something good in our new list of scary stories.  Mrs. Galen-Leonard, a graduate student from Dominican University, created this list for us as part of her library science coursework. 

Official Hunger Games Movie Trailer

Release date is scheduled for March, 2012.  Can't wait!

Author Earl Sewell Visits HFHS Library

HF READS Lunchtime Book Discussion

Banned Books Week

The last week of September is a time to remember our freedom to read.  HF Library celebrated that right with a display of banned books. 

Glee Party -- HF Friends of the Library

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

More Animoto Book Trailers

Take a look at two new book trailers from Mrs. Perisin's Reading classes:
Just click on the links below...
http://animoto.com/play/d0kQRz0PNhXBe0M965QLbg?utm_content=escape_link


http://animoto.com/play/pkw30xaLJsYtJAJQDngmTA?utm_content=escape_link

Animoto: Putting the Fun Back in Book Reports

Reading teacher Mrs. Kim Perisin asked her students to choose an interesting non-fiction book and create a book trailer using the online Web 2.0 tool, Animoto. Follow the link below to see a book trailer for the book, The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us, by Tanya Lee Stone.
http://animoto.com/play/NIoyiCTd2Ud035nrJccLmw?utm_content=escape_link

Next Friends Meeting is April 20

Attention all Friends of the Library: our next meeting will be Wednesday, April 20, from 3:15 to 4:00 in the library classroom. Come prepared to celebrate the success of our Glee event, and to perhaps plan one more event before the school year ends. Hope to see you there!

Hunger Games Wins 2011 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Readers' Choice Award

Suzanne Collin's futuristic survival story is the winner of this year's Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award. See a list of the 2012 nominated titles here.

Friends Meeting -- April 6

Our next Friends of the Library meeting will be Wednesday, April 6, from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. in the library classroom. Committee members -- come ready to work on posters and other projects. Remember, even if you have missed a meeting, you are always welcome to attend!

Take Charge of Your Library Account!

Now you can create an account in the HF Library Catalog that will allow you to take advantage of some new features.
Place your own holds -- Is the book you want already checked out by someone else? Place a hold, and when the book comes back to the library, we will notify you.
Rate books and write book reviews -- Account holders can rate books (one to five stars) and write brief book reviews that will be posted to the library catalog.
View your personal reading history -- See a list of every book you have checked out of the HF Library.
Create a resource list -- Create a printable list of books you would like to read, recommend to others, or use for an assignment.
Creating an account is easy! Just select the "Create Account" button in the upper left hand corner of the Library Catalog and follow the step-by-step directions. If you have any problems, just stop by or email to ask a library staff member for help.

Friends of the Library

The Friends of the Library gathered on October 27 for a Halloween cupcake decorating contest. It was impossible to choose just one winner -- and we ate a lot of cupcakes!

2011 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award

If you are looking for a great book to read, check out this year's list of 22 titles nominated for the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award. The award is given each year to the author of the book voted most outstanding by participating students in grades nine through twelve in Illinois. Want to participate? All you have to do is read four of the 22 titles, and you will be eligible to vote! Voting takes place in the HF Library in late February. To learn more about each book, see the slide show below.
Slide show created by Illinois librarian Naomi Mellendorf and the Illinois School Library Media Association.

Lincoln Award 2011

View more presentations from Naomi Mellendorf.

HF Reads -- "Other Times, Other Places"

We'd like to announce the four new titles we've chosen for this year's HF Reads program.
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History, by Art Spiegelman
The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, by Geraldine Brooks

Tell Us What You're Reading this Summer!

We hope you take time to read a few good books this summer, and while you're at it, we invite you to share your thoughts by posting a comment on the library blog.  HF's Summer Reading Program makes summer reading even more fun.  Our theme this year is Read On the Wild Side.  Want to participate?  Here's how!

• Sign up in the HFHS Library and get your Reading Log.
• For every three books you read over the summer (up to fifteen), you get to choose one free prize book.
• When you turn in your Reading Log, you will be awarded a certificate of participation you can submit to your Reading or English teacher for extra credit in the fall. Reading Logs can be from HFHS or a public library.
• All participants will be entered in a drawing for special prizes! 

HFHS Summer Reading List

Looking for a great book?  Check out our Summer Reading List.  Included are recommendations from current freshmen for our incoming freshmen, Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award titles, this year's HF Reads selections and many more great books.