Resources
- Digital Resources
- Battle of the Books
- Celebration Books
- Golden Dome Book Award
- Red Clover Book Award
Digital Resources
The following resources may require a username and password. Please contact your librarian for additional details.
PebbleGo -A kid friendly database for animal research includes read-aloud audio.
Explora - Full-text articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers, along with images, videos, and primary sources.
World Book Online - Online encyclopedia that includes eBooks, videos, activities, read-aloud, and translation features.
Gale in Context: Biography- Collection of biographical information, including articles, videos, images and audio recordings.
Gale in Context: Elementary-Rich database of kid friendly encyclopedia, magazine, and newspaper articles.
Gale In Context: Middle School -A collection of articles and multimedia resources geared towards middle school research.
Sora -Sora is your gateway to great collection of ebooks and audiobooks. Login using your Google username and password. See Ms. Van Ells if you need assistance.
NoodleTools- An online tool to help you create citations and organize your research. Login using your school Google username and password.
Battle of the Books
This is an optional program for our upper elementary students. Students form a team of one to three people and then as a team, they read the books that are on the Battle of the Books list. In late spring, the grade level Book Battles take place. This involves a Jeopardy-style game with the categories of: plot, genre, tricky, character and setting. This friendly competition encourages students to explore books they might not otherwise read and builds community around shared reading experiences. The books for The Battle of the Books are available in the MCS library, on Sora, and through The Norwich Public Library.
Battle of the Books List for 2021 - 2022
Book Selection | Author |
Nnedi Okorafor | |
|
Shelley Pearsall |
David Robertson | |
Stefan Bachmann | |
Cub* |
Cynthia Copeland |
Jacqueline Woodson | |
Steve Sheinkin | |
J.K. Rowling | |
Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed | |
Linda Sue Park | |
Stacy McAnulty | |
Kat Leyh |
* Also a 21/22 nominee for the Golden Dome Book Award
Celebration Books
This program, sponsored by the PTO, is a wonderful way to honor and celebrate an event in your child's life, such as a birthday, first lost tooth, a pet's birthday, a relative or teacher, the first day of Spring, etc. Participation is optional.
How to Participate
Fill out a form - available in the main office, or through the PTO website - and indicate how much money you would like to donate, the honoree's name and the event to be recognized.
Book selection takes place approximately once a month. On the appropriate month, your child will come to the library to choose a book from several bins of books that have been pre-selected by the librarian.
A book plate will be signed by your child and placed in the front of the book. Your child will be the first person to check out the book. Additionally, they will get the opportunity to search the online catalog for their chosen book by typing in their name.
Golden Dome Book Award
The Golden Dome Book Award is a Vermont reading program for students in 4th through 8th grade. Voting takes place mid-April. Those students who have read five or more books from the list are eligible to vote for their favorite book.
Red Clover Book Award
The Red Clover Book Award is the Vermont State student choice book award program for students in kindergarten through fourth grade. Each year thousands of Vermont school children read the 10 nominated picture books and vote for their favorite in the spring.