Forest of Reading Winners, 2018

The Ontario Library Association (OLA) has announced the winner's for this year's Young Reader Choice Awards.

Youth from across Canada can participate in this program (Oct-April).

Bastion has the French Titles:

• Le Champ Maudit
• Tarzanette et le Roi du Petit Déjeuner

• Youtubeurs 1

May is Be Kind to Animals Month, SPCA / Le Mois De Mai Est Sois Gentil Avec Les Animaux, SPCA, 2018

                                    

Click this image or the link at the top of the blog page for SPCA Be Kind to Animals Month

Asian Heritage Month - 2018

While Bastion students and I learned a lot during Black History Month in February, this year we thought we would also WONDER about Asian Heritage Month.  As the teacher-librarian I'm finding we do not have a lot of resources on this theme - I will slowly try to change that.

The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) suggests we explore the following themes:

• The Continuous Journey Regulation and the Komagata Maru;
• The Chinese Migrant Workers of the Gold Rush and Canadian Pacific Railway;
• The Chinese Immigration Act;
• Japanese Internment during the Second World War;
• Anti-Asian Riots of the early 1900s; and
• Islamophobic hate crimes in recent reports. 

In the meantime, let us check out what is at the public library as well as digital resources.  Please share with me any great resources you learn about.

Check out the following:

• Mois du Patrimoine Asiatique - Government du Canada
• Mois du Patrimoine Asiatique - RCI Radio Canada Internationale

English:

• Asian Heritage Month - Radio interview of former Canadian senator Vivienne Poy by Radio Canada International
• National Film Board of Canada
• Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario - defines Asian Heritage Month

French Author Isabelle Larouche Joins us at Bastion Elementary for Book Week, 2018, Wed. May 9th & Thur., May 10th

Author Isabelle Larouche

Slide show about Isabelle Larouche - written by Christine Labrie, French Immersion Teacher-Librarian École  Beairsto Elementary, Vernon, BC

• Isabelle Larouche homepage

Mme Larouche's kitty cats

Author Karen Autio is coming to Bastion Elementary, Monday, May 14th, 2018

Author Karen Autio will be joining us at Bastion elemenary in a week's time.  Check out her historical fiction trilogy:



Second Watch
Eleven-year-old Saara dreams of a trip to Finland to meet her grandparents. When Papa loses his job, family tensions rise and Saara’s hopes fall. How will they ever save enough for the precious tickets, or convince Papa they should go? Uncle Arvo predicted a travelling year for Saara—but her journey will take her further than anyone could have imagined.

The 1914 tragedy of the steamship Empress of Ireland, Canada’s worst nautical disaster in peacetime, provides an historical basis for this compelling tale of hardship and hope, faith and family. Spirited Saara comes to life in the vivid world of Finnish immigrant culture in northwestern Ontario. Join her as she navigates a challenging time at home, and as she seeks passage on the majestic Empress of Ireland.  Source: Karen Autio 

Saara's Passage

Sabotage