The Information Center Of The School...
We Support A Quality Learning Environment

Mission Statement

• By providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats.
• By providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas.
• By working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students.

Hours and Staffing

Jackie Timm, Library Media Specialist

23270 East River Road, Grosse Ile, MI 48138

Phone: (734) 362-2551 / 2552

Fax: (734) 362-2596

Hours: 7:30 - 2:30 Monday - Friday

Library Media Center Schedule 2007 - 2008

Summer Reading and Learning
for Children and Their Families

One key to children's reading success is making their reading experience entertaining, relaxing, and enjoyable. Allow children to choose their own reading materials and be aware of what their reading interests are. Help them find books that pique their interests. Listed below are links to many reading lists that identify high-quality titles and serve many different audiences and purposes.  Just place the cursor over the underlined titles and CTRL + click to follow the link.

Notable Children's Books An annual list compiled by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA.

Top Ten Lists of "All-Time Classics"  ALSC created this list of classics that parents and children can read together for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. There is one list for preschool to age 8 and one list for ages 8-12.

100 best paperbacks  A list created by ALSC for Reading is Fundamental (RIF).

Newbery Award Books. Each year, ALSC chooses the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children from books released in the previous year.

Caldecott Award Books. Each year, ALSC chooses the most distinguished American picture book for children released in the previous year.

Booklist Editor's Choice  Lists including "Books for Youth" compiled by editors of ALA's review magazine, Booklist; with grade levels suggested.

The Teen Read Week website includes a list of resources for materials of interest to teens.

• 9,000+ Books
• 500+ Videotapes
• 25+ Magazines
• Professional Resource Room
• Vertical files of over 10,000 items
• 8 Internet stations
• Computer lab with 30 networked workstations
• 2 Subscription databases
• Winnebago Circulation / Retrieval System

Last Updated May 2008