The newsletter from Hill Country Middle School Library announces upcoming events like a chess tournament, movie screening, and poetry performances happening at the library. It also provides information about new eBooks available for checkout on Nook devices and encourages donations of unused eReaders. QR codes and links are included throughout for students to access additional online resources.

1. H I L L C O U N T R Y M S
Library
A Monthly Newsletter
Nookinʼ for a Good Book?
is our middle name
Issue No. 20 - February 2011
New Book
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The Library has three Nook Colors Anna and the
l
Month
available for student checkout to French Kiss
read eBooks. Students must return
by Stephanie Perkins
a signed Permission Slip prior to
checkout. Visit http://fur.ly/4lew to Despite her protests, Annaʼs
father has sent her to
download the document. boarding school in Paris. But
Wednesday 02/02/11 Many families have upgraded their soon Anna realizes that this
may have been the best thing
eReaders and have older versions
Chess Tournament - All Lunches thatʼs ever happened to her!
laying around the house. Please
Students are welcome to sign up for a consider donating any new or used This is a QR code (3D
lunch-time chess tournament in the eReader devices (any brand) to the barcode). Use a QR reader
Library! Bring your lunch to the library library so that we can adapt them for app on your smart phone
for a battle of strategy. student checkout. (like NeoReader) to read the
code and it will take you to a
Visit http://fur.ly/4lex for more web site about this book!
information.
Thursday 02/03/11 January Library Stats
Movie in the Library: Avalon High
Classes Served: 146
4 pm - 6 pm Individual Students: 2,339
Students are invited to this FREE event!
led
Checkouts: 2,299
Cance
Come to the library after school to watch
eather
Holds Placed: 185
the movie adaptation of Meg Cabotʼs
popular book, Avalon High. w
ent Snacks and
lem
drinks e to inc Parents, please pick
up
u provided.
dstudents at the courtyard by the Good Times in the Library
tennis courts promptly at 6:00 pm.
Feb 5 - 20
Play: Brothers, Boyfriends, and Other
Criminal Minds @ Zach Scott Theater
April Lurie is one of our favorite local
authors of young adult novels. We are
so excited to announce that one of her Sixth graders completed their Poetry unit with their own Poetry
Lone Star readers enjoy a breakfast party and Slam in the Library. Students enjoyed hot chocolate and snacks
amazing books has been adapted into a amazing prizes like an iPod shuffle! as they listened to their peers perform. Visit this link to see
family play at the Zach Scott Theater Mrs. Butlerʼs photos and video from the day: http://fur.ly/4lgd
here in Austin! Make plans to see this
show! You donʼt want to miss it! For
more information, visit: http://fur.ly/4len
Sixth graders were
Now - March 11 entertained by local
spoken word poets
from the Texas Youth
Book People Bookmark Contest Word Collective
poetry slam team.
For all sixth graders: Return entries to Visit this link to watch
Library by March 11. Visit this link for excerpts from the
Library Snapshot Day
more details: http://fur.ly/4lfw
Chess tournament players
enjoy a friendly game of
performance:
http://fur.ly/4lga
chess while eating their lunch
Library Phone: 512.732.9224 or 31050 website: http://hcmslibrary.blogspot.com