The Kishore Mahbubani Library

The Kishore Mahbubani Library library at the East campus of United World College of SE Asia (UWCSEA) serving the middle and high school. research.uwcsea.edu.sg/eastlibsec

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The grade 9 students are looking into texts that have been controversial and/or banned in the past....   

See this library guide here:  http://research.uwcsea.edu.sg/bannedbooks

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How Schools Are Handling An 'Overparenting' Crisis

Two new books, The Gift of Failure and How To Raise An Adult, argue that too many children are being given too much.

The two books reviewed are in our library…..

How to raise an adult

The gift of failure

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Emma Watson has 2 books on Goodreads, and is currently reading My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem

The Gloria Steinem autobiography is on order.... meanwhile, join Emma's book group on Goodreads.

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Do you have a book you would recommend to others for summer reading?  Bring it to the secondary library and have your Shelfie snapped.  

As photos are taken, we will post them on http://bit.ly/shelfies2015 .

Just for fun, find a book cover to create a new you.  We have a camera and tripod set up on the ground floor of the library, waiting for your creativity to be expressed. 

See how others in the world have done them on Instagram - https://instagram.com/explore/tags/bookfaces/ and read about the phenomenon in the New York Times here.

As photos are taken, we will post them on http://bit.ly/bookfaces2015 .

From now until Thursday, June 18.....

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The 6th annual Readers Cup event was held Thursday, May 21, at the Singapore American School.  Twelve schools and over 40 teams competed in three age categories:  Younger (Grades 2-4), Older (Grades 4-8), and Mature (Grades 8-12).

Our Mature team – Abril Beretta, Kamila Zastera, Mahpara Jahan, and Eleanor Chapman – took 3rd place (yay!).  

Meanwhile, one of our Younger teams took 1st place (yay! yay!).  

For more photos of our students at the event, click here.

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Cli-fi -- or climate fiction -- is the latest genre.  

Click here for a list of some cli-fi novels in our library -- and read this article in the Guardian UK Teen Books section on why writers feel compelled to produce it.

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There’s still room for more people to participate in the upcoming Readers Cup competition, Thursday, May 21, at SAS.  Please see Ms. Katie Day in the library asap, if you are interested.

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Put your #bookface on!  This June the secondary library will again have a Summer Shelfie station set up - where you can pose with a book you recommend to others for summer reading.

Also be thinking of a #bookface photo to do -- just for fun.  As these three photos show, last year a few students spontaneously did them.  It’s now quite popular - as this recent article in the New York Times explains.  Searching Pinterest for #bookface gives you even more examples.

Start planning yours....

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Explore how we can help respond to natural disasters with these books on display.

Or consider technology and the future with books on our “Think” table.

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It’s time to be casting your vote for the Red Dot books!  Go to bit.ly/reddot2015 for the online voting form.

See reddotawards.com for full information about this annual event for international schools in Singapore.

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Come experience virtual reality!  Here in the library until May 5th.  The Design Technology Dept. arranged for a loan of some very impressive equipment from Eon Reality.  

There are 3D simulation modules on Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, etc. available to try.

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If you liked.... We Were Liars - by e. lockhart ... these blog posts suggest various books to read next:

recommendations from the Children’s Corner blog

recommendations from Barnes and Noble

recommendations from Bustle.com

recommendations from Book Browse

All their suggestions are included in this Goodreads list - also see this list showing books in our library catalog.

You might want to try e. lockhart’s other books, too.  Find out more about her on her blog - here.

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April 22nd is Earth Day.

Click here for a list of books about Earth Day/Environmentalism.  

Click here for a library guide for on sustainability.

Click here for a list of books about sustainable living.

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Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare -- April 23rd....

Extend your appreciation for Shakespeare with books that take off from his plays.  Click here for a list of Shakespeare-related resources.

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April is poetry month!

Come in and check out the books on the display table, or click here to see the latest Poetry books added to the collection (via our Pinterest board), or 

Have you tried verse novels?  They’re very popular.  Click here for a list of Middle School verse novels, or here for High School verse novels.

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Read about Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015) with some of these books from our library.

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There’s still time to take out a math book in honor of the recently celebrated Pi Day on March 14th.  Click here for a list of recommended books about mathematics.