Top Library Users
Edgardo G. Nicdao
Math Area
Rae Zakhary P. Serak
7 - Liberty
Top Library Borrowers
Marizel P. Autor
Math Area
Shiela Marie B. Herrera
7 - Freedom
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Friday, February 5, 2016
(DLA Las Piñas GS LRC) January Book of the Month - Amelia Bedelia
It’s been a half-century since Amelia Bedelia first bumbled into the wealthy Rogers’ household and dusted the furniture with actual dusting powder, put the lights out on the clothesline, and dressed the chicken in overalls as per their orders. Published by Harper & Row in September 1963, Peggy Parish’s Amelia Bedelia, illustrated by Fritz Siebel, was the first in a series of picture books and I Can Read! titles that have entertained multiple generations of children.
In January, Greenwillow launched its celebration of the literal-minded housekeeper’s golden anniversary with five Amelia Bedelia releases. The new books include Amelia Bedelia: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, a facsimile of the 1963 volume.
Due as well is a new edition of the I Can Read! version of that first book; a brand-new I Can Read! title, Amelia Bedelia Hits the Trail by Herman Parish (Peggy’s nephew); and the two inaugural Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books: Amelia Bedelia Means Business and Amelia Bedelia Unleashed, also written by Herman.
After his aunt’s sudden death from a ruptured aneurysm at the age of 61 in 1988, Herman and his two sisters (the three inherited rights to her books) received many letters from children wondering when the next Amelia Bedelia book would be coming out.
Herman, who was in fourth grade when the original Amelia Bedelia was published, has written 27 titles to date, beginning with 1995’s Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia. Children also inspired Herman's picture books starring a younger Amelia which Greenwillow started publishing in 2009. Fans of Amelia will be pleased to learn that he has a long list of possibilities for more tales about this inimitable heroine.
The LRC has four of the newest books in the series featuring Amelia as a child: Road Trip!, Goes Wild!, Means Business, and Unleashed.
In January, Greenwillow launched its celebration of the literal-minded housekeeper’s golden anniversary with five Amelia Bedelia releases. The new books include Amelia Bedelia: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, a facsimile of the 1963 volume.
Due as well is a new edition of the I Can Read! version of that first book; a brand-new I Can Read! title, Amelia Bedelia Hits the Trail by Herman Parish (Peggy’s nephew); and the two inaugural Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books: Amelia Bedelia Means Business and Amelia Bedelia Unleashed, also written by Herman.
After his aunt’s sudden death from a ruptured aneurysm at the age of 61 in 1988, Herman and his two sisters (the three inherited rights to her books) received many letters from children wondering when the next Amelia Bedelia book would be coming out.
Herman, who was in fourth grade when the original Amelia Bedelia was published, has written 27 titles to date, beginning with 1995’s Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia. Children also inspired Herman's picture books starring a younger Amelia which Greenwillow started publishing in 2009. Fans of Amelia will be pleased to learn that he has a long list of possibilities for more tales about this inimitable heroine.
The LRC has four of the newest books in the series featuring Amelia as a child: Road Trip!, Goes Wild!, Means Business, and Unleashed.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
(DLA Las Piñas HS LRC) February Author of the Month - Curtis Sittenfeld
Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld (born 1975) is an American writer of four novels: Prep, the tale of a Massachusetts prep school; The Man of My Dreams, a coming-of-age novel examining romantic love; American Wife, fiction loosely based on the life of First Lady Laura Bush, Sisterland, a story of identical twins with psychic powers, and the forthcoming Eligible, a contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice, as well as a number of short stories.
She was born August 23, 1975 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Curtis is the second of four children (three girls and a boy). Her mother is an art history teacher and librarian at a private school while her father is an investment adviser.
Curtis is of "half-Catholic, half-Jewish" background. She won Seventeen magazine's fiction contest in 1992, the summer before her senior year. She frequently vacationed in a large house near the ocean at a small Massachusetts town where a guest book chronicling her first stories a.k.a the stories of her family was kept.
She attended college in New York before transferring to Stanford. She studied Creative Writing, wrote articles for the college newspaper, and edited that paper's weekly arts magazine while in Stanford. At the time, she was also chosen as one of Glamour magazine's College Women of the Year.
She earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. Curtis has interviewed Michelle Obama for Time, appeared as a guest on National Public Radio's “Fresh Air” and CBS’s “Early Show.” Her novels are bestsellers and have been translated into twenty-five languages. Curtis’s non-fiction has appeared in many publications.
She was born August 23, 1975 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Curtis is the second of four children (three girls and a boy). Her mother is an art history teacher and librarian at a private school while her father is an investment adviser.Curtis is of "half-Catholic, half-Jewish" background. She won Seventeen magazine's fiction contest in 1992, the summer before her senior year. She frequently vacationed in a large house near the ocean at a small Massachusetts town where a guest book chronicling her first stories a.k.a the stories of her family was kept.
She attended college in New York before transferring to Stanford. She studied Creative Writing, wrote articles for the college newspaper, and edited that paper's weekly arts magazine while in Stanford. At the time, she was also chosen as one of Glamour magazine's College Women of the Year.
She earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. Curtis has interviewed Michelle Obama for Time, appeared as a guest on National Public Radio's “Fresh Air” and CBS’s “Early Show.” Her novels are bestsellers and have been translated into twenty-five languages. Curtis’s non-fiction has appeared in many publications.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
DLA Las Piñas GS LRC: Top Library Users & Borrowers (January 2016)
Top Library Users
Ms. Maria Monien L. Bretaña
Science Area
Justine Alexander C. Damian
4 - Charity
Top Library Borrowers
Ms. Florabel N. Mauricio
MAPEH Area
Jericho Zhan M. Veridiano
1 - Courtesy
Clarisse Andrealyn M. Solano
1 - Politeness
Zaina Shelley T. Cornelio
2 - Patience
Level and Section with the Highest Library Attendance
4 - Charity
Ms. Ma. Cecilia B. Mendoza
(Adviser)
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
(DLA Las Piñas HS LRC) February Book of the Month - Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined
Twilight has enraptured millions of readers since its first publication in 2005 and has become a modern classic, redefining genres within young adult literature and inspiring a phenomenon that has had readers yearning for more. The novel was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a #1 USA Today bestseller, a Time magazine Best Young Adult Book of All Time, an NPR Best-Ever Teen Novel, and a New York Times Editor’s Choice.
The Twilight Saga, which also includes New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella, and The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, has sold nearly 155 million copies worldwide as well.
So how else to celebrate this romantic month than to celebrate the tenth anniversary of eternal love between star-crossed sweethearts which bestowed some sort of respect for a series that put YA literature more concretely on the map?
Ten years ago, Stephenie Meyer put a twist on the whole boy-meets-girl thing and, later, werewolf. The supernatural romance between Bella and Edward sparked a series that includes four books translated into more than 50 languages and five blockbuster movies.
Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined is a special double-feature jacketed hardcover "flip" book which includes the classic novel and a surprising additional 400 pages of non-canon with an exquisite new cover art from a male point of view. It's still not Midnight Sun (that unreleased companion novel to Twilight retelling the events of the first novel, but is written from the perspective of Edward) since the new story was inspired by criticism that the Stephenie has received about Bella fitting the “typical damsel in distress” trope instead.
Life and Death is set in an independent, parallel universe where the most significant difference is that the genders, names and roles of the main characters have been reversed, with only a few exceptions. It essentially follows the same plot as Twilight but with necessary adjustments and slight changes to the story, dialogue, backgrounds, and personalities of the characters to accommodate the switched roles. Another thing to look out for is the alternate ending ;) Happy reading!
Life and Death is set in an independent, parallel universe where the most significant difference is that the genders, names and roles of the main characters have been reversed, with only a few exceptions. It essentially follows the same plot as Twilight but with necessary adjustments and slight changes to the story, dialogue, backgrounds, and personalities of the characters to accommodate the switched roles. Another thing to look out for is the alternate ending ;) Happy reading!
Monday, February 1, 2016
(DLA Las Piñas GS LRC) February Author of the Month - Jerry Spinelli
Happy birthday, Jerry Spinelli! This American writer of children's novels that feature adolescence and early adulthood was born 1941 (age 75) in Pennsylvania, he is best known for Maniac Magee and Wringer. Jerry's hilarious books entertain both children and young adults. Readers see Jerry's life in his stories as he describes his own memories as a library where he does much of his research.
Growing up, Jerry was really serious about baseball. He played for the Green Sox Little League team in his hometown and dreamed of one day playing for the major leagues, preferably as shortstop for the New York Yankees. One night during high school at the age of sixteen, he watched the football team win an exciting game against one of the best teams in the country.
While everyone else rode about town tooting horns in celebration, Jerry went home and wrote "Goal to Go," a poem about the game's defining moment, a goal-line stand.
His father submitted the poem to the local newspaper with his knowledge and it was featured in the middle of the sports page a few days later. It was at this time that he then traded in his baseball bat for a pencil because Jerry realized that he wanted to become a writer.
After graduating from college with an English degree where he became the editor of the school's literary magazine and wrote his first short stories, he worked full time as a magazine editor for men's wear of a department store. Everyday on his lunch hour, Jerry would close his office door and craft novels on yellow copy paper.
He also wrote after dinner and during weekends. Jerry wrote four adult novels in those 12 years of writing but none of these were accepted for publication. When he submitted a fifth novel about a 13-year-old boy, adult publishers once again rejected his work but children's publishers embraced it. Jerry feels that he accidentally became an author of children's books. He now has 30 published books.
Jerry currently lives with his wife and fellow writer, Eileen, in Pennsylvania. While they write in separate rooms of the house, the couple edits and celebrates one another's work. Their six children and 21 grandchildren have given him a plethora of clever material for his writing.
Growing up, Jerry was really serious about baseball. He played for the Green Sox Little League team in his hometown and dreamed of one day playing for the major leagues, preferably as shortstop for the New York Yankees. One night during high school at the age of sixteen, he watched the football team win an exciting game against one of the best teams in the country.
While everyone else rode about town tooting horns in celebration, Jerry went home and wrote "Goal to Go," a poem about the game's defining moment, a goal-line stand.His father submitted the poem to the local newspaper with his knowledge and it was featured in the middle of the sports page a few days later. It was at this time that he then traded in his baseball bat for a pencil because Jerry realized that he wanted to become a writer.
After graduating from college with an English degree where he became the editor of the school's literary magazine and wrote his first short stories, he worked full time as a magazine editor for men's wear of a department store. Everyday on his lunch hour, Jerry would close his office door and craft novels on yellow copy paper.
He also wrote after dinner and during weekends. Jerry wrote four adult novels in those 12 years of writing but none of these were accepted for publication. When he submitted a fifth novel about a 13-year-old boy, adult publishers once again rejected his work but children's publishers embraced it. Jerry feels that he accidentally became an author of children's books. He now has 30 published books.
Jerry currently lives with his wife and fellow writer, Eileen, in Pennsylvania. While they write in separate rooms of the house, the couple edits and celebrates one another's work. Their six children and 21 grandchildren have given him a plethora of clever material for his writing.
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