Book, Line and Thinkers http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com Never see a book without doing something about it... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/e5b166381f10e5cd20762f330cc50806?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Book, Line and Thinkers http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com Indiana Jones is Back! http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/indiana-jones-is-back/ http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/indiana-jones-is-back/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:28:57 +0000 mccwlibrary http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com/?p=101 ]]>

With the release of the new Indiana Jones Movie – Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the library has purchased the Indiana Jones Ultimate Guide. Check out the world of Indiana Jones through this book and keep an eye out for the series of novels arriving soon!

After reading the book you might like to post a comment…

                                     

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Visuwords is a graphic, very interesting dictionary and thesaurus!

Type in the word that you are searching for. Watch the swirl as the words and meanings emerge. A very nice tool to catch your interest – and to show the connections and interlacing relationships of words in our English language.

 

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Tim Winton’s new novel has just been released – Breath.

It is now in the Library.

Check out the Kerry O’Brien interviewining Tim Winton on the

7.30 Report ABC on Tuesday May 6th 2008.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/05/06/2237159.htm

or listen to

Richard Fydler on ABC Radio interviewing Tim Winton.

r249764_1024963.mp3

 

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When attending a conference last week, Westley Field Director of Online Learning at MLC Sydney / Managing Director Skoolaborate, shared this video with us. It made me wonder what is possible if given the tools to try!

“Watch the Math grow infront of you, witness the Geography be born and mature, problem solving everywhere and a million design,art and creativity outcomes to boot. You have to love the genius behind his diorama.”

This is happening now…

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With Anzac Day coming soon what a great opportunity to check out

WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier

A blog set up for Harry Lamin’s letters from the first World War. The letters have been posted exactly 90 years after they were written. To find out Harry’s fate, follow the blog!

The whole set up is a wonderful way of following this soldier’s experiences. The comments and old photos are just fantastic.              

                                                               

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To manga or not to manga? That is the question.  The indecisive Dane lives in the year 2107 on an Earth ravaged by global warming.

Manga Shakespeare is a series of graphic novels adapting from William Shakespeare’s plays. Drawing from inspiration from trend-setting Japan and using Shakespeare’s original texts, this series – edited by Richard Appignanesi and illustrated by leading Manga artists.

hamlet_magna.jpg      romeo_manga.jpg

Gary Eason, Education editor, BBC News website, writes an article describing the Shakespeare Manga phenomena. Click here.

Check out the books in the Library and let us know what you think.

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The Guardian reports that J.K. Rowling has taken on a fansite to “prevent publication of the Harry Potter Lexicon, an A-Z guide to all things Hogwarts.” Read the full story here.

]]> http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/harry-potter-court-battle/feed/ 0 mccwlibrary The Three Little Pigs by Christopher Walken http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/the-three-little-pigs-by-christopher-walken/ http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/the-three-little-pigs-by-christopher-walken/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:20:46 +0000 mccwlibrary http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com/?p=68 ]]>

Actor Christopher Walken puts his own spin on The Three Little Pigs. 

 

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 Astro Boy has arrived in the Library with the addition of

Astro Boy Graphic Novels 1,2 and 3.

Check out the opening theme clip to the show…

Guess which Teacher Librarian thinks Astro Boy is the coolest!

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Check out Maurice Sendak’s classic picture book which reminds us of ‘Where the wild things are…’

Thank you to Russell Lacey for sharing his animation.

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