Library Learning Center
Link to book trailers for this years battle ElementaryBattleoftheBooks24-251.mp4
2024 2025 Battle of the Books List
1. Bea and the New Deal Horse by Laura Elliott
2. The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby by G.Z. Schmidt
3. The Cursed Moon by Angela Cervantes
4. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla
5. The Ghost of Spruce Point by Nancy Tandon
6. The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island, Book 1) by Christina Soontornvat
7. Hip-Hop: The Beat of America (History Comics) by Jarrett Williams
8. How to Stay Invisible by Maddie C. Rudd
9. Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda Armand
10. The International House of Dereliction by Jacqueline Davies
11. The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
12. The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
13. The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
14. A Royal Conundrum (Misfits, Book 1) by Lisa Yee
15. Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango
16. Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd
17. Stars of the Night: the Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport by Caren Stelson
18. The Story of the Saxophone by Lesa Cline Ransome
19. Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen
20. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Unforgettable Logan Foster, Book 1) by Shawn Peters
The goal of the Library Learning Center is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. A strong Library Learning Center program, administered by a certified Library Technology Teacher, positively impacts student achievement. The Library Technology Teacher is a certified teacher, instructional partner, information specialist and program coordinator.
- As a certified teacher, the Library Technology Teacher collaborates with members of the learning community to analyze learning and information needs, to locate and use resources that will meet those needs, and to understand and communicate the information the resources provide.
- As an instructional partner and member of the educational team, the Library Technology Teacher promotes and models curriculum development and effective, collaborative teaching.
- As an information specialist, the Library Technology Teacher provides leadership and expertise in acquiring and evaluating information resources in all formats.
- As a program coordinator, the Library Technology Teacher works collaboratively with members of the learning community to define the policies of the library media program and to guide and direct all the activities related to it.
Qualifications: Utah Teaching Certificate and either a MLS degree (or equivalent degree) or the Library Media Endorsement.
With this new year comes new login information an a few new processes. To help make things a little smoother, here are few videos to help you log on and create a parent portal account. This account will be helpful and necessary this year as your students learn from home. From the Parent Portal you will be able to reset your child’s password. Before you get started, search through your email for the phrase “Access ID” or “Student PIN” and save this information as it will come in handy later.
Parent Portal: Creating an Account
Parent Portal: Adding Students
Parent Portal: Changing Your Student’s Password
Canvas: Parent Account & Pairing Students
Finding and Using SORA (Our online library)