RECOMMENDED READING
Looking for something great to read? Life is too short to read a bad book so look here to find some great book lists compiled by students, teachers, librarians, and me, your favorite librarian/media specialist! We want to help you find the right book! Look at the books featured below or take our reading survey. We'll select a book chosen especially for you based on your personal preferences and deliver it to your Face 2 Face class as soon as possible. Take a chance, you might just find a book that may be right for you!
The Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (The Rosie Award) is chosen annually by students across Indiana in grades nine through twelve. Students at participating high schools and public libraries who read any of the 25 nominated books are eligible to rate each book they've read. Vote online using the link below or by contacting Mrs, Longgood.
Read 5 or more of these books to be invited to a Lunch Party in the library where we will give away copies of the Rosies in May!
Announcing the Rosie's for 2022-23
Vote for the 2021-22 Rosies
Vote and rate online for each book you read. Make sure to have a record of your vote emailed to Mrs. Longgood (jennifer.longgood@nwsc.k12.in.us) so you get your Rosie Lunch invitation!
Don't know what to read next? Click the above link and type in the name of a book you enjoyed. This database will provide you with a list of recommendations and suggestions on books you might like!
Welcome to the Guys Read Virtual Vault of Good Books. This is the place to come if you’re looking for something to get a guy reading. We’ve collected recommendations from teachers, librarians, booksellers, publishers, parents, and guys themselves. These are the books that guys have said they like. We’ve gathered and grouped them to make them easier to find. So check out the categories below or type something—a title, an author, or a subject you’re interested in—over there on the left.
KOKOMO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Find out what Melissa Wheelock, the Young Adult Librarian, and the other librarians at the KHCPL are reading and what they think about the books they have read at the following sites:
Visit KHCPL Teen Scene on the Web for giveaways, library info, new teen publishing info and more at the following links:
Melissa would love to hear from you! Her email is: mwheelock@kokomo.lib.in.us