Blind Date with a Book
These titles are books highly recommended by your teachers. Books have been wrapped and must be checked out without peeking! Stretch your reading wings and go on a blind date with a new genre or author!
Take a chance: whether you find the
book / author of your dreams or end the date early. Library books are
easy to return without any awkwardness.
How does this work?
First, read what your teachers loved about the book (each book passed our background check – we care about the safety of our readers!). READ: some of these titles are the favorite books of your teachers! They have also included a brief description of what the book is about.
Once you have selected your date, proceed to the counter for check out. Once you're done reading return the book, fill out the “rate your date” form and include a comment. Submit it to your Librarian and claim a prize!
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First, read what your teachers loved about the book (each book passed our background check – we care about the safety of our readers!). READ: some of these titles are the favorite books of your teachers! They have also included a brief description of what the book is about.
Once you have selected your date, proceed to the counter for check out. Once you're done reading return the book, fill out the “rate your date” form and include a comment. Submit it to your Librarian and claim a prize!
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KIRA tells a story to the boys of Bahay Parola
Children have an innate love of stories.
Stories create magic and a sense of wonder. It is with these stories that we
learn about life, ourselves and others. Storytelling
is one way for children from all walks of life to develop an understanding,
respect and appreciation for other cultures. It can promote a positive
attitude to people from different lands, races and religions.
Part
of the DLSU Libraries’ Community Extension Program is ”KIRA
Tells a Story.”These series of activities offers storytelling, puppet
shows and film viewing sessions to children in day care centers, drop-in
centers, orphanages and out-of-school youth or street children. The
objective of the project is to prepare children at a young age to listen and
learn values through storytelling and to practice speaking skills through
interactions with their peers and to ultimately promote lifelong love and
appreciation of stories and reading. Last 30 October 2014, members of the DLSU Libraries held the first of three scheduled Kira Tells a Story at the Mission to the World (Ang Bahay Parola) Grace Home for Boys in Bacoor, Cavite. Bahay Parola endeavours in meeting the needs of the street children and children in need of special protection from Region IV-A and surrounding areas by providing a safe, loving and Christ-centered home environment. Their programs include residential shelter and care for girls and boys; and psychosocial services among others.
On that day, the DLSU Librarians and staff were greeted by 17 young boys who were all very courteous and welcoming. It seemed that they were all excited with the activities lined up for that day. The first activity was a story-telling session with Ms. Julieta Olivar. She had her costume ready for the book “Ako si Kidlat!” The boys enjoyed the story and also shared their insights about the book. For the next activity, to involve the children more, the activity Comic Book Dice was done. The boys were divided into four groups and each was given a dice. Comic book dice is a sequential storytelling game wherein the boys will draw a different scenario featuring one, two, or all three characters on each face of their cube. (It’s effectively a single frame from a comic book). The characters can be anywhere, doing anything. The boys were instructed that they can use speech balloons or thought bubbles. The boys took their time in drawing their characters on their dice. Some said that it is their first time to do this kind of activity while some said that they didn’t know that they can draw and come up with a story with the characters that they drew. Some were even very creative with giving names to the characters of their stories.
During the sharing, the stories mirrored
their interests, their value of friendship; love for animals and their love for
play and recreation. Each group has their own stories to tell, and from the
stories they shared, you can sense that these children aims to build a good
future, no matter how hard their life is. One of the boys even said that
for them nothing is impossible. The sharing was fun and emotional at
times. Before lunch break a book titled “Laki sa Hirap,” was
read. At first, reading the book was not considered but
since the story is about the rising above hardship and poverty, it was decided
that it will be read for the read-aloud session. The boys fortunately
enjoyed the book and readily shared their opinions. Somehow they felt for
the character of the book and the hope that it offered in the end.
While waiting for lunch, the boys
watch RPG Metanoia, a locally produced animation movie. At
the struck of 12 noon, the group readied for a boodle fight, and the boys
really enjoyed it, and according to them, it’s their first time to have
experienced this kind of salu-salo. To close that day’s activity
the boys rendered a song and presented a hand crafted thank you card.
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Michelle Hodkin: author talk and Q&A
The Libraries and Fully Booked invite you to join Michelle Hodkin : Author Talk and Q&A on Tuesday, 20 January 2014, 4/F, Verdure, Henry Sy, Sr. Hall, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Michelle Hodkin is a New York Times bestselling author of the highly successful Mara Dyer Series: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, The Evolution of Mara Dyer, and The Retribution of Mara Dyer.
Online Registration is required for this event. Registration ends on 14 January 2014. Kindly note that copies of Ms. Hodkin's books distributed and verified only by Fully Booked shall be accommodated during the book signing session with the author. Click HERE to learn more about the Book Signing Guidelines.
