2018 Alex Awards

The following Alex Award winning books have been added to the library's recreational reading collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display in the reference area on the main floor of the library or in their regular location on the main floor.

"The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing." - About the Alex Awards, YALSA 

Titles were purchased with funds from the Dean endowment for juvenile fiction.

• Clockwork Dynasty: A Novel
  PS3623 .I57796 C58 2017
• Hope More Powerful than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
  HV640.5 .S97 F54 2017
• Roughneck
  PN6733 .L45 R68 2017
• She Rides Shotgun
  PS3608 .A7736 S44 2017
• Things We Have in Common
  PR6111 .A868 T48 2017
• Unkindness of Magicians
  PS3608.O9246 U55 2017

Alex Award winners are featured on the IRC's Alex Award Winners Pinterest board.

Follow IRC's board Alex Award Winners on Pinterest.

Ellison Dies: St. Patrick's Day

Still working on your St. Patrick's Day decorations?  It's not too, late. The IRC's Ellison Die collection includes a few holiday items that can help brighten your day.  We have:

• Pot of Gold
• Tiny Shamrocks
• Shamrock
• Leprechaun

Visit our Ellison Dies: Holiday Pinterest board for more ideas.

Juvenile Books: YA Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, or in their regular location within the juvenile collection.

• Dear Martin
  PZ7.S877952 De 2017
• Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
  PZ7.L5133 Gen 2017
• You're Welcome Universe
  PZ7.G179338 Yo 2017
• Saints and Misfits
  PZ7.A39689 Sal 2017
• Devils Within
  PZ7.H39868 Dev 2017
• As the Crow Flies
  PZ7.7. G545 As 2017

Juvenile Books: Picture Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, or in their regular location within the juvenile collection.

• Floaty
  PZ7.H5686 Flo 2018
• Kate, Who Tamed the Wind
  PZ7.S2798 Kat 2018
• I am a Cat
  PZ710.3.B45239 Iam 2018
• Petra
  PZ7.C7943 Pe 2018
• Be Kind
  PZ7.M63224 Be 2018
• Grace for Gus
  PZ7.7.B57 Gr 2018
• One Little Goat
  PZ8.3.D8517 On 2018
• Esteban de Luna, baby rescuer! = Esteban de Luna, ¡rescatador de bebes! 
  PZ73.M432 2017
• Book About Nothing
  PZ7.B43143 Bo 2018

Main Collection: Education

The following books have been added to the library's main circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the main floor of the library or in the regular location.

• Edtech Advocate's Guide to Leading Change in Schools
  LB1028.3.G87 2018
• Disrupting Poverty: 5 Powerful Classroom Practices
  LC4091.B83 2018
• Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
  LB1025.3.A76 2018
• Theories of Early Childhood Education: Developmental, Behaviorist, and Critical
  Faculty Publ Breault
• Communication in the Classroom: A Collection of G.I.F.T.S.
  Faculty Publ Randall
• Leading an Inclusive School: Access and Success for all Students
  LC1200.V55 2017
• Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
  LC2731.M59 2016

Juvenile Books: Non-fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, or in their regular location within the juvenile collection.

• Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women's Rights
  E664.L68 H36 2018
• Seeing into Tomorrow: Haiku by Richard Wright
  PS3545.R815 A6 2018
• Yosemite
  F868.Y6 W336 2018
• Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up
  PS3573.A425395 E37 2018
• School People
  PS595.D34 S34 2018

IRC Hours: Spring Break

The Instructional Resource Center will be closed Friday, March 2nd through Sunday, March 11th during Spring Break. A complete list of IRC hours and updates is available on our web site: IRC Hours & Updates.  Hours updates are posted in the IRC and tweeted to @IRCaulibrary.