Discovery Library

Library Catalog

Contact Information

Sabrina Lindquist (Monday-Thursday)
lindquists@issaquah.wednet.edu

Sherri Gage (Thursday-Friday)
gages@issaquah.wednet.edu

Online Databases

Use your student ID and PIN to log in to these great databases. Available to all ISD students through KCLS!

The usernames and passwords for these great databases are on a sticker in your Discovery Library planner. If you don't have them, please ask a librarian.

@discoverylibrary

Library Expectations

About Our Program

All children are born curious. Our library program is designed to encourage and help satisfy that curiosity both in and outside of the classroom. Our library program strives to support and enrich the classroom curriculum. In addition to developing a love for libraries, authors, illustrators, book styles and genres, children in all grades will learn skills to become effective and efficient users and creators of ideas and information. It is also our goal to provide a diverse collection of literature and non-fiction materials, thereby providing an opportunity to become respectful and responsible life-long learners that are informed, literate and culturally enriched.

Happy Autumn, Discovery Eagles!

Here is the scoop from our new librarian:

"Hello! I'm Sherri Gage, the part-time Teacher-Librarian at Discovery, serving the Thursday and Friday library classes. I am excited to join Sabrina Lindquist this year in jointly delivering our passion for all things literacy related! I also am the part-time TL on Monday at Apollo Elementary.

Even as a child, the library was always a place of wonder, comfort and inspiration for me. My family moved often and internationally due to my father’s occupation, and since we are all “bookworms”, we’d always seek out the local library as a first stop. Beverly Cleary, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Walter Farley, Charles M. Schulz, and the ghost-writers of the Nancy Drew franchise were my earliest “babysitters.” I believe passionately that books open worlds and possibilities.

I hold an MA in Instructional Technology, a BA in both Elementary Education and English, and most recently earned a Library Media Endorsement. After 20+ years, the dynamic field of elementary education continues to keep me on my toes and inspire me. When I’m not in the library, you can find me hiking, traveling, gardening, enjoying a good book on my patio, or playing taxi driver to my kiddos and their varied activities."

Thank you, PTSA!

We were thrilled to receive a $1,000 grant for Scholastic Books at the end of last school year. Here is a partial list of the new titles we've added this year, thanks to our Discovery parents’ generosity:

STEM-related titles: *Space Shuttles* *Looking Inside a 3-D Printer* *Light It!* *Bots & Circuits* *Understanding Global Warming* *Karts*	Biographies: *When Bill Gates Memorized an Encyclopedia* *When Ruth Bader Ginsburg Chewed 100 Pieces of Gum* *So Tall Within* (Sojourner Truth) *Jeff Bezos* asdfasdf asdfasdf
Graphic Novels: *Real Friends* *The Adventures of John Blake* *Cleopatra in Space* (#4 and #5 in series)	Fun and interesting: *Rules of Summer* by Shaun Tan *Vaulting to Victory* (gymnastics) *Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid*

What's Happening in Library Classes

Hooray! We now have a library laptop cart with 16 laptops, giving us enough computers for every student in each library class! Here's what we've been up to:

Kindergarteners are thrilled with their first practice choosing books from the shelves, using their library cards as "shelf markers" so they can put unwanted books back in their correct locations. Our five classes enjoyed looking for the named flowers and creatures included in the squirrel story Nuts to You! by renowned collage artist Lois Ehlert. We're reading Duck for Turkey Day by Jacqueline Jules, the sensitive story of how a Vietnamese-American girl reconciles her family traditions with the "American" Thanksgiving standard.

Up Next: Celebrations of light

1st Grade was introduced to the "narrative nonfiction" format (true information delivered in story form) as well as a straight informational take on squirrels; the former was supplied by Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep by April Sayre, and the latter by a PebbleGo electronic resource, including video.

Up Next: One is a Feast for a Mouse by Judy Cox.

2^nd Grade was inspired to make their own bookmarks from the library's cache of "found materials" through reading about squirrel ingenuity in Those Darn Squirrels! by Adam Rubin. We focused on Native Americans with When We Were Alone by David Robertson, and a Bookflix (electronic resource) covering both indigenous, American and Asian customs around giving thanks for the harvest.

Up Next: The Perfect Thanksgiving by Eileen Spinelli.

3^rd Grade had a whimsical introduction to wildlife photography thanks to Nancy Rose, who concocted the story and sets for photos of her backyard squirrels in The Secret Life of Squirrels. With the Thanksgiving holiday in mind, classes considered the issue of hunger through a reading of Maddi's Fridge by Lois Brandt, and the impacts of immigration through Allen Say's account of his family's Japanese roots in Grandfather's Journey.

Up Next: Turk and Runt in read-aloud theater format!

4^th Grade and 5^th Grade are reviewing our online subscription databases and how to access them at school and from home. We previewed TrueFlix, PebbleGo Next, and Culturegrams, and discussed how SIRS Discoverer will be useful for assignments involving persuasion or pro/con arguments. Students also have codes written in their planners to access online databases, such as Britannica, available through the King County Library System website.

Up Next for 4th: A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat by Emily Jenkins

Up Next for 5th: Thank You, Sarah: The Woman who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson

2019-2020 Sasquatch Reading Award nominees

4th and 5th graders! Here are the nominated chapter books for this year's Sasquatch Reading Award chosen by the Washington Library Association. Check them out from our library so you can vote for your favorite in April!

Tumble & Blue by Cassie Beasley
Bailey's Story by W. Bruce Cameron
Forever or a Long, Long Time by Caela Carter
Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming by J. Anderson Coats
The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Real Friends by Shannon Hale
The Song From Somewhere Else by A. F Harrold
The Mighty Odds by Amy Ignatow
Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls by Beth McMullan
Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson

Equal Opportunity Notice

The Issaquah School District complies with all applicable federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities, or employment related matters, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees are designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, District Title IX Coordinator, Section 504/ADA Coordinator or Compliance Coordinator for 28A.540 and 28A.642 RCW, in writing or by telephone. The Issaquah School District will also take steps to assure that national origin persons who lack English language skills can participate in all educational programs, services and activities. For information regarding interpretation and translation services or transitional bilingual education programs, contact Kathy Connally in writing or by telephone.

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