YWLA Library Newsletter

November 2020 - Student Edition

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BiblioTech and H-E-B Read 3 are excited to present their 6th Annual 90-Second Newbery Film Festival! Time to get busy and make great films. This year’s screening promises to be the best yet.

They're planning a safe, family-friendly, socially distanced event, to be held on March 13th, 2021 at the Will Naylor Smith River Walk Plaza at the Tobin Theatre.
They've got some exciting changes planned for this year’s festival, including winners in numerous categories such as Best Stop Motion Animation, Best Comedy Performance and Best Musical Score, among others.

You can also Click Here to Enter by deadline- January 15, 2021.

Click Below for some great tips!

http://jameskennedy.com/2020/10/12/making-90-second-newberys-in-a-pandemic/

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Visit these websites for some great book recommendations and events to honor and learn more about our Native American community.

San Antonio Public Library Native American Heritage page

Native American national website

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November is National Novel Writing Month. Today is the best day to begin that new novel, write every day, and finish by November 30th. This is your year to cross of that ¨Write a Novel" item off your bucket list. NaNoWriMo is an online community dedicated to help you accomplish this goal.

Just register online at https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ (for young adult writers). Each day you´ll receive a PepTalk from a famous writer along with some advice about things to try. The rest is up to you. Write, write, and write some more. Update your progress and earn badges for writing streaks, reaching word count goals, and more.