Check It Out! Winter 2025

It's not too late to register (by January 24) for this year's Authors Showcase! Visit the Authors Showcase website for detailed information including requirements to participate. Each participating classroom will receive a book from the author.

Teach in grades 6th-8th? Join authors on BookBreak! See information below.

If you haven't taken the opportunity to have students view an author visit, there are lots more authors coming soon! These visits are recorded, so if you miss out on the live ones you can revisit the recordings. Contact alane@glenncoe.org for log in help.

Up next:

The Excitement of New Experiences with Mélanie Watt (K-1st grade)
Join author Mélanie Watt as she discusses her book Scaredy Squirrel
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
9:30 AM to 9:45 AM PST
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A Quest for Laughs with Mac Barnett (2nd-3rd grade)
Join author Mac Barnett as he discusses his book The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM PST
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Differences are our Superpowers with Cece Bell (4th-6th grade)
Join author Cece Bell as she discusses her graphic novel El Deafo
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM PST
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Power of Poetry with Jason Reynolds (7th - 8th grade)
Jason Reynolds inspires readers about the importance of poetry with his novel in verse, Long Way Down.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM PST
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We here at GCOE and your school's technology department are working on getting an eBook platform (SORA) for your school. Once set up, your students will not only be able to access eBooks from GCOE's Libray Media Center, but also from the public library! We are very excited about this opportunity, so stay tuned. We will alert you when everything is up and running.

Open to all California K–12 teachers and students! Submit digital photographs with a supporting caption relating to the 2025 contest theme: JOY

Click here for more information.

The Women in STEM Conference is designed to inform and inspire middle school girls to become the next generation of scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and computer scientists.

The Women in STEM Conference 2025 will be held March 29, 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM, at Shasta High School in Redding, CA. Click here for more information and to register.

Find resources on our NEW WEBSITE. Be sure to bookmark or favorite it for quick access. Let us know if you have any questions.

To order books, email your requests to the library's shared email at gcoelibrary@glenncoe.org.

As a reminder, you can also order books months in advance by completing this form to "set it and forget it". Just let us know what unit, subject, topic, etc. you'll be covering from now until Januar,y and we'll deliver and pick them up according to your schedule. Don't worrry, you can always email us to make any changes.

✅CaliforniaStreaming (K-12) - Videos available 24/7 so you can take students under the sea, to our solar system, through history, to science labs, on a field trip around the world, and more!

✅TrueFlix (3rd-5th) - highly engaging multimedia resource offering hundreds of units to supplement social studies and science core curricula learning.

✅COMPASS (K-12) resources from the State Libray - The California Online Media Program for Access and Student Success provides resources to assist students and educators with research and student-directed projects.

✅Digital Photography Contest (K-12 AND Teachers) - California teacher are invited to submit teacher and student-produced digital photographs with a supporting caption realting to the 2025 contest theme: JOY. Submissions are due by Friday, March 7 2025.