October is Women's History Month

Canadian Women Firsts



Lynn Johnston

Born Collingwood, Ontario May 28, 1947. The creator of the comic strip For Better or Worse. She is the first woman to win the Reuben Award for outstanding cartoonist of the year from the Cartoonist Society in 1985. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1992 and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1994.

Marie-Madelaine Jarret de Verchères

Born Verchères, Quebec March 3, 1678. Died August 8, 1747. The young Madelaine would become one of Canada's first youth heroes when she, with only a handful of helpers would successfully defend the family fort against attack.



Barbara G. Stymiest

Born June 13, 1956. This businesswoman held the Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Nesbit Burns Inc. from 1992 to 1999. It was during this time that she was the first woman to be Governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

More New Books

The Animal Research War





Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife





Durango Street

As Nature Made Him






God of Animals





Not It Girl






The Vampire's Assistant








How Not to Spend Your Senior Year







Trials of Death





Hunters of the Dusk

New Additons to the Library

Oxford Wold Atlas






2008 World Almanac








Art Conservation






Romanticism



Impressionism





Photography





Sculpture



Guinness World Records 2008





The Christopher Killer





The Angel of Death

September's Here!

Welcome back Nighthawks. A special welcome to our new Grade 9 students and our 20 new exchange students from Korea, Holland, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Italy, Japan.

Come into the library and fall into a good book!

April is National Poetry Month

Celebrate the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day!
The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends on April 17.
Poems from pockets will be unfolded throughout the day with events in parks, libraries, schools, workplaces, and bookstores.

Find great ideas at:

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/406

Poem In Your Pocket Day is made possible, in part, by the National Council of Teachers of English and the American Booksellers Association, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

New Books - Student requests

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

'Daisy's is a war story, a survival story, a love story - all told in the voice of a subversive and witty teenager.' -- Back Cover

Bifocal by Deborah Ellis and Eric Walters
'There are two sides to every story. You just have to listen.' -Back cover

Forever by Judy Blume

Katherine and Michael are high school seniors crazy for each other...

Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants by Louise Rennison

Confessions of Georgia Nicholson

Freedom To Read Week