Mrs. Joan Kearon, Teacher Librarian

Mrs. Kearon splits her day between the Jericho High School Library and the Middle School Library.

• In addition to teaching,

she serves as the faculty advisor for the High School Peer Tutoring Club....	and advisor for the Middle School Yearbook.
As of April 12, 2011, sixty-four club members have tutored high school, middle school, and elementary school students for a total of 1085 hours!	Have you ordered your copy of the 2011 yearbook?

Hobbies & Interests

• High School Students: For book suggestions, click a category link below for some enticing choices.

High School Stories | Realistic Fiction | Sports Themes | Science-Fiction, & Supernatural | Multicultural & Historical Fic | Mysteries & Thrillers | Biographies, Autobiographies, & Personal Narratives | Other Nonfiction

• Have you ever listened to an audiobook? The high school library now has a collection of audiobooks for your iPod. For a complete list, search the online catalog for iPod in the subject search box.
  Here are a few of my favorites:
  

	The Help by Kathryn Stockett		The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie		ThePillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
	The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins		Vegan, Virgin, Valentine by Carolyn Mackler		The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

• Use the link from the Jericho Public Library to see which titles they have in downloadable format.
  
  
• Middle school students might enjoy reading these titles: (To learn more about each one, search the online catalog for the title or author.)

  	Schooled by Gordon Korman		Heat by Mike Lupica		Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
  	Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson		Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz		Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• More ideas for middle schoolers:
  • Click here to watch a PhotoStory* about our library. (*Windows Media Player is required to play this file.)
  • Click here for a PhotoStory* about the Boston Massacre by 7th grader Allie W.
    
• Participating in Book Discussion Groups, Team, and School Wide Events:
• B.R.A.V.E. (Bully Resistence Anti-Violence Education Consortium) - March 11, 2011
• Jericho Middle School Family Breakfast Book Talk! - January 14, 2011
• 6th Grade Read Aloud Crowd
• Day of Silence - May 9, 2011
• Team 8A's Interdisciplinary Project on The Roaring Twenties: Speakeasy Celebration - April 27, 2011

Meeting authors:

Patricia Polacco	Award winning author and illustrator of over 50 children's picture books ( I touched the keeping quilt and the meteor!)
Suzy Kline	Author of 26 chapter books that follow the adventures of Horrible Harry, as well as the Herbie Jones stories and many others
Laura Vacarro Seeger	Award winning author & illustrator of children's picture books		Bernard Waber	Author & illustrator of children's picture books
Chris Crutcher	Young adult author; winner of ALA's 2000 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award	Whale Talk	Mel Glenn	Young adult author, retired New York City high school teacher	Jump Ball

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