[LM_NET] LM_Net: HIT, Must-Have titles for new high school library--revised

["Ronda Y. Foust" <ryfoust@COMCAST.NET>]

Here is the latest incarnation of this "hit" with several titles  
added.  Many thanks again to all who responded.  It is very helpful  
to hear, first-hand, what titles others in this collective brain  
consider "must-haves".

American Decades (Gale)
Any Eyewitness books
Contact Gail Drago at Cypress Woods High School, Cypress, TX, who  
just opened an exclusive new high school library (e-mailed her 11-3-07)
Contact the librarians at Mackin (www.mackin.com) 1-800-245-9540 for  
Opening Day Collection Information
CQ Researcher print or online subscription
Dictionary of American History
Discovering Collection database
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Encyclopedia of Religion
Encyclopedia of Weapons
Facts on File Encyclopedia of Art
Facts on File Encyclopedia of Artists
Gale series such as Novels for students, Poetry for students, etc.
Grove’s Dictionary of Art
Grove’s Dictionary of Music
Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Literature Resource Center database
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography
Oxford Companion to English Literature
Oxford Companion to Film
Popular fiction including
Monster, Walter Dean Myers
Stephanie Meyer trilogy
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Ellen Hopkins novels in verse (Crank, etc.)
Sebold’s Lovely Bones
Any Nicholas Sparks
Student companion to World War II
Taking Sides on Controversial issues -- series
The award-winning titles from ALA, including Printz, Sibert, Quick  
Picks for the College Bound, Alex Award, Popular Paperbacks, and Best  
Books
Will Durant’s series on western civilizations --this is older and  
possibly not in print, but we use it a lot with AP European History  
students.

To this list, I would add the following, which I consider must-haves  
based on their use at my own library (there are some duplicates some  
from the above list):

The Opposing Viewpoints series (used for a wide variety of projects  
in several depts.--especially for writing persuasive papers)
Stephen Westerfeld's Uglies, Pretties, Specials series
Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series
The DK Eyewitness books
A Child Called "It"
Imani All Mine
The First Part Last
"How to Draw. . . " books
Grolier Online Encyclopedia
Gale database (in Tennessee, it's the Tennessee Electronic Library)


Ronda Y. Foust
School Media Specialist
Karns High School
Knoxville, TN
foustr1@k12tn.net
http://khslibrarybookblog.wikispaces.com/
http://thebookdragon.blogspot.com/




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