Book Review- When Friendship Followed Me Home

When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin, is an intense first person tale of love and loss that will have you shedding tears for twelve year old protagonist Ben Coffin.  When we meet Ben he's been rescued from lonely foster kid status by a wonderful woman who has adopted him and they've created a family together that's full of love and laughter and shared good times. And, despite troubles in his school life, Ben makes a new friend in the unique and creative Halley and has just been followed home by an adorable dog. Unfortunately, these happy set of circumstances don't last and Ben's world is shattered by devastating news. Join Ben, Halley and the little dog Flip on their journey through sadness and story telling as they create a novel together that gets them through terrible times. Ben and Halley's book gets them through tough times, and this book will help you if you've ever experienced tough times yourself. Several paws up for When Friendship Followed Me Home.

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For the Love of Reading!

Showing some love for our Learning Commons! Scan here or Google Simon Cunningham Library for links to our ebooks and great online resources like Tumblebooks.

Tinkering with Technology

The technology club is exploring the maker movement. Tinkering with a broken Wii is a start!

Comic Life Instructions on how to access ebooks!

This is a document I made last year for showing proper iPad care. This is still relevant after a year of using iPads! Most students are very respectful of the mighty iPad but some need gentle reminders.

Seeing a 3D printer being demonstrated in the Learning Commons makes me think about all the possibilities of projects in the future. The maker movement (google it!) points to the importance of play and tinkering in student learning. Someone had to play to make something as interesting as a 3D printer!