Magazines in the Library

Hello ladies!

Did you know that you can borrow magazines and newspapers from the Fontbonne library? Whether you need information for a project or just want to browse, you can borrow periodicals by checking them out at the front desk in the library. Periodicals can be borrowed for 7 days at a time.

Our subscriptions include:

• America: the National Catholic weekly 
• The Atlantic
• Black Enterprise  
• Dance Magazine
• Dance Spirit 
• Dance Teacher
• InStyle 
• National Catholic Reporter 
• Newsweek  
• SGI Quarterly
• Smithsonian 
• Teen Vogue
• US Catholic

Sandra Cisneros on Inspiration

Hello ladies!


In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month  I wanted to feature an interview with Sandra Cisneros on what inspired her to write The House on Mango Street. The House on Mango Street gave Cisneros great success as a writer and is required reading in middle schools, high school, and universities across the country with over 2 million copies in print. We have copies of this book in the library (and featured in our Hispanic Heritage Month Display) in both Spanish and English.

Banned Books Week

Hello ladies!

Welcome to Banned Books Week. This celebration of the freedom to read and the First Amendment runs from September 25 - October 2, 2010 (the last week of September every annually). Intellectual freedom, or the freedom to express ideas and access information and ideas regardless of if they are considered unpopular, lays the foundation for Banned Books Week.

Books that have been challenged or banned are featured during Banned Books Week. These books have been challenged for a wide variety of reasons ranging from portrayal of families to use of profanity. You may be surprised to read how many challenged or banned books you have already read on the American Library Association's list of  Banned or Challenged Classics.

If you are interested in learning more about Banned Books Week visit the American Library Association's Banned Books Week Site or Banned-Books.com.

In celebration of this week we have put a display of banned books in the library.  This display includes a mixture of classics you have read in class and popular fiction. All of these books have been included on the American Library Association's  lists of the most frequently banned and challenged books for the past three years.

Our display titles include:  

• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  by Mark Twain
• Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver   
• Anne Frank: the diary of a young girl
• The Bean Trees by Barbara Kinsolver
• Beloved by Toni Morrison  
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison  
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier 
• The Giver by Lois Lowry 
• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
• The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling 
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold   
• My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult  
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck  
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving   
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 
• The Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
• Wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west by Gregory Maguire

Enjoy Banned Books Week!

Happy (free) Reading,
Miss Kenny

Facts on File: Issues and Controversies Database

Hello ladies!

Here is a video that the library has created to show you how to search the Facts on File: Issues and Controversies database.  All Fontbonne students will find this to be a very useful resource but using this database will be especially helpful to seniors working on their Social Justice Projects.

If you have need any additional assistance using the Facts on File: Issues and Controversies database please stop by the library or email me at akenny@fontbonneacademy.org.


Happy Searching,
Miss Kenny

Social Justice Project Pathfinder

Hello Ladies!

I have created a pathfinder for those of you working on your Senior Theology Social Justice Projects.  This pathfinder takes a look at the resources and search terms for some of the more popular topics.  If your topic isn't listed please stop by the library to ask for additional assistance finding material. We are here to help!

If you would like a copy of this pathfinder please email me at akenny@fontbonneacademy.org for a copy or stop by the library where we will gladly supply you with one.

Happy Reading,

Miss Kenny

ESPN Rise

Hello Ladies!

We have a number of copies of ESPN Rise: Girls' Edition here in the library. This magazine features great articles for female athletes covering topics that range from sports nutrition to the best black leggings. Please stop by and grab a free copy.

Here is a link to their website where you can read more about the topics covered in the print issue.

Hispanic Heritage Month

Hello ladies!

September 15 - October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month

Curious about this celebration? Here are some quick facts:

• Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the culture and traditions of those who trace their roots to Mexico, Spain and the Spanish speaking countries of Central America, South America and the Caribbean
• Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated since 1988
• September 15 marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month because it is the anniversary of independence for five Latin American Countries including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua

To honor this celebration we have put up a display in the library which includes:

• Fiction by Hispanic Authors
• Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
• La Casa en Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
• The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
• The Floating Borderlands: twenty-five years of U.S. Hispanic Literature edited by Lauro Flores
• Herencia: the anthology of Hispanic literature in the United States edited by Nicolas Kanellos
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Yo! by Julia Alvarez
• Poetry by Hispanic Writers
• Antonio Machado: Selected Poems translated by Alan S. Trueblood
• Cool Salsa: bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States edited by Lori M. Carlson
• Daughters of the Fifth Sun: a collection of Latina fiction and poetry edited by Bryce Milligan
• Paper Dance: 55 Latino poets edited by Victor Hernandez Cruz
• Red Hot Salsa: bilingual poems on being young and Latino in the United States edited by Lori M. Carlson
• Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda edited by Ben Belitt
• Books about Hispanic Artists and Authors
• Contemporary American Success Stories: famous people of Hispanic heritage by Barbara J. Marvis
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Susan Muaddi Darraj
• Goya and the Spirit of Enlightenment by Alfonso E. Perez and Eleanor A. Sayre
• Jose Marti by Jon Sterngrass
• Salvador Dali, 1904 - 1989

Please stop by and check out one of these great books!



Happy Reading,
Miss Kenny