Ginnette Cameron-Gardner – Primary Teacher/Librarian

Welcome to the Primary Library Term 1 2018

We are eagerly looking forward to seeing you all again and hearing about what you have been doing over the holidays.

Some students have already been in contact telling us of what they have been reading over the vacation. We have ordered the latest in those series we already hold and lots of new titles.

Just one of the new purchases now on order is an exciting interactive series for middle grade readers — Spy on History, where the reader gets to experience history in a whole new way.

Combining the interests of so many of our eager readers – a love of Mystery and of History – this series has in each book an envelope that contains spy-craft materials that enable the sharp-witted reader to discover and unravel clues embedded in the text and illustrations, and solve the book’s ultimate mystery. In Book 1 the mystery is, ‘Where did Mary hide her secret diary?’ In Book 2 it is, ‘Where is Victor Dowd’s missing sketchbook?’.

In the first of the series ‘Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy’ you will meet Mary Bowser, an African American spy who was able to infiltrate the Confederate leadership at the highest level. Enigma Alberti dramatizes Mary Bowser’s suspenseful story — how she pretended to be illiterate, how she masterfully evaded detection, how she used her photographic memory to “copy” critical documents.

Also on order is the Second in the Spy on History series, ‘Spy on History: Victor Dowd and the World War II Ghost Army’. It’s a compelling story of a little-known chapter from the war—and a mystery to solve.

Your mission: Find Victor Dowd’s missing sketchbook. And discover one of the most unusual stories of World War II.

Meet the 603rd Camouflage Engineers, better known as the Ghost Army. This group of artists and sound engineers were trained to deceive the Germans in World War II with everything from fake tanks to loudspeakers broadcasting the sound of marching troops. And meet Victor Dowd, a real-life sergeant who with his fellow Ghost Army troops fought his way from Normandy, through France, and eventually across the Rhine.

Readers are invited to submit reviews of these and any other books we hold.

We welcome feedback as it is a valuable part of the students’ contribution to the Book Selection process. 

We have ordered many of the books that were student requests and the requester will be emailed when the book arrives as they have first option to borrow the book they recommend.