Name: Science Literacy Week by Fraser Valley Regional Library
Duration: 4 min 8 s
Description: We're celebrating Science Literacy Week! Jacque recommends some great science titles for beginner readers: The Animals in My Yard series by Amy McDonald and the Loves Science series by Kimberly Derting.

We're celebrating Science Literacy Week! Jacque recommends some great science titles for beginner readers: The Animals in My Yard series by Amy McDonald and the Loves Science series by Kimberly Derting.

Science Literacy Week

October 24 to 28 is Media Literacy Week in Canada. In this episode, Bryan shares the book Stolen Focus by Johann Hari, which explores how digital media may be harming our ability to pay attention.

Media Literacy Week: Stolen Focus

Happy Media Literacy Week! Jacque introduces listeners to resources that focus on understanding the subject of media literacy: Facts and Opinions by Kristine Spanier, Understanding Social Media by Pamela Dell, and Media and the News by Holly Duhig.

FVRL Kids Read Radio

Media Literacy Week 2022

Spooky season is here! So why not pick up a spooky romance to get in the spirit? In today's podcast, Jessica has two titles to recommend: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling and Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper.

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Spooky Romances

In this episode of Kids' ReadRadio, Jessica makes the BIG announcement you’ve all been waiting for: the 2022–2023 Reading Link Challenge book list! She introduces listeners to the main characters of each book, and the stories you’re about to fall in love with. Ready, set, read!

The books are:

1)  Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
2) Jada Sly, Artist and Spy by Sherri Winston
3) Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
4) Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn
5) Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott
6) The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Reading Link Challenge 2022-2023 Book List

In this episode, Laurel introduces Naomi Novik's fantasy novel A Deadly Education — the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic.

Deadly Education

Do you love books about fairy tales, dragons, and girls who save the world? Jessica has a book recommendation for you! In this episode, Jessica tells us about one of her favourite stories: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Regan Barnhill.

Find The Girl Who Drank the Moon in the FVRL collection: https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1716361

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Liz introduces two resources to support aspiring fiction and non-fiction writers this National Novel Writing Month: The Writer's Practice by John Warner and How to Self Publish your Book by Jan Yager.

Find these titles in the FVRL collection:
The Writer's Practice https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1785449
How to Self-Publish Your Book https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1799922

On Writing Again

Looking for a new fantasy title full of curses and family drama? In this episode, Jessica tells us about her colleague Kelly's recent favourite read: For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten. 

Find this title in the FVRL collection:
https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1843289

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For the Wolf

Sally tells listeners about Mary Downing Hahn, one of her favourite authors of scary stories for readers Grades 4 and up. 

Find these titles in the FVRL collection:
Took: A Ghost Story https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1695437
The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1824081

Spooky Stories for Kids

In this episode, Jessica tells us about her favourite book of all time: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. 

Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.

Find this title in the FVRL collection:
https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1582181

Scorpio Races

Are you looking for something good to read? Or watch? Or listen to? Tune in to Fraser Valley Regional Library’s ReadRadio podcast for some great recommendations. In each episode we will highlight some of the library’s books, movies and TV shows that you might not know about. All reviewed materials are available for loan in the FVRL catalogue. 

Fraser Valley Regional Library is the largest public library system in British Columbia, with 25 community libraries serving nearly 680,000 people in its service area.

Science Literacy Week

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