Recommended Books

Hi everyone,

This is a short list, but these are all books I'd recommend  Let me know in the comments if there are other genres (types) of books you'd like to have more recommendations for (or if you'd like more in one of the genres I have below).

Thanks!

• Fiction
• All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
• The Brutal Telling, by Louise Penny
• The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
• The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan
• Make Your Home Among Strangers, by Jennine Capó Crucet  
• Ordinary Grace, by William Kent Krueger
• Humor
• Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, by Mindy Kaling
• Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
• Nonfiction
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver
• Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson
• Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell

Library Observation: Diamante Poems

Hi everyone,

Below are your amazing Diamante Poems (the ones you wrote after your trip to observe at the library a few weeks ago):

Library

quiet, stately

searching, finding, reminding

history, humanity, biology, cytology

reading, deriving, acquiring

sciential, profound

knowledge

- Wufei

Stranger

serious, dedicated

talking, reading, doing

computers, books, papers, minds

using, making, creating

fantastic, perseverant

Teachers

- Chenxin 

Young

enjoy, quietly

watching, typing, thinking

book, paper, idea, view

talking, listening, writing

beautiful, excitedly

Students

- Chenyun

Starbucks

happy, busy

drinking, eating, working

books, pencils, ideas, sandwiches

learning, writing, laughing

interesting, exciting

perfect

- Cong

Teachers

peaceful, serious

typing, thinking, searching

laptops, glasses, phone, ideas

talking, listening, working

concentrated, hardworking

admiration

- Haonan

Staff

orderly, kind

asking, typing, nodding

computers, coffees, cards, sandwiches

smiling, listening, looking

enthusiastic, patient

dedication

- Yirui

Library (sixth floor)

quiet, tranquil

I am looking, walking, and finding

literature, history, physical

I'm still looking, finding, but nothing

Where are new books? strange

library (sixth floor)

- Allie

Students

leisure, busy

quietness, earnest discussion

book, computer, coffee, botany

drink, eat, clean

green, incense

administrators

- YiFan

Students

focused, quiet

searching, studying, writing

computers, bookshelves, books, tables

thinking, reading, considering

comfortable, calm

Experts

- Zhirui

Students

quiet, desired

researching, reading, borrowing

books, bookcases, knowledge, thoughts

walking, sitting, thinking

exciting, passionate

researcher

- Zhe

Reading room

I was today in the reading room

I felt like I'm in the moon

nobody was talking or even whispering

They were like a mummy in a dark room

- Reem

Library

clean, quiet

listening, printing, reading

books, tables, computers, rooms

communicating, writing, sleeping

beautiful, comfortable

environment

- Yina

Students

available, lively

reading, eating, drinking

phones, chairs, pencils, cups

writing, listening, speaking

exciting, determined

intelligent

- Yossy