Book Fair Success

The 2014 Book Fair was held October 27-31 and was a tremendous success! We met our goal of a 5% increase over last year's sales, and made a profit of $1724.94! The Easley Book Club once again sponsored Book Bucks gifts for dozens of lucky students and it seemed like everyone who came found something they wanted. Many thanks got to Mrs. Desai, who once again manned the register for the entire week. She is a Volunteer Superstar!

The calm before the storm . . .

Mrs. Desai is an amazing volunteer!

Minecraft books were HOT!

There is something for everyone at the GMS Book Fair!

Fall in Love with a New Book!

We've added many new series books this month. Look for books one through five of the new Erin Hunter Survivors series. There's also How They Choked, the sequel to How They Croaked, both by Georgia Bragg. Look for the third book in Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions series: File Under 13 Suspicious Incidents. There's are two new James Patterson books called Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill and I, Even Funnier. There are so many more!

It's Book Fair Week!

Are you ready for the best Book Fair ever?  This year's Gettys Middle School Book Fair has more teen titles than ever before! Will be open from 8 to 3 every day, and don't forget that you can shop online all the way through November 9!

October New Arrivals

Wow! They may not look like much on the cart, but this is a jam-up collection of new books! Check out some of the titles: Guinness World Records 2015; Chupacabra, Loch Ness Monster, and Pacific Giants, by J. Flitcroft; Full Ride, by Margaret Peterson Haddix; Cress, Book Three of the Lunar Chronicles, by Melissa Meyer; Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz; Books 1-5 of the new Survivors series, by Erin Hunter; and much much more! Stay tuned for details, or come on in and check 'em out.

Scare Up a Good Read at the Library!

Buwahahahaaaaaaa . . . It's that time of year again, when leaves are starting to curl up and die, chill winds are swirling down alleys and across abandoned lots, and friends are daring each other to knock on the door of that creepy house at the end of the road. That's right . . .  October is nearly upon us, and it's time to get ready for another spooktacular Halloween. Get a head start by checking out some of the creepy books the library has for you!

Arrrrrrrrrrrrr . . .

September 19 is my favorite holiday. It's Talk Like a Pirate Day! Check out great pirate books at the library:

Purr-fect Picks are Here!

I'm so pleased to announce Purr-fect Picks, a collection within the collection for readers in a hurry, unsure of where to start, or just looking for a great book! Click on the video link below to find out about Purr-fect Picks!

Read An eBook Day!

September 18th is Read An eBook Day! Read an eBook Day is a celebration of modern storytelling. Be a part of the festivities by checking your favorite eBook out from the library, sharing your reading stories, entering to win prizes or just simply setting aside some time to read. Celebrate with your fellow readers!

To check out eBooks from the GMS Library, you'll need your student username and password to log into Destiny. If you're on a laptop or dektop, use this link. If you're on a mobile device, get the Destiny Quest App and the Brytewave K-12 Edtion App from the App Store or Google Play. For the Destiny Quest setup you'll need to use destiny.pickens.k12.sc.us, and for Brytewave please type in wbb27719.follettshelf.com. For both apps, you'll want to stay logged in so you don't have to type everything in each time. Once you're set up, go to Follett Shelf, browse for an eBook, and check it out!

New Library Orientation

If you haven't already done so, or you'd just like to look around again, be sure to view the GMS media center orientation:

Welcome to 2014-15!

It's a whole new world in the GMS media center this year! I have so many new things to share with you: ebooks, Destiny Quest, Brytewave ebook reader, Remind, QR codes, other cool apps, and lots more. We're not packing, we're not moving, we're not under construction--woohoo!! There have been lots of changes, but we're still all about getting great stuff to read and being an awesome place for learning. I hope you'll stay tuned online and in the media center, and rediscover what a great place the library can be!