Media+Picks

[[image:somewhere.jpg width="93" height="116" align="right" link="http://webopac.jgsc.k12.in.us:8080/webopac/main?siteid=2"]]Check this page monthly for the latest media picks!
Turn the sound on to get the full effect of this famous scientist's laboratory.
 * February's Website of the Month:** [|The Invention Factory]

Don't like poetry? Don't worry! There is something for everyone in this beautifully-illustrated collection.
 * [[image:weddings.jpg width="93" height="116" align="right" link="http://webopac.jgsc.k12.in.us:8080/webopac/main?siteid=2"]][[image:raisin.jpg width="93" height="116" align="right" link="http://webopac.jgsc.k12.in.us:8080/webopac/main?siteid=2"]]February's Poetry Pick of the Month:** [|This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World]

Check out this short, action-packed story about family, mistakes, and forgiveness.
 * February's Fiction Pick of the Month:** [|Somewhere in the Darkness]

Get into the spirit of Black History Month with this colorful life story, written by Jackie Robinson's own daughter.
 * [[image:samesky.jpg width="93" height="115" align="right" link="http://webopac.jgsc.k12.in.us:8080/webopac/main?siteid=2"]]February's Nonfiction Pick of the Month:** [|Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America]

Whether you read it or watch it, this play-turned-movie is sure to inspire you.
 * February's Film and Drama Pick of the Month:** [|A Raisin in the Sun]

Are you a sucker for Valentines? Find out about more romantic traditions with this amazing book about love!
 * [[image:redkayak.jpg width="93" height="116" align="right" link="http://webopac.jgsc.k12.in.us:8080/webopac/main?siteid=2"]][[image:jackierobinson.jpg width="92" height="115" align="right"]]February's Random Pick of the Month:** [|Weddings, Dating, and Love Customs of Cultures Worldwide, Including Royalty]

This book is our favorite of the 2007-2008 Young Hoosier Books so far!
 * Special Recommendation by Media Center Staff:** [|The Red Kayak]