Maple Leaf International School

Library On-Line Resources

The school community has access to the EBSCO Host online database.

Please contact the library for a username and password.

The following interfaces are offered within the database:

EBSCO Host: All available databases (Teacher Profile)
Student Research Center: High School and Middle School
Kid Search: Middle and Elementary School
Searchasaurus : Elementary School

Citation Guide

Use the following to learn how to reference or cite your work correctly:

http://www.oslis.org/elementary/index.php?page=citeSources

http://citationmachine.net/

Canadian Literary Awards

The Canadian Library Association encourages and promotes literary and graphic excellence in books for children and young adults. These three awards are presented annually:

Book of the Year Award for Children
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration
Young Adult Canadian Book Award

The Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award is the oldest children's choice award in the U.S. and Canada. The award was established in 1940 by a Seattle bookseller, the late Harry Hartman, who believed every student should have an opportunity to select a book that gives her or him pleasure.

2007

Junior Division 4th-6th grades: Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke
Intermediate Division 7th-9th grades: Supernaturalist Eoin Colfer
Senior Division 10th-12th grades: Hat Full of Sky Terry Pratchett

2006

Junior Division 4th-6th grades: The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo
Intermediate Division 7th-9th grades: Eragon Christopher Paolini
Senior Division 10th-12th grades: Fat Kid Rules the World K. L. Going

2005

Junior Division 4th-6th grades: The Thief Lord Corneila Funke
Intermediate Division 7th-9th grades: Son of the Mob Gordon Korman
Senior Division 10th-12th grades: The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer

International Literary Awards

The John Newbery Medal is awarded for the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for Children and was established in 1922. See the Newbery Medal Home Page for more information.

2007

Medalist: The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron, illustrated by Matt Phelan
Honors: Penny from Heaven Jennifer L. Holm; Hattie Big Sky Kirby Larson; Rules Cynthia Lord

The Randolph Caldecott Medal is awarded for the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children and was established in1938.” See also the Caldecott Medal Home Page.

2007

Medalist: Flotsam David Wiesner
Honor: Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet David McLimans; Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Kadir Nelson, text by Carole Boston Weatherford