Read for a Lifetime

“Read for a Lifetime” is an Illinois State Library program designed to encourage high school students to develop a lifelong habit of reading for information and pleasure. The State Library selects a list of twenty five titles. Students register in the Fall, read at least four books from the designated list, and report the titles they have read in the Spring. Twenty-one students registered for the program. Nine students(*) received certificates signed by the Illinois Secretary of State. Amanda Krawiec and Jennifer Rowe received special awards for reading all twenty-five titles.

2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners

from http://www.pulitzer.org/node/8501

"Daffodils" (1804)

I wander'd lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.


Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretch'd in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

By William Wordsworth (1770-1850).

New Books 3/25/11

Current Events (meets health and science!)
Healthcare for everyone
Sports concussions
Torture

Hot topics
Social networking
Plagiarism

Economics
Fair trade and how it works
How currency devaluation works

Health and Science
Bacteria and viruses
Living with dyslexia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Africa
The history of Southern Africa
The history of Western Africa