NSC Library Resources for Get Caught Reading Month
- Databases:
- Columbia Grangers World of Poetry - Find information on your favorite Latino Poets! Over 400,000 poem citations and more than 50,000 poems in full text. Also included is bibliographic information for 1,800 anthologies.
- LiOn (Literature Online) -a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 208 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
- Literary Reference Center - References for literary research.
- Websites
- Get Caught Reading.org - See which of your favorite celebrities, Athletes, Politicians and more have been caught reading!
- The Pura Belpré Award - Learn about the Pura Belpré award for Latino/Latina writers and authors. Follow their links to the list of current and past award winning books!
- Get Caught Reading in the Stacks!
- An introduction to selected Afro-Latino writers / Margaret Lindsay Morris NSC Dawson: PQ7081.7 B55 M67 2003
- Latino literature in America / Bridget Kevane NSC Dawson: PS153 .H56 K48 2003
- A magical encounter : Latino children's literature in the classroom / Alma Flor Ada NSC Basic: LB1575.5 .U5 A345 2003
- Telling to live : Latina feminist testimonios / the Latina feminist group, Luz del Alba Acevedo ... [et al.] NSC Dawson: E184 .S75 T45 2001
- Chicana ways : conversations with ten Chicana writers / Karin Rosa Ikas NSC Dawson: PS153 .M4 C455 2001
- (Out)classed women : contemporary Chicana writers on inequitable gendered power relations / Phillipa Kafka NSC Dawson: PS153 .M4 K34 2000
- Chicano authors : inquiry by interview / by Bruce-Novoa NSC Dawson: PS153 .4 B7
- Fantastic Must Reads from the Recommended by the Library Staff:
- The Bean Trees: A Novel by Barbara Kingslover Available at NSC Dawson Library / call number PS3561 .I496 B44 1998
- The Blackstone Chronicles by John Saul: Great summer guilty pleasure reading, perfect for the beach! Originally a series of 6 individual stories which are all connected through eerie supernatural events, you can now get all 6 tales in one volume.
- Cane River by Lalita Tademy: Available at NSC Dawson Library / call number PS3570 .A248 C36 2002 This is an awesome historical fiction novel written about the author’s own family who were slaves in the American South. This story chronicles the decisions five generations of women in Tademy’s family made in order to give each of their children the best life possible. The Cell by Stephen King An awesome book that deals with the end of the world, or more like the "wiping of humanity." Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault Funtastic way of learning the alphabet and lower and uppercase letters.
- Extracts from Adam’s Diary by Mark Twain: eBook available at NSC One of the most touching love stories you’ll ever read. To get the complete story search for the combined edition “The Diaries of Adam and Eve” published by Prometheus Books (2000).
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Available at NSC Dawson Library / call number PS3503 .R167 F3 1993
- The First Time by Cher and Jeff Coplon This book is about all of Cher's first experiences in life since she was 16, and had just met Sonny. Some of the stories are terribly horrific, and some are so outrageous they are hard to believe!
- Girls Night In by Meg Cabot, Jennifer Weiner, Sophie Kinsella, et.al The Giver by Lois Lowry Available at NSC Basic Library / call number PZ7 .L9673 Gi 1993 An amazing book based on a life lived without color.
- Le Petit Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery This is an excellent book to read to see how you've changed view points throughout life. As a child reading this book, you see certain actions by adults as unnecessary. As an adult reading this book, you find that your mind has changed to accommodate better reasoning and find a purpose in your deliberate actions that have there own consequences.
- Lettin It All Hang Out: An Autobiography by RuPaul Charles A fun, twisted little adventure through one mans eyes to become a super model to the world. RuPaul gives tips on how to be fierce and glamorous in everyday life on a budget.
- Night by Ellie Wiesel
- Roughing it! by Mark Twain: The wily adventures of America’s favorite satirist during his brief stay in Nevada, California and Hawaii. The chapters on his stay in Nevada’s own Carson City and Virginia City are worth it alone but don’t miss the burning saga at both Mono Lake and Lake Bigler—better known as Lake Tahoe!
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Available at the NSC Dawson Library / call number PS3562 T6 1999 VHS motion picture is also available on Reserve at the NSC Dawson location (see the Circulation desk for details)
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini This book is about everlasting friendship, male bonding, and hardships of living in Afghanistan. It's a tear jerker, get a box of tissues.
- The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Available at NSC Dawson Library / call number PS3515 .E37 S8 1996 It is almost impossible to pick just one book by Hemingway to read, but if you only read one go for The Sun Also Rises.
- Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?: Reflections on the Liberation of Animals by Steven Best and Anthony J., II Nocella This book is a hard hitting real life story of ALF and PETA to save animals from abuse and neglect. Sometimes animal lovers will go to extremes to stop the suffering inflicted by other countries, make-up companies, and test labs.
- Vampire Huntress Legends (series) by L.A. Banks. (First in the series is called Minion, second is The Awakening, third is The Hunted. . . .)
