By Alex Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #140) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 8:30 am: |
A teacher at SGB (the high school) has asked me to pass along the following request:
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By Cecil (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5061) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 9:20 am: |
Alex I will take a look at what we have and bring some down in October. More than happy to help out.
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By Alex Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #141) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 11:12 am: |
Cecil,
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By Nathalie (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #183) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 11:49 am: |
I've previously donated books in English to the library in Kralendijk (quite a while ago), but they didn't seem real enthusiastic. It's good to know there is a specific place that needs them. We'll be happy to donate some books next time we're on island. Thanks for posting.
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By Julia Graves (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #957) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 11:56 am: |
There are some very good books written by recognised authors, eg Joanna Trollope, Roddy Doyle, with simplified vocabulary. They were published earlier this year and were excellent. I will try to find out more and fetch a few. I know there was a cracking ghost story.
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By Rosanne (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #578) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 11:58 am: |
Alex, if we wanted to ship some books where would we ship them to?
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By Alex Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #142) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 12:09 pm: |
Thank you all! I had no doubt this wonderful BT community would come through! Rosanne, YGM .
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By Sue Steiner (BonaireTalker - Post #58) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 1:02 pm: |
I've found several web sites for high interest/low vocabulary books for teens. I'd be willing to purchase them and bring them with me when I visit Bonaire in December but it would be helpful to me to know what type of books the students are interested in reading. Many of the books are on a grade 2-4 reading level but relate to teens. Is this what you need?
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By Alex Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #143) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 1:08 pm: |
Sue,
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By Sue Steiner (BonaireTalker - Post #59) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 1:41 pm: |
Hi Alex - I've checked out the following websites:
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By kita jackson (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #2) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 1:57 pm: |
Hi Alex, Check out the Daedalus Books' web site at www.daedalusbooks.com. The prices are great!
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By Julia Graves (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #958) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 4:11 pm: |
Found it, they are called it Quick Reads and are published by Bloomsbury. I know there are some really good titles for boys and they are not expensive.I know from experience that it is often hard to find appropriate material for teens that is has simple enough vocab but is still interesting. My luggage allowance is rather small from Europe but I think we can manage some.
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By Alex Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #144) on Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 9:11 pm: |
Hello all,
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By Frank Barulli (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #4) on Sunday, September 24, 2006 - 1:51 pm: |
I brought stuff for Hoppner house last year and air Jamaica let me bring a suitcase free (up to 65 lbs)!
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By Alex Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #145) on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 10:07 am: |
Good for Air Jamaica! Thanks for letting us know, Frank.
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By Ross Canant (BonaireTalker - Post #36) on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 1:50 pm: |
Is there any interest in Harry Potter books? I have duplicates of several of them.
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By Alex Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #147) on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 7:57 am: |
Hi Ross,
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By Alex Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #152) on Friday, October 13, 2006 - 5:21 pm: |
Hi everyone. I received the first donation(s) of books today. Thank you so much! We still need more, so please keep us in mind. And many thanks to St. Michael Gaynor for being our drop-off point .
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By Julia Graves (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #979) on Friday, October 13, 2006 - 8:17 pm: |
I have posted a few books from UK to Michael, I wonder if they will arrive before we do on the 21st Oct? If they are suitable let me know and I will send more. Teachers I work with are quite interested in this so keep us informed.
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By Alex Brown (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #154) on Friday, October 13, 2006 - 9:28 pm: |
Hi Julia,
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