Biblioteca
Novedades en la biblioteca: “Redwoods” de Jason Chin
“A young boy finds a book about redwood trees sitting on the seat of the subway. He reads it on his way home and imagines himself at the places the book describes. After his adventures in the pages of the book, he leaves the book on a park bench for another child to pick up
ENTREVISTA AL BIBLIOTECARIO COREY WITTIG EN SU VISITA AL INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL
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POETRY READING CLUB: SECOND POEM OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS
This week in our Poetry Reading Club we will continue our exploration of mid-twentieth-century poetry with a poem by one of the most important American poets from this era: T.S. Eliot. Eliot exploded onto the literary scene with the publication of his first book of poems, Prufrock and Other Observations (1917). Like William Carlos Williams,
Recomendación cultural para el fin de semana
Exposición “Jim Campbell. Ritmos de Luz” “La exposición de Jim Campbell (Chicago, 1956), que abrirá el 1 de abril de 2015, recogerá obras basadas en una combinación de la técnica del vídeo arte y el uso de la luz, que retan al visitante y cuestionan su capacidad de percepción. En sus trabajos se cruzan arte
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE AT THE LIBRARY: THE SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS
This week’s story is Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, published in 1890. While it would be unfair to suggest that Bierce deserves to be considered a “lesser-known author” given the strength of the rest of his oeuvre, it is undeniable that this story is by far his most popular and widely anthologized.
POETRY READING CLUB: FIRST POEM OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS
“April,” wrote T.S. Eliot, “is the cruelest month, breeding / Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing / Memory and desire, stirring / Dull roots with spring rain.” Eliot had his own reasons for taking such a dour view of the season which poets have traditionally celebrated for its associations with fertility and new life.
Novedad bibliográfica destacada en la biblioteca
“Pioneer girl: the annotated autobiography” by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Pamela Smith Hill “Long hidden in archives, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s original handwritten autobiography is a tribute to her family and her experiences as a pioneer. Written for an older audience, Pioneer Girl is her first-person narrative of the settling of Dakota Territory, the building of
Recomendación cultural para la semana
Exposición de fotografías “The most important thing” “Esta exposición, organizada con la colaboración del ACNUR, constituye una mirada sobre la vida de estas personas. Partiendo de los retratos del fotoperiodista americano Brian Sokol, nos acercamos a los testimonios de 24 personas que, en el instante de ser fotografiadas, acababan de verse forzadas a huir de
Young Learners 3: Un grupo expresivo y curioso
This winter Young Learners 3 spent a lot of time working on their pronunciation and expression in English. They practiced reading Dr. Seuss books with expression in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Each student chose a story and practiced reading 1 to 2 minutes of text aloud to the rest of the class. Later the
SELECCIÓN DE FOTOS DE LAS ACTIVIDADES DEL MES EN LA BIBLIOTECA
Os invitamos a ver una selección de fotos de las actividades de la biblioteca con American Space Madrid en este mes de marzo: En el “Readers’ Theater” para niños de 9 a 12 años trabajaron el guión usando movimiento a partir del libro “My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother”. En el Storytelling de los sábados
