About this Site
“Being able to read is like unfolding your life from an envelope.
You can make your own world by the books you read. You can choose
your world by the types of books that you read.” Robert Munsch
Wired
for Words is dedicated to providing our young avid readers with a
place to get some advice on best-reads! And it is also a place where
you can share information about what books you recommend or read the
reviews sent in by other readers.
The Featured Books on this web site offer stimulating worlds of challenging
ideas, intriguing characters, places explored, times visited. All
the titles featured have been selected by teacher-librarians from
the Calgary Board of Education, and have met the criteria of the Evaluation
and Selection Guidelines of the Calgary Board of Education.
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to view.
Use the search engine to view the new featured books titles every month; by selecting the age group and then new books only check box. Some of these titles are recent
publications; others are favourites that you may not have read yet. All are highly recommended by avid readers. When choosing
a book to enjoy, please consider your interests, skills and family
values.
If
you would like to read the comments made about these titles by other
readers, please visit Readers’ Reviews on this web site.
Wired
for Words strives to maintain an environment of excellence through
selection of outstanding books and the posting of acceptable readers'
reviews. All writing on the web site is screened by teacher-librarians
for appropriate content and language. Readers' reviews are posted
using pen names only. Inappropriate content, language or pen names
will not be posted. We urge readers to ask their parents to read their
intended reviews before submitting them to this site.
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