Author Archives: ACE Academy Library

What better way to spend your time away from ACE than to catch up on your leisure reading and dive into new, fictional worlds? Sometimes revisiting cherished characters by rereading old favorites can be comforting in the cold weather, too. … Continue reading →

Dear Wonderful ACE Families, Thursday, December 13, will be ACE’s first annual ACE Library Book Donation Day. Please bring any and all school age appropriate books you’d like to donate to the the second floor office, room 202, where a … Continue reading →

  Photo credit: Ourit Ben-Haim, Underground NYPL Unlike standard library blogs, library Tumblrs tend to offer more visual impact, frequent updates, fluidity of content, and more varied contributors. Check out some of your librarian’s favorites below: New York Public Library – Frequently updated … Continue reading →

We’re just under a week away from the best book focused event of the year, the Texas Book Festival. This event occurs from 10 AM to 4:30 PM on Saturday, the 27th, and from 11 AM to 4:30 PM on … Continue reading →

Breaking news from the ACE Library: We have a research database subscription! Access it by clicking on the Research Links tab above and following the log-in instructions. Explore, try search terms, and conduct your research using the database from anywhere … Continue reading →

ACE Library Patrons and Parents, November is approaching quickly and if there’s one writing endeavor to keep on your horizon in advance, it’s NANOWRIMO: National Novel Writing Month. This challenge encourages writers of all ages to work avidly on a … Continue reading →

The Austin Teen Book Festival will be held at the Palmer Events Center from 9:30 AM to 5 PM this Saturday. With 36 well-known and up and coming YA authors featured on six panels, the ATBF is sure to be … Continue reading →

Generally, when you think of a library, you think of books, of hushed silence, of studying, of stillness. If you’re a frequent patron, maybe you think of discovery, or of reliability, or of millions of worlds waiting to be explored … Continue reading →

It’s the third day of the Fall semester here at ACE Academy, and there’s been some changes made in the upstairs libraries (301 and 302). When you enter 301, you’ll notice that I, the librarian (Ms. Whitmer), now have a … Continue reading →

Concept Art by Syd Mead (above) There is nothing quite so thrilling as the notion of the end of the world. In some books, the settings teeter on the end of days, while in others they exist in post-apocalyptic ruin. … Continue reading →