Traveling in the region? Need a guide?

From Thursday March 21 to Thursday March 28, there are over 35 different travel guides on display on the lower level of the Kishore Mahbubani Library which you can order - at prices discounted 20% by APD Books.

All the guides are for cities and countries in the region - and the intended audience is Grade 11 - as these are the places where groups are going for Project Week this year.

Get your order forms in to any library staff member by next Thursday, March 28th -- and the books will be delivered  here by April 30th.

NB: The sale table will also be on display during the Family Fun Festival tomorrow.

And the Red Dot winners are....

The 2012-2013 Red Dot Book Awards - with almost 7,500 votes from 15 schools cast in total over the four categories

Go to the reddotawards.com website for more information, but here are the top prize winners in the four categories - for Singapore as a whole.

Early Years: Chalk - by Bill Thomson

Younger Readers:  The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - by William Joyce

Older Readers: Wonder - by R.J. Palacio

Mature Readers: The Fault in our Stars - by John Green

The results for our particular campus were slightly different.

Red Dot Book Awards - One Week to Vote!

Download this UWC Red Dot poster (PDF) for printing here

Once a year for one week we vote for the best book in four categories:  Early Years, Younger Readers, Older Readers, and Mature Readers.  Any student is welcome to vote in any category - as long as they have read at least two of the books in that category (voting, after all, is about choosing).

In the Secondary School we mainly promote the Older Readers and Mature Readers books.  I'm sure you've noticed the big bookshelf devoted to them on the upper level.

Watch these 1-minute videos to remind yourself of the titles on offer this year.

Older Readers (aimed at grades 4 through 8):

Mature Readers (aimed at grades 8 through 12):

Ready to vote?

You can do it through a web browser - go to this webpage:  reddotawards.com/voting2013

Or use this QR code to go to a mobile website:  bit.ly/reddotvote

NB:  Our school voting code is UWCEAST.  The form will ask you for it.

Winners will be announced on Saturday, March 16th.

Afterwards, a subset of the Red Dot books will be selected as the quiz books for the Readers Cup, to be held in May.  Watch for details of how you can enter and compete.