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Let’s Try Something New at the Library!
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) recently awarded funding to the MetroShare Community of Libraries Consortium under its Regional ILS Cooperative grant program to provice educational and recreational kits at all MetroShare Libraries and are designed to enhance the lives of Library patrons.
There are kits for patrons of all ages. The recreational kits range from an outdoor movie screen to a giant dice yard game, from hosting a podcast to playing pickleball. Educational kits include learning to play the piano, coding basics with a Space Rover, and Playaway Launchpad pre-loaded tablets to learn Spanish, math, and more. These kits are designed to give patrons the opportunity to try something new, without the commitment of purchasing their own equipment.
Author
Series
Diary of an 8-bit warrior volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"In the first in this series of three unofficial Minecraft adventure books, it's time for our 12-year-old hero to choose his future vocation to study at the Minecraftia school. His options are less than tantalizing: farmer, butcher, crafter, miner. What this noob really wants is to be a warrior like his hero, Steve. So when he learns that the five best students in school that year will get the chance to start warrior training, it's on"--Amazon.com....
63) Online gaming
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sign on and get playing! The world of online gaming is filled with popular titles such as Fortnite and Hearthstone. But the history of online gaming includes many other games! In this series, striving readers will learn about the history and community of online gaming. Engaging text explores developments in gameplay, introduces new and familiar games, and highlights gaming communities. Special features include a timeline, a list of best-selling online...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The game is on! Get your hands on this book about one of the most influential companies in the video game industry. Founded in 1889, Nintendo started out as a small playing card company in Japan. Though the cards sold well, Nintendo really became popular when it began creating toys in the 1960s, and then became internationally renowned after developing video games and consoles in the 1970s and '80s. After introducing the world to some of the best-known...
66) Console gaming
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Console gaming is one of the most popular ways to play video games! This high-interest book traces the history of console gaming from early hardware to the advanced consoles of today. Along the way, readers will learn about new and familiar games, discover the gaming community, and more. Special features include a timeline, a list of top-selling games, and a profile of a popular video game. This engaging title is sure to be a hit with striving readers!"--Provided...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What if schools, from the wealthiest suburban nursery school to the grittiest urban high school, thrummed with the sounds of deep immersion? More and more people believe that can happen - with the aid of video games. From Greg Toppo, USA Today's national K-12 education and demographics reporter, The Game Believes in You presents the story of a small group of visionaries who, for the past 40 years, have been pushing to get game controllers into the...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Left on their own for an evening, two boisterous brothers find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical space adventure board game.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xi, 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Offers a practical do-it-yourself guide to creating your own escape room. Divided into two parts, the first half covers what an escape room is, how to develop theme and plot, how to set up a room, how to structure clues, and how to run the event. The second half of the book provides multiple chapters of clues and challenges to use in your escape room: codes, ciphers, mathematics, puzzles, physical objects, and more.
Author
Series
Battle Royale secrets of the island volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Impossibles, the latest recruits, have everything to lose and even more to gain by moving up the ranks, but first they will need to come together as a squad and prove themselves on the battlefield"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thousands have paid big bucks to learn winning poker strategies from Angel Largay - one of the world's most consistent winners in maximum buy-in no-limit games. Now, Largay offers a wider audience his poker teaching expertise in No-Limit Texas Hold'em.
Although millions play, only a few have the skill to cash in on the explosion fueled by maximum buy-in no-limit games. Whether you're a novice or a veteran, an online player, casino regular, or home...
Author
Language
English
Description
What makes a group? How do you know? Look at what is the same to help you! Use this enlightening, nonfiction e-book to introduce students to classifying and counting. Simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, large font, and vibrant photographs are flowed beautifully throughout this e-book to engage students from start to finish. Students will be introduced to basic measurement and data concepts with this e-book that aligns to mathematics...
77) Slay
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kiera Johnson is an honors student, a math tutor, and one of the few Black kids at Jefferson Academy. At home she joins hundreds of thousands of Black gamers who duel worldwide as Nubian personas in the secret multiplayer online role-playing card game, SLAY. When a teen in Kansas City is murdered over a dispute in the SLAY world, the game is labeled a racist, exclusionist, violent hub for thugs and criminals. No one knows Kiera is the game developer--...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Offers tips and tricks for more than forty adventures in Roblox, with interviews with the games' creators.
"From the Bloxy Award-winning Jailbreak and Lumber Tycoon 2 to the massively popular Heroes of Robloxia and Apocalypse Rising, this action-packed book gives you the official scoop on some of the most popular and critically acclaimed adventure games on Roblox. Each profile tells you everything you need to know, including a guide to gameplay,...
79) The game of LIFE
Publisher
Hasbro
Pub. Date
c2021
Physical Desc
1 game (gameboard with spinner, 90 cards, 4 cars, 36 pegs, money pack, instructions) : color, cardboard ; in box 40 x 27 x 4 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Choose your own path! Take a spin and buckle up for twists, turns, and adventures all along the road!
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This resource introduces middle and high school girls to the world of video game development, covering the kinds of courses, extracurricular activities, and organizations that can help them get into a career in video game development."--Publisher description.
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