The Brigadoon library boasts 15,111 books plus various magazines and videos the children may check out. Vicky Quackenbush at Kilo Junior High reported her student most often select The Girl Death Left Behind by Lurlene McDaniel and Halfback Tough by Thomas Dygard. When asked to read nonfiction, these students favor biographies, books on science, and history books. Besides more than 9,000 books to pick from in the library, Kilo offers several sources of electronic media that are often used for research. Roth 20th Century Poetry is available on CD as is Scribner's History and Culture, which contains a database of historical events, concepts, presidential administrations, biographies, and photos.
Children choose the books they do for many reasons.
Teresa Bateman, the librarian at Brigadoon agrees that peer recommendation is the top reason students pick a book, but says sometimes the children choose books for topic, sometimes for reading level, and occasionally for the author. Others just like the covers. Reading is like walking down a long hall, with windows and doors on either side. You can rest your elbows on any windowsill and drink in the view, without ever leaving the safety of the hallway. For best results viewing this site, please use the latest versions of Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer.