"If young people develop a love of reading, they will have better lives." 
                                                                                      -- Rafe Esquith

Click on book covers to read Ms. Stevenson's review.

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Librarian: Sara Stevenson |  512-414-6998 ssteven2@austinisd.org Assistant: Leslie Wilson  414-7114 Library Hours: Monday-Friday 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Library Catalog   Search the Catalog Summer Reading! Click banner below for the O. Henry Summer Reading list!

8th Grade Challenge books. Click here for link.  8th Grade Recommended books. Click here. Read-a-thon Winners 2012

O. Henry Read-a-thon Field Trips 2012

Check out our pilot program of ebooks and audio books you can stream or download onto your digital devices from home or school!  Click on Follett Shelf icon below. User name and password in parent e-letter!

We also have reference ebooks from Gale!

Thanks to the 271 Read-a-thon participants and their sponsors!  O. Henry's Best Year Ever!

Poet Charles Smith, Jr. performs poem on READING!

Click on map below to read Ms. Brown's latest Austin American-Statesman article on her Antarctic adventures!  Read Ms. Brown's article about her itinerary in Antarctica in an article she wrote for the Austin American-Statesman in October. Guys Read before school at O. Henry Click on photo to read Ms. Stevenson's Austin American-Statesman essay: Kids relate to Hunger Games because they play them in Texas schools.   Click on photo above to read article on how reading fiction creates empathy. Scan this QR code to follow: www.ohenrylibrary.com.

Objectives of the library: The O. Henry library strives to be the heart of the school community. Through providing high interest titles in multiple genres, the library encourages students to become pleasure readers, thereby increasing students' literacy skills as they entertain themselves. The library also provides access to a variety of resources, including the Internet, databases, and reference works. The librarian teaches research skills and works closely with students and teachers, enabling them to make the most of these resources available to all. Austin Teen Book Festival Pics For more, go to Library Events. With author Simone Elkeles With author Stephanie Perkins O. Henry students read before school. Click photo to read Ms. Stevenson's Teens Read essay in the Austin American-Statesman. Ms. Stevenson wins the  'Branding Iron Award' from the  Texas Library Association: Click on the picture to read the winning editorial in the Austin American-Satesman: Why Librarians are Essential.