National Book Month Winner!

prepared by Adriene S. Jones

The Diary of Anne Frank (Image: WorldCat)

Congratulations to Cassidy Wilson, winner of the National Book Month Contest!  Cassidy’s favorite book is The Diary of Anne Frank because it shows the struggles of what Anne Frank went through during the Holocaust.

Some other favorite books of students at DCC Covington Library (and their reasons for choosing the books they did) include:

The Bad Beginning (Image: WorldCat)

• Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales because "it’s an interesting twist on all the stories I grew up on!"
• The Color Purple because "it’s good."
• The Lemony Snicket Series because "the books are full of adventure."
• Big Girls Do Cry because "it’s full of drama."
• Fifty Shades of Grey because "it’s interesting and gets you thinking."
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear because "it was funny and rhymed."
• Phantom of the Opera because "it has romance and suspense wrapped in one volume!"
• All the Dragon Riders of Pern books because "it was a great original series."
• The Holy Bible because "it’s life."
• Pride and Prejudice because "of the time period."
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People because "it’s a good time management book."
• Anything written by Lisa Gardner because "of the mystery and suspense."
• Mistaken Identity because "it’s really good."
• The Voynich Manuscript because "no one else can read it." 

All the Weyrs of Pern (Image: WorldCat)

The Voynich Manuscript (Image: WorldCat)

Don’t be too sad if you didn’t win or missed the contest. Just be on the lookout for more contests and events hosted by the DCC Covington Library. We may not have a contest every single day, but we’re always available to help you with your research needs.