Gators Love to Read!

Welcome to the LCES Library page! 

A little about your librarian:

Book borrowing information:

Students can borrow and return books in the school library during their library activity and during early morning checkout between arrival and the tardy bell.

Students can place holds for books anytime from our online catalog Destiny.  

Magnolia Awards 2023 - Information Coming Soon!

The Magnolia Award is the Children's Choice Award for Mississippi. Students vote on their favorite nominee each February.  Winners are announced each April.  For lists of previous and current nominees and winners follow this link.

E-Reading Links

_{Overdrive through First Regional Library}

 _{Audible  Free streaming of audiobooks during school closures}

_{Scholastic Learn at Home Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing}

_{Storytime with Ryan and Craig Tons of popular and interesting books} 

_{Project Gutenberg  free pdf of classic documents and books}

_{Ranger Rick  Ranger Rick has opened all digital issues, games, videos, etc on the website until June 2020}

Author and Illustrator Read-a-longs and How-tos

KidLitTV shows, radio, crafts, books

Read Wonder and Learn with Kate Messner and friends

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems

Grace Lin reads from her books

Jarrett Lerner drawing activities

Santat Online Survival School for the Pandemic  Dan Santat's fun way to stay informed and growing

Reference, Research, and other fun ways to Explore

World Book Online

Magnolia Database all MS residents have free access to this amazing database of resources.

Smithsonian Education idea labs and other fun ways to explore Smithsonian Museums

Library of Congress online exhibitions and primary sources including videos

Metropolitan Museum of Art incredible art timeline, lesson plans, and podcasts for families

United States Holocaust Museum interactive site that contains video and audio clips and primary documents on the Holocaust

Teaching Resources

PBIS Learning

Learning at Home Resources from the Mississippi Department of Education

Destiny Library Catalog

Destiny is our online catalog.  To check which books your student has checked out or place books on hold log in to Destiny. There are several Ebooks available on Destiny and links to other Ebook services on the home page.  

Username: lunch number

Password: first name

Our Public Libraries

Our public libraries love helping us find books we love.  Access to library hours, contact information, your public library account and catalog, and online resources can be found here.  Even though they are currently closed, your public librarians would love for you to check out their digital services.