Dear Scarby, Can you recommend books that are easy to read for someone with English as a second language? - ESL Reader
Library Materials
Dear Reader,
Sure! Whether you're into mysteries, humour, chick-lit, or self-help books, there are plenty of choices in the popular collection. You can find the popular collection in the Reading Room bookshelves just inside the entrance of the library. The shelves are overflowing with great reads!
Yours truly,
Scarby H. Hedgehog
Dear Scarby, what is the most unique or weird book title you have come across in the library? - Purple Girl, 4th year
Dear Purple Girl, If you look through some of the thousands of books in the UTSC library collection, you are sure to find a few funny titles! Here are my favourites: The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters - like, where are the cheese hedgehogs, is what I wonder! Modern Skeletons in Postmodern Closets: A Cultural Studies Alternative - spoooky! Grammar Wars: Language as Cultural Battlefield in 17th and 18th Century England - Really? They had to argue over it like that? Why didn't they look it up on the Internet?! On Bulls--t - Yup, that’s a title! Haven’t seen it on a UTSC syllabus yet though.... Who Owns English? – Hey, don't we all?
Yours truly,
Scarby H. Hedgehog
Dear Scarby, there are so many great things in the library. I have always wondered, what items in the library are borrowed the most? - Fact Seeker, 4th year
Dear Fact Seeker,
If you’ve ever stepped inside the UTSC library, you’re sure to have noticed that it’s quite a large library. With over 300,000 items in the collection, there is a lot to choose from. Although there are a few items that attract the students’ attention the most. One of these items is season one of Game of Thrones on DVD, which has circulated 56 times. The most popular book is also “A Game of Thrones” which has been borrowed 77 times and seems to prove that “the book was better” indeed. The UTSC Library has more than just books and DVDs. There is also a Tech Lending collection. The most popular items from that collection are the lighting to USB cables; each one of them circulates about 400 times a year. The latest additions to the library’s collection include video games and board games. Although they were only added a couple of months ago, I am sure they will be one of the more popular items among students and library users to enjoy! Heck, I’m going to take out Scrabble right now.
Yours truly,
Scarby H. Hedgehog