Child Sense

A guide for engaging the senses of young children to improve communication and make life a little easier for parents and kids alike.

Child Sense
by Priscilla J. Dunstan
Find it in the library at call number BF723 .S35D86 2009

The Little Book of Stress Relief

Dude, Relax is GPS tool #3. Need some more ideas to help you calm down? Check out our stress relief display, which includes this book offering "52 prescriptions for a calmer life."

The Little Book of Stress Relief
by David Posen, MD
Find it in the library at call number RA785 .P68 2003

El Sistema

A look at Venezuela's acclaimed musical education program that has fostered a love of classical music for hundreds of thousands of students, including superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel.

El Sistema
directed by Paul Smaczy & Maria Stootmeier
Find it in the library at aclal number ML719 .V46S57 2009

First Peoples in a New World

This is a story about the first Americans: what we know about who they were, how they got here and what North America was like when they arrived.

First Peoples in a New World: Colonizing Ice Age America
By David J. Meltzer
Find it in the library at call number E77.9 .M45 2009.

Disconnect

GPS for Success Tool #2 is disconnect: pledge to leave outside distractions behind while in class or doing homework. For more tips and tools for being a successful student, see Becoming a Master Student and the rotating titles in the library's GPS for Success display. 

Becoming a Master Student
by Dave Ellis
Find it in the library at call number LB1049 .B436 2011

Motorcycle Diaries

Our final destination this week is the entire continent of South America as we watch Gael García Bernal star as Che in this movie version of a real life trip the revolutionary took prior earning a spot on the CIA’s hit list (and tee-shirts the world over).


Motorcycle Diaries
directed by Walter Salles
Find it in the library's Video collection at call number PN1995.9 .F7M68 2005

Rabbit Proof Fence

Our next stop is Australia for the true story of three young aboriginal girls who successfully trekked across the Outback after being taken from their families as part of a government program to train domestic servants.

Rabbit Proof Fence
directed by Phillip Noyce
Find it in the library's Video collection at call number PN1995.9 .D7R37 2002

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...Spring

Continuing east on our trip we reach Korea, where little dialogue interferes with this spiritual coming of age story set mostly on a tiny island monastery on a lake (an island not unlike the one in our very own San Diego Reservoir). 

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...Spring
directed by Ki-duk Kim
Find it in the library's video collection at call number PN1995.9 .F7S67 2003

Edge of Heaven

Continuing our around the world trip, Edge of Heaven spans two continents of plausible coincidences that draw several disparate stories into a moving whole. In three languages: German, Turkish and English.

Edge of Heaven
directed by Fatih Akin
Find it in the library's video collection at call number PN1995.9 .F7E32 2007