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Our Library
At the heart of the school, the Virginia Beach Friends School Library serves a community of students from preschool age to high school seniors, parents, and teachers. The library collection currently contains over 25,000 books. Subscriptions to over 30 periodicals and professional journals, and materials such as videotapes, pamphlets, posters, and teaching materials support the school's educational program. In addition to the print material available, the library has five computers (three for student use) that can be used to run the electronic card catalog system (Athena), Internet research, and word processing.
Community resources include the Virginia Beach Media Center (weekly borrowing privileges for classroom use of videos), the Virginia Beach Public Library Internet Search, and the Chesapeake Public Library Internet Search.
The library programs promote the love of books, reading and learning. Instructional techniques include: reading new books out loud or revisiting old favorites; guiding book searches for students; and guiding Internet searches for older students, teachers, staff members, parents. Students often come to the library on their own time and are given individualized attention by the staff
In addition to the daily operation of the library, the staff has three community oriented programs along with special events used to generate funds to build the library collection while continuously promoting the enjoyment of reading and the benefits of book ownership. These programs are:
- Christmas Book and Gift Fair (runs the Wednesday through Saturday after Thanksgiving), the major fundraiser for the library and an event which draws many people from the wider community of Hampton Roads;
- Spring Book Fair (runs the week after Mother's Day), the kick-off for summer reading initiatives which also raises money for collection development; and,
- Used Book Sale (runs the last two days of the school year), where items that have been weeded from the library collection are adopted into new homes, while raising funds for the development of the collection. Donations accepted.
The Library also has an extensive collection of materials reatated to Quakerism. The following is a list of our holdings:
The eternal promise : a sequel to A testament of devotion /Kelly, Thomas R.
Plain living : a Quaker path to simplicity /Whitmire, Catherine.
College spirit : reflections on twenty-five years in campus ministry /Carter, Max L.
Minutiae of the Meeting : Essays on Quaker Connections /Carter, Max L.
Where's God? : thoughts for young worshipers./Karsner, Katherine.
Quakerism, a study guide on the Religious Society of Friends /Kenworthy, Leonard Stout
Seeking truth together : enabling the poor and saving the planet in the manner /Powelson, John P.
Building consensus : Conflict and unity /Snyder, Monteze
The Quaker economist : global issues of concern to Quakers/ Powelson, John P.
Governance Handbook for Friends Schools
Silent witness: Quaker Meetinhouses in the Delaware Valley, 1695 to present.
Edward Hicks' The Peaceable Kingdom /Goldstein, Ernest.
In the heart of the sea/ Philbrick, Nat.
The intrepid Quaker : one man's quest for peace : memoirs, speeches, and writing/ Cary, Stephen G.
Prudence Crandall teacher for equality /Lucas, Eileen.
Lamb's warrior : the life of Isaac T. Hopper./ Bacon, Margaret Hope.
Lucretia Mott : a guiding light /Bryant, Jennifer.
Lucretia Mott: gentle warrior /Sterling, Dorothy.
Penn /Vining, Elizabeth (Gray)
The story of William Penn /Aliki.
Benjamin West and his cat Grimalkin /Henry, Marguerite.
John Greenleaf Whittier: fighting Quaker /Holberg, Ruth Langland.
Mr. Whittier./ Vining, Elizabeth Gray.
Obadiah the Bold /Turkle, Brinton.
Rachel and Obadiah /Turkle, Brinton.
Thy friend, Obadiah /Turkle, Brinton.
Who comes with cannons /Beatty, Patricia
Standing in the light : the captive diary of Catharine Carey Logan /Osborne, Mary Pope.
Thee, Hannah!/De Angeli, Marguerite.
Eight of a kind /Hockett, Betty M.
Beggar's daughter.Hunt, Mabel Leigh
Benjie's hat /Hunt, Mabel Leigh.
The thieves of Tyburn Square /Jackson, Dave.
The man with the silver Oar /Moore, Robin.
Steal away home /Ruby, Lois.
The taken girl. Vining, Elizabeth Gray.
Peace be with you; : a study of the spiritual basis of the Friends Peace Testimo Cronk, Sandra.
The testimony of integrity in the religious Society of Friends /Cooper, Wilmer A.
A testament of devotion /Kelly, Thomas R.
A Quaker book of wisdom : life lessons in simplicity, service, & common sense /Smith, Robert Lawrence
Decisions by consensus; : a study of the Quaker Method. Bartoo, Glenn
Reaching decisions : the Quaker method./ Brinton, Howard Haines
Beyond consensus : salvaging sense of the meeting /Morley, Barry.
Quaker worship in North America : a faith and life study book
The quiet rebels : the story of the Quakers in America /Bacon, Margaret Hope.
The Quakers /Barbour, Hugh
The beginnings of Quakerism to 1600. /Braithwaite, William Charles
Guide to Quaker practice./ Brinton, Howard Haines
Guide to Quaker practice./ Brinton, Howard H
A living faith : an historical study of Quaker beliefs /Cooper, Wilmer A
The Quakers; the Religious Society of Friends, Elgin, Kathleen
The Mystery of Meeting for Worship : the impact on the educational process /Flanagan, Dorothy
Go into all the world : a centennial celebration of Friends in East Africa
Leadings along the way /Greiger, Calhoun D.
We're going to meeting for worship /Hadley, Abby A.
A book of Quaker saints. Hodgkin, L. V.
Women and Quakerism /.Luder, Hope Elizabeth
A procession of Friends; Quakers in America.Newman, Daisy
Occasional papers on the meeting for worship for Friends Schools.
Quakerism: a view from the Back Benchers.
The Quaker reader
On speaking out of the silence/ Steere, Douglas V.
The people called Quakers /Trueblood, Elton
Waiting Worship /Wilson, Lloyd Lee
Meeting for business /Wilson, Lloyd Lee
The Quakers /Williams, Jean Kinney
Quaker Education : in theory and practice
Growing into goodness : essays on Quaker education /Lacey, Paul A.
Quaker artists /Sandman, Gary
I choose love /Brooks, Helen Morgan
Quakers in the colonial Northeast /Worrall, Arthur J.
Emerson and Quakerism /Irie, Yukio.
Quaker by convincement. Hobart, John
The arrow over the door /Bruchac, Joseph
The white feather /Eitzen, Ruth.
A lantern in the window /Fisher, Aileen Lucia.
Slap your sides : a novel /Kerr, M. E.
Benjamin, the Meetinghouse mouse /Pfeil, Clifford
Quakers on the move : a storybook of Quaker history from 1652 to today.
Friends all year : stories for children /Springer, Margaret
Key to the prison /Vernon, Louise A.
Home to Harmony / Gulley, Philip.
Slap your sides : a novel /Kerr, M. E.
For the love of a friend / McCracken, Susan
For the call of a friend / McCracken, Susan
For the gift of a friend / McCracken, Susan
Diligence in love. Newman, Daisy
I take thee, Serenity /Newman, Daisy
Indian summer of the heart /Newman, Daisy
