Wednesday, May 24, 2017

All library books due on...

That's right - it's that time of year! In only a few short weeks we will begin to collect all student library books. Since we check out about 40,000 books a year this can be quite a task.

All student library books are due on or by Friday June 9th.



Tuesday, May 9, 2017

2017-2018 Battle of the Books Titles

We are so proud of the sixty-six students who participated in Battle of the Books this year! Now it's time to start reading for next year. The first five titles have been released!

Grade 4-6

  • Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova (Yen Press, 2015)
  • Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman (Square Fish, 2016)
  • Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar (Delacorte, 2015)
  • Masterminds by Gordon Korman (Balzer and Bray, 2015)
  • A Poem for Peter by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Viking, 2016)

                                         Grade 7-8

  • Flying Lessons and Other Stories by Ellen Oh (Crown Books, 2017)
  • The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin YR, 2016)
  • One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes (Bloomsbury 2017)
  • The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz (Simon and Schuster, 2016)
  • We Will Not Be Silent by Russell Freedman (Clarion, 2016)