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NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY
OVERDUE BOOKS/CHECK-OUT - Overdue notices have been distributed to the students, but there are still a large number of books missing from the library. It would be appreciated if you would check with your children and help them look for any missing books. The weeks of May 4 and 11, the students will check out only one book from the library. All books will all be due on May 15. Bills for missing books will come home on Monday, May 18. It is always preferable to have the book returned. The school owns accelerated readers tests for many of the books, and it is often difficult to purchase new copies as they go out of print.
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS are due to Mrs. Schif on Monday, May 4, 2009.
MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOK CLUB will meet on Thursday, May 7, 2009. In order to attend the students must have read either Elephant Run, by Roland Smith or Leap of Faith, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. A reservation form will be coming home soon.
DERBY PUBLIC LIBRARIANS will be at St. Mary’s to visit with the students on Thursday, May 14. Utilizing their summer program is a great way to keep your child reading!
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS – Our fifth and sixth grade Battle of the Books teams did quite well this year! Both teams placed first at two of three competitions and placed second at the remaining competition. These students have decided that they would like to provide a set of next year’s books to Holy Savior Catholic School. If you are interested in donating books to help in this endeavor, please check the St. Mary website for a list of titles. Contact Mrs. Schif for more information. This year’s B.O.B. team members were Anna Mahoney, Nina Galley, Zoe Cosgrove, Annie McHenry, Katelyn Stallard, Gerred Egan, Beth Westerman, Shannon Madsen, Grace Barr, and Christina Craig.
A huge THANK YOU to all who helped with the “Battles”!
Check out these links
Preschool- Age 8
Ahoyty-Toyty by Helen Stephens
The Magic Bed by John Burningham
Gaspard and Lisa Friends Forever by Anne Gutman & Georg Hallensleben
Halibut Jackson by David Lucas
Leo Lionni's Little Mice Tales by Leo Lionni
No More Kissing by Emma Chichester Clark
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky
The Quigleys at Large by Simon Mason
Beginning Reader
The Daring Nellie Bly: America 's Star Reporter by Bonnie Christensen
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs by Donald Sobol
All about Sam by Lois Lowry
Honey Sandwich by Elizabeth Honey
Nate the Great on the Owl Express by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat
Ages 9-12
All the Way Home by Patricia Reilly Giff
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Donuthead by Sue Stauffacher
Downriver by Will Hobbs
Fish by L. S. Matthews
Holes by Louis Sachar
Swear to Howdy by Wendelin Van Draanen
True Blue by Jeffrey Lee
Ages 12 & up
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Haveli by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper
The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
