The Holy Rosary School Library Page

All students, parents and teachers have been challenged to read 15 minutes every day during this summer vacation. Mrs. Harris will cook an “all you can eat” pancakes for each individual meeting the challenge. A calendar was included with the report cards, but you can download another by clicking on the link below.

Also, if you would like to write a review for a great book you read, send it to Mrs. Harris and she will publish it on the Library page. Happy reading!!!

Click here for Summer Reading Calendar

Junior High students may want to use these titles for summer reading suggestions. Click on the link listed below to find the titles.
Battle of the Books for Grades 7 and 8

Summer Reading Suggestions
For students entering grades 5 and 6

Many, many science titles by Seymour Simon
D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri D’Aulaire
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Defiance by Valerie Hobbs
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Pinkney
The Watson’s go to Birmingham, 1963by Christopher Paul Curtis
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
When Zachary Beaver Came to Townby Kimberly Willis Holt
Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli
The Boggart by Susan Cooper
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
Holes by Louis Sachar
Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay
Magyk by Angie Sage
The Star of Kazanby Eva Ibbotson
The Lightning Thiefby Rick Riordan
Sparrow Hawk Redby Ben Mikaelsen
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Summer Reading Suggestions
For students entering grades 3 and 4

The Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald
The Ramona series by Beverly Cleary
Nate the Great series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
If You Lived series published by Scholastic Books
Eyewitness series published by Alfred A. Knopf Publisher
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkinsby Barbara Kerley
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry
The Doll People by Ann Martin
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
The Dark Thirty by Patricia McKissack
Looking for Bapu by Anjali Banerjee
The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Archer’s Quest by Linda Sue Park
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
Star Jumper by Frank Asch

Any other books by all of these authors!!!!

SUMMER READING SUGGESTIONS GRADES 1 and 2
Tomorrow’s Alphabet by George Shannon
Yucky Reptile Alphabet Bookby Jerry Pallotta
Henry and Mudge Series by Cynthia Rylant
You Read to Me and I’ll Read to You by Mary Ann Hoberman
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
The Napping Houseby Audrey Wood
Too Many Tamalesby Gary Soto
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel
One Grain of Rice by Demi
I Wonder Why… Series published by Kingfisher Publishing
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes by Joseph Bruchac
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
Thundercake by Patricia Polacco
Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Cook-A-Doodle Doo! by Janet Stevens
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Lon Po Po by Ed Young
Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack
Shrek! by William Steig
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema
Captain Abdul’s Pirate School by Colin McNaughton
Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything by Lenore Look
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo
My Weird School series by Dan Gutman
Amanda Pig by Jean Van Leeuwen
Cam Jansen series by David Adler

We received a thank you letter from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Marlo Thomas. Part of the letter reads:

“Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on the success of your event…The proceeds from your event will help the doctors and researchers at St. Jude in their quest to find cures and save the lives of our precious patients. And events such as the Math-a-thon help fulfill our promise that no child is ever turned away because of a family’s inability to pay.”

So, thanks to all the students and families who raised $5000 for the children at St. Jude.

The Scholastic Book Fair returns to HRS with the students’ favorite: BOGO. Everone enjoys getting something for free. Buy one pencil, get a pencil free; buy one book for $3.99 and get a book that costs $3.99 or less for free. Nothing better!

The Scholastic truck will arrive Tuesday morning, May 27 and the fair will be setup as quickly as possible after that. It will remain open during normal school hours from Tuesday, May 27 through the end of school on Monday, June 2.

This BOGO book fair is a service for our families, providing the opportunity to select some entertaining, appropriate summer reading materials or to stockpile exciting birthday gifts. All the profits are returned to the students in free books as a thank you for supporting the other two book fairs. Stop by and see why the students describe this book fair as one of the highlights of the school year.

The donations from 34 students were forwarded to St. Jude Hospital and the second mailing will be sent on May 30 with the last mailing sent the last day of school. There is still time to complete the booklet or CD-ROM, collect your pledges and bring them into school. Thank you for responding to the plea and supporting St. Jude Hospital. Visit the Math-a-thon website for more information.

A talented crew of volunteers transformed the Library into a book browser/shopper paradise, while others cashiered, assisted students, tidied up or packed up when the fair was over. Just like driving on the freeways, sometimes were hectic and other times were calm. On Wednesday, the Grandparents visited HRS see their grandchildren’s classrooms, to eat lunch and to hopefully buy something at the Book Fair. While this day is important financially, it provides another link between the generations - all share the joy of reading. We were fortunate that Clifford the big red dog was able to visit with our students.

I mentioned to some people that the proceeds from the Book Fair are spent to purchase new library resources. The line item in the school budget only covers the circulation software and some necessary supplies. I am happy to report that through our purchases, we raised $2456. These monies will purchase new Everybody and Fiction books as well as new books in the Dewey Sections: 500 (Science), 600 (Applied sciences and technology) 700 (The Arts) as well as additional biographies. We should be able to purchase at least 100 new books.
Thank you, again, for being part of the successful Reading Road Trip.

Some useful web resources to help with your research:

Proquest, elibrary, and eLibrary Elementary from the links to the left as well as:
http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/index.html
http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_/browse.html