Library News: May 2012

All books are due back to the library by Friday, June 8. If you need to know what you still have checked out, please come ask me. Remember, if you don't return all of your books (or pay for lost library books), you won't get your report card on the last day of school.

May is Get Caught Reading Month! I often feel a kinship with those who read at all times of the day in all sorts of places, the people who are always carrying around a book, or asking a friend for a book recommendation. Books and stories are our life-long companions, just as people are. Be proud to be a reader ... I sure am!

The first full week of May is Children's Book Week. Started in 1919, it's the nation's longest-running literacy initiative. The whole week is dedicated to reinforcing the importance and fun of reading for young people.

• It's the news you've all been waiting for! The California Young Reader Medal (CYRM) winners were announced on the morning of May 1. Congratulations to the state-wide winners:
  
  Picture Book winner: I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll (E NOL)
  Picture Book for Older Readers winner: Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine (E LEV)
  Intermediate winner: Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette Haworth (PB HAW)
  

• The April circulation numbers are in: 1,161 books were checked out during the month. That's not too shabby considering there was no school for a week during Spring Break, and I had to close the library for a few days after Spring Break.
  
  
• May is the last full month of school (can you believe it?!). I'm working hard to process lots of books so that students can check out new books to read before the end of the school year. Click here to see what's new in our collection.