All School Read
Ronald Reagan April-May 2021
Welcome to the inaugural Ronald Reagan 2021 All School Read! We are very excited to join together as a community and have all the families and staff at our school read a common book together! Please visit this site during our Reading Event to find helpful resources, weekly trivia questions, and the chance to listen to some of the teachers and staff read chapters of our chosen book!
This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver.
In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer.
Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.
SAVE THE DATES!
We will be hosting a virtual book fair through a new company April 26th-May 9th! Please check out the link below to order amazing books! 30% of the sales during the 4/26-5/9 time frame will go back to Ronald Reagan! You can also order ANYTIME from this link, and 15% will come back to us!
A special thank you goes out to our HSA for helping to purchase a copy of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon for every family in our building! This was made possible by funds generated by all of our community support!