Monthly Archives: March 2014

Tesse’s Book Reviews!

Wonderful Tesse is back with reviews of two books by Sheila Turnage. She thinks you should check these out!       Three Times Lucky and The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage Book Reviews by Tesse I am … Continue reading

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Which Dewey Decimal Category Are You?

I think grades 5-8 should appreciate this quiz. Let me know how you do! (Psssst: I got 800’s). Which Dewey Decimal Category Are You?.

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Birthday Book Club! (pt. 2)

Kenny donated How To Be A Dinosaur Hunter by Scott Forbes!  This “NOT-FOR-PARENTS” guide takes you all over the world and through time and space to show you how to find dinosaur remains and to learn about how dinosaurs lived. … Continue reading

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Birthday Book Club!

  Diego donated Popular Clone by M.E. Castle! What if you could clone yourself and one of you could go to school and the real you could stay home eating Cheetos, playing video games and working on inventions? That’s what … Continue reading

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Journey (K4 Book Review)

Today I read Journey by Aaron Becker to K4. I wondered if they would be able to sit still and listen together, because this is a wordless book. With wordless books, you have to tell the story with the class … Continue reading

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

One of the things I like best about being a librarian at St. Eugene is being chosen by students to be the one who listens to them when they are excited by a new book or author, or being the … Continue reading

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Reading Rules!

I can’t tell you how much I love, love, love this list of reading rules by Rebecca Schinsky from Book Riot. I wish I had written it myself! Read and memorize this, students!! 5 Reading Rules for Book Lovers of … Continue reading

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Reading Dog!

Everyone at St. Eugene is so excited about our new reading dog program! Zoeie, a golden retriever, is the newest member of the St. Eugene School staff. She will be visiting weekly so that emerging readers can take turns reading … Continue reading

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K5 FUN

Just before Valentine’s Day, K5 enjoyed some stories with artist Sally Lautmann and then made special Valentines to send to residents of the Catholic Home. All the students had fun making “sweetheart” Valentines to decorate the resident’s doors there. I … Continue reading

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