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My Summer Reading List

June 18, 2016July 12, 2018 by Fool of the World, posted in Heather's Reviews, Summer Reading

I hope you have all taken a look at my previous post about summer reading incentive programs. You can earn free goodies just by reading!

My goal this summer is to earn my 100 hours of reading shirt from Kitsap Regional Library. I don’t think I’ll have any trouble achieving that goal if I start making my way through my summer reading list.

Here it is (in no particular order):

Plastic Ahoy: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Patricia Newman
Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller (graphic novel) by Joseph Lambert
Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet by Buzz Aldrin
My Country ‘Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights by Claire Rudolf Murphy
Underworld: Exploring the Secret World Beneath Your Feet by Jane Price
Baba Yaga’s Assistant (graphic novel) by Marika McCoola
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts by Susan Cain
Some of My Best Friends Are Books by Judith Wynn Halstead
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me (graphic memoir) by Ellen Forney
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
Kid President’s Guide to Being Awesome by Brad Montague & Robby Novak
Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller
The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller
Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson
The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.
tiny beautiful things: Advice on love and life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
Lauren Ipsum: A Story About Computer Science and Other Improbable Things by Carlos Bueno
Once There Was a War by John Steinbeck
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Schamander
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerdherd edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenon
When to Rob a Bank…And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Zombies vs. Unicorns by Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier
Bad Unicorn by Platte F. Clark
The Land of Stories: Queen Red Riding Hood’s Guide to Royalty by Chris Colfer
The Land of Stories: The Mother Goose Diaries by Chris Colfer
An Author’s Odyssey (Land of Stories Book 5) by Chris Colfer
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War by Jessica Dee Humphreys & Michel Chikwaine
Phoebe and Her Unicorn (graphic novel) by Dana Simpson
Unicorn vs. Goblins (graphic novel) by Dana Simpson
Unicorn on a Roll (graphic novel) by Dana Simpson
Who is AC? (graphic novel) by Hope Larson

EPO Summer Letter 2016

June 18, 2016June 18, 2016 by Fool of the World, posted in Summer Reading

EPO Header 2649 Hoover Ave SE, Port Orchard, WA

EPO Families,

It is bittersweet that as I send your kiddos off for summer I also announce that I will not be returning to EPO next fall.

The librarian at Olalla Elementary is retiring and I will replace him beginning next school year. Please rest assured that your little readers will be in good hands with my replacement, Adessa Shields.

Ms. Shields is coming to EPO after 15 years as a teacher at Marcus Whitman Junior High. I will allow her to introduce herself in her own way.

I wanted to take one last opportunity to give you some ideas of online activities that your children can use to keep their brain active over the summer break.

The EPO “Destiny Links” page is filled with all kinds of educational links, many of which we use at school on a regular basis.

Find it here: www.tinyurl.com/epolinks

Here you will also find links to South Kitsap School District specific sites that require your student’s username and password such as: (Your child’s login card is enclosed.)

TypingMaster
Pearson Realize (Math)
Digital Passport (Digital Citizenship for grades 2-6)
Journeys Think Central (Language Arts)

As a reminder, late last month I sent home the summer guide Inspire for the Kitsap Regional Library. KRL has many exciting FREE programs all over the county. Some of them even include FREE LUNCH. Your child can also earn a book for tracking 10 hours of summer reading and a tee-shirt when they reach 100 hours! If you have misplaced the summer guide, go to: http://www.krl.org/summer for more details.

If your child is intrigued by the Scratch coding that we have been doing in the library, Costco has a set of workbooks to guide them through creating some fantastic projects. One book is for Python programming and the other two are Scratch. You get all three for only $10.99. They can also be purchased individually on Amazon.com

Lastly, please know that I am and will still be accessible with any questions that you may have regarding books, reading and the technology that I have already introduced to your child(ren). I have a personal blog at www.followthereaders.com and a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/followthereadersbookclub/

Have a fantastic summer!

Heather Wilson
Librarian
wilsonh@skitsap.wednet.edu

Raina Telgemeier: Smile & Sisters

April 5, 2015February 27, 2021 by Fool of the World, posted in Heather's Reviews, Kai's Reviews

If there is one author that all of the Wilson girls can agree that we like, it’s Raina Telgemeier. Watch our video review of Sisters and Smile to find out what Kai and I have to say about her fantastic graphic novels.