Grade 1 - Readers and Researchers

The students in Grade One have been enjoying books by author and illustrator, Mo Willems. His humorous characters, fun speech bubbles and silly faces are just the right recipe for early readers. Together we have share Knuffle Bunny, Knuffle Bunny Too, I Will Surprise My Friend from the Elephant and Piggie series, and Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late from the Pigeon series. Leonardo the Terrible Monster is up next!



Look out for more than 15 titles by Mo Willems in our library!

For more infomation on this funny author and for some fun interactive games, check out www.mowillems.com


Grade One have also been wearing a new hat as researchers. Using some of our databases for children, World Book Kids and Culture Grams, students have been finding facts about their home countries.

K1 and K2 Bookcare

Our youngest students love visiting the library! K1 and K2 students are learning to search for books that are interesting and exciting for them. We use book sticks to mark where books belong on the shelf as we are browsing. They are also learning to look after the books that they borrow from the library. Our plastic book bags help us to protect our books.



Please help your child remember to return his or her books in the book bag on library day. Encourage proper book care with your child by demonstrating careful page turning and gentle handling of books. Enjoy reading together.

And, visit the library with your child! You are welcome to come any day to exchange books and to read and browse together.

Off to a great start

Our school year is off to a great start. It's wonderful to see our students and parents back and ready for new adventures in the library! Some reminders about our community library services...

The Elementary Library is open from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm. Students and parents are welcome to check out books before and after school. Students may read or work on homework after school, but please note that students in K1-Grade 3 must be accompanied by an adult. Students may also visit the library during lunch recess.



Please remind your children to visit the library frequently, not just on their scheduled library day! Also, parents, stop by to open your own library account if you have not done so already. We are at your service!

A new year, new books!

Students in grades K1 to 5 are already well on their way with new reading adventures. Our library opened with nearly 600 new books!




Some of our new and exciting books include a variety of graphic novels, such as the Boxcar Children series, Spider Girl and Spider Man series, new Illustrated Classics, and Illustrated Fairy Tales. We have new biographies on Barack and Michelle Obama, Rafael Nadal and Nelson Mandela, just to name a few!

So far, some of the new nonfiction series, such as our new shark series, Top Ten Animals for Kids and Red Hot Bikes are prooving to be very popular! In addition, we have dozens of new beautiful picture books and gripping chapter books.

Stop by to see our display of new titles - we've definitely got something that will grab you!