Holy Hedgehog…is it September already?  Well, Mrs. Graser, Mrs. Eichhorn, Hedgie and I have been busy getting the library ready and we are so excited for this coming year.  We are set for lots of fun.

As a matter of fact, our focus in the library this year will be reading for fun. Research tells us that kids who spend time reading for fun have larger vocabularies. They are also exposed to more varied styles of writing and, because of that, tend to be better writers themselves. And when they are reading books they really like, this happens without them even realizing it. (It’s just like sneaking whole grain dough and vegetables onto a pizza!) We’ll be doing all kinds of book talks and activities to get more kids reading more books for fun. (Even Hedgie is in on the plan…)

And speaking of more fun…author Eric Litwin will be visiting our school on October 2^nd.  Mr. Litwin wrote the stories and songs for the first four Pete the Cat books. He also has a new book out called Bedtime at the Nut House. It seems the Nut family has just as much groove as Pete.  All of our students are sure to enjoy this day; many thanks to our tremendous PTA for making it possible.

So, as you can see, we have big plans for the first part of the year in the library…stay tuned to see how things are going…

Until then…”Read4Fun!!!”

Mrs. Abbott