Celebrating Children’s Book Week in SRCSA library

It’s Children’s Book Week, a time to celebrate books for young people and the joy of reading. During read-alouds this week in SRCSA library, I’ve shared the opening chapter from Dav Pilkey’s A Friend for Dragon. It’s one among a boxful of books and other amazing resources from Every Child a Reader and the Children’s Book Council, in partnership with Dav Pilkey and Scholastic. I’ve also been sharing activity pages from the Dog Man and Friends Epic Activity Guide.
https://everychildareader.net/cbw/davpilkey2025/

Character education: Books about Gratitude

Each month we focus on a character trait at Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts. Our character-education focus for November 2025 is “Gratitude.” Here are books from the school library, which address the character trait of Gratitude.
https://youtu.be/pbWu_CpoZ5g

First-chapter Friday, Halloween edition

Each Friday that school is in session, I share the link to a read-aloud preview of a book from SRCSA library. For Oct. 31, 2025, I shared previews for Pet, by Akwaeke Emezi; Serafina and the Black Cloak, by Robert Beatty; and Hoodoo, by Ronald L. Smith.

📚 Finding 6-7 in the library: Kids knew exactly where to look! 📚

Readers, have you heard young people around you saying the phrase “6-7”? It’s been going viral among some of the students at SRCSA. And there was a lot of interest among some students today in our library, for books shelved under 006.7, Dewey Decimal Classification. So much so, that I created a short-form YouTube video commemorating the occurrence.

SRCSA library: New arrivals in mid-to-late October 2025

Here is a slideshow featuring some new arrivals during mid-to-late October 2025: including picture books that support learning about consent and that foster self-awareness; and a nominee for the California Young Reader Medal, 2025-2026. There are new fiction books, and graphic novels, as well. And several books were purchased using Scholastic Book Fair dollars. Appreciation to our parents’ group for making these new additions possible. This slideshow was created in Canva. The music is Funky House by Nver Avetyan.

https://youtu.be/MWc8E699JP8