Unboxing: Dav Pilkey’s ‘Power Up with Reading Kit’

SRCSA library received fabulous books and other fun materials courtesy of Every Child a Reader and the Children’s Book Council, through an amazing team-up with Dav Pilkey and Scholastic. Just in time for Children’s Book Week, taking place from Nov. 3 to 9 in 2025.
https://youtu.be/IGjpWnpepVo

National Book Award ’25: Books in SRCSA library

The National Book Foundation has announced its finalists for the 2025 National Book Award. Among the books in SRCSA library, here are a couple of Longlist titles and a couple of finalists in the “Young People’s Literature” category.
https://youtu.be/Q_5_VkhTIUo

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn (eBook preview)

Presenting … First-chapter Friday, the eBook edition. This month’s selection features The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn, by Sally J. Pla

The Wrong Way Home, by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Each Friday that school is in session, I share the link to a read-aloud preview of a book from SRCSA library. The “First-chapter Friday” selection for Oct. 3, 2025 is The Wrong Way Home, by Kate O’Shaughnessy.

UCM’s SOLIS Book Club: What shall we read in Spring 2026?

The National Book Awards recently announced its Longlist in the Young People’s Literature category. I want to suggest reading and discussing one of these books for Spring 2026.
https://youtu.be/w4aisCWJd0I

Character education: Books about Responsibility

SRCSA’s character-education focus for October 2025 is “Responsibility.” Here are books from the school library, which address Responsibility.
https://youtu.be/Hhumk37xrnQ