Tuesday, November 25, 2025

SRCSA library: Happy Thanksgiving 2025!



For Thanksgiving 2025, I wanted to express my gratitude for the many ways that our SRCSA community supports the school and supports our library. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
https://youtu.be/1zCtfQgzoog

Book Riot’s 2025 Read Harder Challenge

For 2025, I’ve completed all prompts in Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge. There are 24 prompts, which average out to two prompts per month, and they “invite readers to explore formats, genres, and perspectives that might go beyond their reading comfort zones.”

Saturday, November 15, 2025

“Star Cats” shirt from Geek Tropical (modified)

For my first-time order from Geek Tropical, I chose the beautiful “Star Cats” curvy button-up shirt. The shirt fit a little more tightly than I expected it to, so I added some side panels to give it a more relaxed fit. I’m very happy with this shirt and will definitely order other patterns but in a larger size.
https://youtube.com/shorts/t2H-SLdDLIE

Thursday, November 6, 2025

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/

Monday, November 3, 2025

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