Summer Reading...

 So, I've been busy reading (surprise!) and I would like to share with you some of the books I've read already this summer...

    The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan.
I will be honest.  I've tried reading this book a couple of times, and got distracted each time.  I'm determined to get through it this time =)  I have loved Rick Riordan's other books, and was surprised that I struggled to get into this one.  I think it was the Egyptian/Greek Mythology that got me all confused.  I'm currently reading it again, and WILL finish it!





The Summer of Moolight Secrets by Danette Haworth.
I want to be Allie Jo!  What a cool place to live! This is a fun story about hidden rooms, summer friends, and secrets.  I enjoyed it and think you will too!

 The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn.  I love Mary Downing Hahn.  Spooky enough to keep you reading, not so spooky that you need the light on after you've read =)  I of course enjoyed this one as well.  Part of me would like to actually have a ghostly experience, you know, the cold chills, feeling of being watched.  Sounds exciting!  Great book!

Peg Kehret is another "spooky" author, whose books I enjoy reading.  The Runaway Twin isn't exactly "spooky," but it is adventurous!  You will enjoy reading about Sunny, and her adventures as she searches for her long lost sister.  Just watch out for the tornado!

Gumball Bingo Week

You have all worked so very hard at your reading this year, so it's time to CELEBRATE!
It's time for Gumball Bingo!

This week we will be relaxing in the Media Center, playing bingo, and winning prizes! Books! Frisbee's! Books! Yo-yo's! BOOKS! (Can you tell I want you to win a book? =) Fun, fun, fun to be had in the Media Center this week!

SUMMER LIBRARY!

Click on the image above to learn of 5 ways to make time for reading this summer... great ideas from Scholastic!

TOTAL GUMBALL COUNT

You guys ROCK!! I am totally amazed at how much you read this year!

32,031 books! For each "Just Right Book" you read we put a gumball in your grade level gumball machine...

...that equals 32,031 gumballs that we collected! You are TOTALLY amazing! I hope to see every one of you at Summer Library so you can keep up on your reading!

Cascade Summer Library
Wednesday's 10:00 - 12:00 noon
June 8-August 10

Gumball update...

...you are AMAZING!!! We have collected over 22,000 gumballs! Each one of those gumballs represents a "just right book" that you have read, and you have certainly been busy reading! I'm impressed!

This Friday, May 13th, is the last day to turn in any gumballs... I've updated our gumball machines, so you can see where your grade level stands in the competition. First and Second grade are competing against one another, Third and Fourth grade are competing against one another, and Fifth and Sixth grade are against each other. It's definitely a tight race, so KEEP READING!!

End of Year Poem... =)

The end of the year
is drawing near...
do YOU have lost library books?

If so, please look
in all the crannies and nooks
and bring them to us here =)

- Mrs. Haymond (Copyright 2006)

This week in the Library...

...we will be reading several books written by Orem High School students, some of which are former Cascade students! I love this week, and look forward to it each year. We are able to read each story, then take a quiz (found at the back of each book) and then make comments to the author. The authors LOVE IT!! They so enjoy hearing back from their readers, just as real authors do.

Our lower grades will be finishing off the series Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems this week, with his final installment Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion - it's got a surprise ending!