We are excited to
announce:
The Fiction Shelves
have moved!!
We now officially have 3 Fiction areas: Fiction Northwest
(short picture books); Fiction West (short chapter books); and Fiction
Southwest (loooooong chapter books). We are all getting used to the new
arrangement, but everybody is finding good fit books and new favorites. Many
thanks to our PTO volunteers who moved and shifted almost 6,000 books in one
day!
And we are super
excited to announce:
Edgewood Night at
Homewood Public Library!!
We hope everyone participates in HPL’s Summer Reading
Program…books + programs = fun! And be sure to join me and some of your
favorite teachers on July 7 at 6:30 pm
at the Homewood Public Library. We will enjoy an evening visiting with you and
hearing about what you are reading. In addition, Edgewood Readers will be
highlighted as the Birmingham Zoo shares some of their special friends. We are
looking forward to this big night!
And we are over
excited to share:
Little Free Libraries
around Homewood!!
You’ve seen them in the park and down the street. Little
Free Libraries are popping up everywhere! They are a fun way to pass on you own
books and find new books to enjoy. Two of these wonder boxes were started by Edgewood
alum Charlie McCalley: one library can be found in front of All Saints’ Church
and the other at the Homewood Community Garden.
And finally:
THANKS for a great
year in the Library!
Edgewood Readers are awesome. We’ve checked out over 65,000
books this year!!! That’s a lot of reading/learning fun!! And it could not have
been done without the help of our fabulous Library Volunteers!! They get the
books where the kids can find them. Thank you team!! In your honor, we have added the picture book by Jerry Pinkney: The Grasshopper and the Ant. You are each as busy and dedicated as the Ant, yet as joyful as the Grasshopper!
And as always:
Find GREAT summer
reading suggestions…
Mrs. Woodruff’s
Ultimate Book List gives a short description of many perfect books as well
as suggestions for when you say “I want
to read another book like…”
and from the HCS
Digital Library.
You can checkout and read ebooks all summer long! Easily
download great reads directly to your device or computer. Instructions (from
Miss Sloderbeck’s students!!) included on the site.
Happy Reading!!
Mrs. Woodruff
