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Vote for your choice to get the California Young Reader Medal (we'll get state-wide results in April)
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| All of the above books have been read and discussed in grades K-3 at the Library. Now it is time to vote. Stanley's Wild Ride was voted No. 1 last year by the students at AV and around the state to make it the state-wide winner. This year's winner will be announced in April. | |||||||||||||||
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| Ink Drinkers Book Club elects new '09-'10 officers : (Left to right) Sergeant of Arms Olivia, Secretary Isabel, President Jake, Sergeant of Arms Charlie, and Vice President Lucy were elected by clubmembers at the first book club meeting and have been been presiding successfully at every meeting. Click here for more about the Ink Drinkers' Book Club. | |||||||||||||||
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| AV Author McKay Hatch talks to Jay Leno on the Tonight Show about his new book, The No Cussing Club He made news all over the country when he started his "No Cussing Club" at South Pasadena High School. He appeared on the Dr. Phil Show, The Early Show and Good Morning America. Now he's written and published a book about his experience. It's quite a story. "When I told my dad I was thinking of starting a No Cussing Club, he stopped right in the middle of what he was doing and stared at me. "Are you crazy?" he said." but McKay did not give up. He spoke to the Ink Drinkers' Book Club (where he was a book club member) on March 6. McKay presented an autographed copy of his new book to the Ink Drinkers for the AV Library. |
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| It's time to meet your family again when SoPas holds Turn Off the TV Week in April. Arroyo Vista families will be spending a lot of quality time together--all of it , in fact, during Turn Off the TV Week coming in April. No TV-watching, video,.computer or electronic games will be allowed as we play, talk, sing, read, walk, run and actually do things together. It's fun! At Arroyo Vista, students and their families come to the Courtyard in their pajamas--or not--for a fun-filled Pajama Story Hour under the stars. Stock up on good books for the week. Remember, it's good to read to friends, parents, and pets, too. |
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| BOOK FAIR ADVENTURES Choosing the right book is so-o-o-o important. AV's Leslie Brill reads an award-winning book while Moms, Dads, and students go shopping for adventure at the AV Book Fair. |
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First Friday of every month at 1:15 to 2:30 pm. Third, fourth, and fifth graders can join anytime. Bring a book you have read and can talk about.
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| Here are several highly regarded reading lists you can consult. We have many of these books in our library:
The State of California Recommended Reading List provides grade-specific lists for California students from kindergarten to 12th grade-- The Caldecott Medal winners--www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html The Newbery Medal winners--www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html The Coretta Scott King Award winners--www.ala.org/ala/emiert/ American Library Association Young Readers Book Lists--- Scholastic Books-www.scholastic.com/kids--books (mainly from Scholastic, of course) for children 6 to 13. Activities, contests and games related to such page-turners as Goosebumps. |
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| AV Library has over 24,000 books to whet your brain Arroyo Vista Library, thanks to a PTA that believes in reading, has carefully put together one of the finest collections of fiction, nonfiction and children's books available in Southern California.
Here students learn about reading for fun, for knowledge, and for researching classroom subjects and reports. He and she will also learn how libraries are organized and how the world's knowledge is available to them. They will use a fully computerized catalog to locate their favorite subjects and authors. They will check out books every week. And, they will get a taste of the many kinds of stories, biographies, poetry, and songs thet authors have created in our literature. Reading can be fun. And good readers do well in the world. |
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| Students and Volunteers Get Community Service Hours Meet Bernie. She has become a pro at preparing books for the rough and tumble library life at Arroyo Vista. Middle and High School Students who like working in the library, call or come in and help us keep going. Over 1/4 of our books check out every month and then check back in. They have to be checked, shelved, and sometimes, repaired. It's fun, and you can get lots of community-service hours. Parent Volunteers Needed, too |
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| Encourage your child to learn to read by reading to them. Here are a few tips on how to be a good storyteller--click here. | |||||||||||||||