First Take A BOOK on Vacation Pictures

I was thrilled yesterday to get the First Take A BOOK on Vacation Pictures from a family of readers. Vick will be attending 6th Grade next year, I hope the Media Center is ready to see a lot of him. Sonny will be in 2nd Grade and Charlie will be in 1st Grade next year. These three boys are great reading role models for their little brother RJ, who is the cutest 4 year old ever!


Vick, Sonny, Charlie, and RJ are having a great summer already by spending time at the pool. But of course they are a family of readers, so before hitting the pool they stopped by the Leonardtown Public Library to check out some great books. Then they went to the park to enjoy the shade and the books. 

The Leonardtown Public Library is about seven miles from Hollywood Elementary School. Their pictures are a great example of having a great vacation without having to go very far. That is what I'll be doing this year.

Can't wait to see more of our students who are Taking a BOOK on Vacation! 

Don't forget to keep checking Twitter for my #bookaday posts. I'll summarize them on Monday on the blog.

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)

What is Book A Day?

If you saw my tweet yesterday, I tweeted about my first book I read this summer. That book was Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems by Paul B. Janeczko and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Click here for a summary on Goodreads. I used the hashtag #bookaday. This hashtag was started by Donalyn Miller who was the author of The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild. Both of these books were written for teachers. Donalyn started the #bookaday in 2009 as a way for people to share what they are reading. During the summer and school breaks the hashtag is widely used.

So I will be trying to tweet my #bookaday each day over our summer break. Every  Monday I will post a summary of the books that I have read during that week. Hope you will come along for the ride. Please feel free to leave comments about what you are reading or if you follow me on Twitter make sure you tweet about what you are reading.

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)

Scholastic Book Fair March 27th-April 4th

I'm so excited that the Scholastic Book Fair will be starting this Thursday, March 27th and run through Friday April 4th. We will be open weekdays 9:00am-3:30pm. We will also be open during the Sock Hop for those family attending this  fun event. Please visit the Book Fair Homepage for more information. New this time is a Book Fair app that you can download through the iTunes store or GooglePlay. Click here for more information about the app. This app is a great way for you, as the parent, to find out information quickly about a book. After downloading the app, you can scan the cover and find out reading level, appropriate age and grade, book summary, videos, and podcasts. This is a very helpful app. I've downloaded it and played around with it on the preview box of books.

Also, our Online Book Fair will be available from March 27th-April 12th. If there are books that you and your child can't find, or books for older or younger children the Online Fair is perfect. Any books that are ordered on the Online Book Fair will be delivered to Hollywood and there is no shipping and handling charges. This is a perfect way to get books for summer reading. If you want the books to be a surprise for your child(ren), just send me an email letting me know that you ordered and I will let you know when they come in.

If you have any questions, please email Miss Hazuda or Mrs. Bulvin.

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)

Snow Day Reading

My Snow Day Reading Pile

I can't believe that I'm talking about maybe another snow day! It seems unreal that we are getting snow again. I made sure that I went to the Public Library on Saturday so I could have some books to read if I happen to be home. I was also excited to get my book order from Amazon, which added to my pile. I got some new books for the HES Library Media Center. A few that I got were: the next in the Origami Yoda series (Princess Labelmarker to the Rescue), the next in the Marty McGuire series (Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets), and the third in the Floors trilogy (The Field of Wacky Inventions). I know the students will love them as much as I have. I admit, I started reading a bit already.

Hope everyone stays safe and warm. Please share what you are reading during this maybe snow day in the comments section.

I'll be posting soon about what we have been working on the the Library Media Center. Stay tuned!

Happy Reading!!
Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Today is Dr. Seuss’ birthday! Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in 1904 so this year would be his 110th birthday! As a child he liked to draw. As a child Theodor enjoyed drawing. After he graduated from high school and from college he used his skills to sell cartoons. He was also hired to illustrate advertisements. 

In 1937 Dr. Seuss wrote To Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street. It was the first of over 60 books he wrote. More than forty were written and illustrated by Geisel for children. His books written with poetic patterns and rhymes began a new trend in literature. His books were fun to read and many had simple words that helped students learn to read. 

It is true that Geisel was challenged to write a book using fewer than 50 words. The result is one of our favorites: Green Eggs and Ham! 

You can also go to PebbleGo and listen to a biography about Dr. Seuss. If you need the user name and password, please email Mrs. Bulvin or myself.  Please make sure you mention who your student is, because this log in is only for HES students. Once in the database, go in to Biographies and the click on Writers.

Seuss Writing Challenge:
Take a look at these two word clouds. One is for Green Eggs and Ham and the other is for The Cat in the Hat. Can you write a story inspired by the words of Dr. Seuss? You can either write a story only with the words from one of the books or write a story using some of the words you really like! Write your story and draw a picture. Bring it in to the library and we’ll put it on display! 

Green Eggs and Ham

The Cat in the Hat

What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book? Share in the comments!

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)