Jack, an soon to be Second Grader, went on vacation with his whole family. He took two of my favorite books on vacation with him. Jack wrote me a letter, which his wonderful mother emailed to me. You will find it below.
Dear Ms. Hazuda,
I went to Nags Head North Carolina with the entire Venendaal family, all 14 of us, this summer.
I read Penguin on Vacation by Salina Yoon. I liked how Penguin went to the beach and we were at the beach too. My favorite part was when Crab said, "I shell return". I also read Penguin and Pinecone and like the colorful illustrations in these books. While on vacation, I got to be a part of an annual turtle race and learned the difference between an alligator snapping turtle and a striped mud turtle. My cousins and I spent our days surfing, body boarding and digging for sand crabs. It was a fun relaxing trip. Hope you like my picture.
Nags Head is about 280 miles from HES. Hope you are having a great summer and we will be seeing each other shortly. :)
Jack
If you have not read Penguin on Vacation and Penguin and Pinecone you really need to because they are great books! Salina Yoon also written Penguin in Love and her newest Penguin and Pumpkin. I can't wait to read Penguin and Pumpkin! It was just published at the end of July!
More Take A BOOK On Vacation Pictures from myself, Nurse Page and many other students are coming this week!
Happy Reading!!
Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)
Nurse Page and I share a love of vacationing in the mountains. I think our favorite quote is from John Muir, "The mountains are calling...and I must go". We each hear them calling every summer and usually go and relax and recharge. 
Mrs. Gilman took some time to go on vacation with her family to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. While there, Mrs. Gilman and her family had a lot of great family time on the beach. Mrs. Gilman made sure that she brought a fun beach read with her. Her dad was even got in her Take A BOOK On Vacation picture! Myrtle Beach is about 438 miles away from Hollywood Elementary School.
Nathan (an incoming Third Grader) and Ben (an incoming First Grader) took their vacation to Natural Bridge Virginia. While at Natural Bridge, they stayed in a cabin at Jellystone Park and enjoyed playing at the water partk. They toured the caverns which are said to be the deepest on the East Coast. The cavern depth is 375 feet and the temperature in the cavern is 54 degrees. Nathan and Ben also visited a drive through zoo. They were able to feed and pet exotic animals from six different continents. While they were at the zoo, they took time to read a book they got from the gift shop about the animals they had seen. Everyone had a wonderful time.
This time our Take A BOOK On Vacation pictures come from Weld, Maine. This is an annual trip for Leo (an incoming 2nd Grader) and Eliza (an incoming 4th Grader) to visit family. Weld is about 660 miles away from Hollywood Elementary. It looks like such a great place to visit, especially Lake Webb. This picture shows Leo and Eliza taking a break from swimming to read a book that Leo checked out from the Weld Public Library. He was excited to check out a Leo Lionni, for obvious reasons! This book, Tico and the Golden Wings, is one that I haven't read and will be looking for soon.
Leo and Eliza's second picture was taken in Weld, Maine along Route 142 at the Scholfield Home. This "man in the bucket" has been on the roadside for decades and is a favorite spot to stop for family pictures! In this picture Leo and Eliza has just been up the road at the Weld Public Library checking out some books to read on vacation. Leo got The Bear That Wasn't by Frank Tashlin and Eliza picked up Dear Mrs. Larue-Letters From Obedience School by Mark Teague. 