April 15, 2022

Happy weekend, McKelvie! With April being National School Library Month and National Library Week celebrated from April 3 - 9, 2022, the New Hampshire Great Stone Face Voting link is open. As stated in a previous post, McKelvie students have always had a choice as to whether or not they would like to participate in the annual voting process. Great Stone Face voting has taken place since the school's inception in 2007. As you may recall, this vote is for 4th through 6th graders in the state of NH. As long as your child has read or listened to two or more of these nominees, they will be able to cast their ballot. The online ballot will be open until April 30th. The link can be found on the “GSF” tab off of the McKelvie Library website. Please be sure to take a look at the nominees linked HERE. All of these titles are available at our school library and on Sora as either ebooks or audiobooks. These titles are also available at the Bedford Public Library. The winner of the 2022 Great Stone Face Award will be announced in May. As always, I encourage you to talk with your child about the books that they have checked out from the school library.

I know that there are many families who are anxious for our upcoming break! The library is looking for photos of where books travel to over our upcoming spring vacation. I would love to have photographs of books (it does not have to be a school library book) with their readers to display in the library windows with the caption "Oh, The Places Our Books Go!" This can be as simple as snapping a photograph with you and a book in a comfy spot at home or you and a book in the car heading to the mountains of NH. Email the picture with your child's name and the location to cotej@sau25.net. I will print and display all of the pictures I receive. I can't wait to see where our students relax and read at home or where books travel. If you have a special furry friend, feel free to capture them with your child reading, but please don't let pets snack on the books. 🐶  📖  Feel free to send these images to me starting Saturday, April 23, 2022. These images make for a fun display on our library windows.

Have a healthy and fun weekend! ~Mrs. Cote 📚