Mrs. Rhubottom's Library

The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors!!

Our school voted for Can I Be Your Dog, but I think we can agree that The Legend of Rock, Paper Scissors was a really good book as well.

Some of the classes this year were able to participate in voting for their favorite books that were nominated by California Young Reader Medal. Initially the votes were due in April and the winner was going to be announced the first week of May. Due to the pandemic and school closures, they pushed back the voting date to June 1st to give more people time to read them and vote.

Our school voted for the story, Can I Be Your Dog? Written by Troy Cummings.

We will see if that book wins all of California as well! I will keep you posted.

This last story will mean something different to each of you.

There's a lot going on in the world right now, and you might be wondering what you can do, how you can help.

Ask yourself these three questions....

When is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do?

Every situation you are in, your answer will be different.

Let these questions guide you as you grow. As the meaning of life rests in the relationships that we form and the way we treat others.

Remember, we are a kind and caring school.

The Three Questions

Written by Jon J Muth

Sofia Valdez, Future Prez

Written by Andrea Beaty

Because

Written by Mo Willems

You Don't Want a Unicorn

Written by Ame Dykman

You and Me and the Wishing Tree

Written by Nancy Tillman

The Cool Bean

By Jory John & Pete Oswald

Little by Little

Written by Amber Stewart & Layn Marlow

Cinder the Bubble-Blowing Dragon

Written by Jessica Anderson

Dear Children of the Earth

Written by Schim Schimmel

This Unique series is a collaboration between World Book and NASA's Innovated Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. Scientists tell how they grew from students to inventors and now tackle some of NASA's biggest challenges. Useful for STEM / STEAM instruction and independent reading.

8 Free online books: Click here to read them all!

Alien Cave Explorers

Asteroid Harpooning-Hitcher

Printable Probes and Cosmic Confetti

Solar-Wind-Riding Electric Sail

Land-Sailing Venus Rover

Laser-Sailing Starships

Squishy Fishy Robot Explorers

Web-Spinning Space Spiders

The Ickabog

From J.K. Rowling's site:

"The Ickabog will be published for free on this website (link above), in installments, over the next seven weeks, a chapter (or two, or three), at a time. It isn't Harry Potter and it doesn't include magic. This is an entirely different story."

This is a children's book intended for ages 10 and under. J.K. Rowling graciously published this book online for free in light of the COVID 19 pandemic.

There are plenty of online E-Books out there for everyone to enjoy.

Click HERE to see a list of resources that I have put together.

I would love to hear what you are reading or what you have read. I also would enjoy just chatting with you! I miss seeing and talking with you all.

Click HERE to go to the Library's Google Classroom.

*** If you have not visited the Library's Google Classroom yet, please send me an email for the Library's Google Classroom code. In the email, please state your name and teacher.

hrhubottom@powayusd.com

The House with Chicken Legs. Written by Sophie Anderson.

With a title like this, I had to read it myself to find out what this book was about.

Here is the synopsis from the back of the book:

"My house has chicken legs. Two or three times a year, without warning, it stands up in the middle of the night and walks away from where we've living."

I would suggest this story for grades 4th and 5th. It is very interesting and unique. If you have read this story, let's chat about it! Check out my Google Classroom (ask your teacher for the code).

Please send me an email and let me know how you are doing and what you are reading! I would love to hear from you.

hrhubottom@powayusd.com