Announcing the Dorothy Canfield Fisher EMES Family Readers’ Club!

Starting next fall, we will host a series of evening events for upper grade EMES students and their families around selected titles from the 2014-2015 DCF list.

 
Each year 30 books are nominated for the DCF book award.  The winner is selected by VT students in grades 4 through 8.  In order to vote, students must have read at least 5 of the 30 nominees.  Mrs. Fitch and I have selected 6 of the 30 books for our family readers club and want to share this information with you now in case you were looking for some good books to read.

Readers club requirements:

• Students must have read the book (or be most of the way through a book) 
• Family members do not have to read the book for students to be able to attend, but we hope they will 
• Readers do not need to read all 6 titles, they can choose the ones they want to read and come to just those evenings
• Students who have graduated EMES, but are reading the DCF books are welcome to attend 

Each evening will include activities related to the book and light refreshments 
Selected Titles from the 2014/2015 DCF List:

v  Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace by Nan Marino

v  The Center of Everything by Linda Urban

v  Frogged by Vivian Van Velde

v  The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson

v  The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel by Deborah Hopkinson

v  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein  

v  Our 7th evening will be student choice 
Please note that we have a few of these titles available in audiobook as well. 

We plan to host our first evening in either late Sept or early Oct.  The first evening's book will be Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace.  We hope many readers and their families will join us for an evening of book discussion, activities, and perhaps pancakes.  Look for more additional details in the fall.

Books for Summer Reading!

 Dear EMES Families,
                                        Summer is right around the corner!
We are pleased to announce the return of the summer reading program for EMES students. EMES students (who will be entering K through 6th grade next year) will be allowed and encouraged to check out up to five books from the EMES library for summer reading.

 Here’s the plan:

1. All library materials borrowed during the school year need to be back in the library before anything is checked out for the summer. 
2. Students will pick out 5 books from our library that they want to take home for the summer. 
3. Prior to checking out summer reading, students will need a parent/guardian signature on the summer reading form agreeing to pay the replacement cost of lost or damaged materials. 
4. Books and bookbags need to be returned on the first day of school. 
5. Bookbags will include a summer reading log, information about reading incentive programs from other organizations in VT, and additional information about library and reading resources for your family.
6. Please send in photos of your EMES readers in action this summer. 

 We hope you have a summer full of fun, sunshine, and good books!

Arlyn Bruccoli & Jennifer Fitch

summer reading permission form is attached here