Library
Where Stories Begin and Readers Grow
Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
The library is a welcoming learning space where students in kindergarten through fifth grade develop a love of reading, curiosity, and lifelong learning through a diverse collection of books and resources. Through regular visits, students enjoy read-alouds, explore new authors and genres, and build literacy, research, and digital citizenship skills in a supportive and engaging environment.
- Library Checkout Procedures
- What Should I Read Next?
- How do you know if a book is "just right" for you?
Library Checkout Procedures
As we continually strive to enhance communication between Mount Vernon City Schools and our valued parents, we would like to bring to your attention some important updates regarding our library book check-out procedures.
Currently, we allow students to select books of interest from their building library. Once a book is checked out, parents are notified by email of their child's selection including Title and Author. If you feel comfortable with the current checkout procedures that we have used for many years then you don't need to do anything.
We recognize that there may be some Parents/Guardians who would like to be notified and approve their child's selection before checking out a book. We believe we can accommodate your wishes by completing the permission notification form #1 attached to this email and located on the district website.
Additionally, we recognize that some students often demonstrate more mature reading abilities and interests. If you believe your child fits into this category, as a Parent/Guardian you can grant permission to allow your child the opportunity to check out books that may be more mature in terms of interest and reading abilities. We believe we can accommodate your wishes by completing the permission notification form #2 attached to this email and located on the district website.
Please review and use these forms:
Return the completed form(s) to your school office. Your cooperation is invaluable in tailoring our resources to meet individual student needs and your responses will be handled confidentially.
What Should I Read Next?
- If you like the Wild Robot try....
- If you like Guts, try...
- If you like Dog Man, try...
- If you like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, try...
- If you like Harry Potter, try...
- If you like I Survived, try....
- If you liked The Baby-Sitter's Club, try...
If you like the Wild Robot try....
If you like Guts, try...
If you like Dog Man, try...
If you like Dog Man, try...
The Bad Guys series The Yeti Files
Bad Kitty series Zita series
Barb series
BatPig series
Big Foot and Little Foot series
Big Nate series
Bird and Squirrel series
Captain Underpants series
Cat Kid series
Catstronauts
Chick and Brain series
Dragonbreath series
El Deafo
Hilo
The Investigators
Lucy and Andy Neanderthals series
Moby Shin Obi series
Monkey Pirates series
My Weird School Days series
Narwhal and Jelly series
NoodleHeads series
Phoebe and Her Unicorn
Scribbles and Ink series
Super Potato series
Teeny Weenies series
If you like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, try...
If you like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, try...
The Bad Guys series
The Bailey School Kids series
Big Nate series
Captain Awesome series Terrible Twos series
Captain Underpants series Timmy Failure series
Dog Man series Wayside School series
El Deafo
Ell Ray Jakes series
Fudge series
Guys Read series
Henry Zipper series
Hilo series
I Funny series
Iggy series
The Last Kids on Earth series
Lonniverse
Mac B Kid Spy series
Max and The MidKnights
Mighty Robot series
My Weird School Days series
Nerds series
Ready, Freddy series
Stick Dog series
Stink series
Super Potato series
If you like Harry Potter, try...
If you like Harry Potter, try...
All the Colors of Magic Percy Jackson series
Beanstalker Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist
Begone Raggedy Witches Serafina and the Black Cloak
Castle Hangnail The Shadow Children Series
The Chronicles of Narnia The Spiderwick Chronicles
Cinders and Sparrows The Thickety
The Descendants series Wellspring of Magic
The Dark is Rising series Wings of Fire series
Dragon Masters series The Witches
Dragon Slippers The Witches of Worm
The Girl Who Drank the Moon Poppy Pendle
Goosebumps series
Gregor the Overlander
Guardians of Ga’Hoole series
Heidi Hecklebeck series
Hocus Pocus
The Incorrigible Children of Asthon Place
Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher
The Land of Stories series
The Last Kids on Earth series
Lemony Snicket series
Magic in the Mix
The Magic Thief
Matilda
The Mysterious Benedict Society
If you like I Survived, try....
If you like I Survived, try....
39 Clues
The Boy Who Dared
Call it Courage
Can You Survive series Ranger in time series
The Cay The Sign of the Beaver
Danger Along the Ohio Time Jumpers series
Disaster Strikes series Two Bobbies
Dog Tags Titanic series by Korman
Earthquake Terror Treasure hunters series
Edge of Extinction series The War that Saved My Life
Escape from Chernobyl Wild Rescue series
Escaping the Giant Wave Wild River
Fever, 1793 Wild Robot
Gary Paulsen books Zane and the Hurricane
Ground Zero
The Hideout
History Crashers
Hitler’s Daughter
The Ice Sea Pirates
Into the Firestorm
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Julie of the Wolves
The Last Kids on Earth series
Lion of Mars
The Magic Treehouse series
The Missing by Margert Patterson Haddix
My Side of the Mountain
Nine Ten
Number the Stars
On the Run series
Pax
Pony
Prisoner B-3087
If you liked The Baby-Sitter's Club, try...
If you liked The Baby-Sitter's Club, try...
Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls
Click series
The Cupcake Diaries
The Diary of Melanie Martin Real Friends
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Save Me a Seat
The Descendants series The Secret Garden
The Doll People series Sunny series
Dork Diaries Telgemier books
Geek Chic Terri Libenson books
Hazy Bloom series Unlikely Adventures
Heidi Hecklebeck series Whatever After series
Isabella for Real Wendy Maas books
Judy Blume books The Year of the Baby
Just Grace series
Katie the Cat Sitter
The Lemonade War series
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
Mustaches for Maddie
My One Hundred Adventures
Nancy Drew series
Nat series
Only Emma series
Owl Diaries series
Penny from Heaven
Phoebe and her Unicorn series
Rainbow Magic series
How do you know if a book is "just right" for you?
- Pick up a book you find interesting!
- Open it up.
- Try reading the first page. Put a finger up for each word you cannot read, if you have five fingers up it is probably too hard and you should try a different book.
- Read a page or two more. Can you read it smoothly? Do you understand what is going on? If yes, you found a "just right" book. Enjoy! If no, try a different one.