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Book of the Week

All at Once Upon a Time

All at Once Upon a Time
Book Pick of the Week: 5/1/2026


We’ve been working with the kindergarteners on fairy tales– and folk tales and fables wind their way throughout our reading curriculum.  Sometimes though, it’s fun to turn those tales upside down! In All at Once Upon a Time, the fairy tales are coinciding and completely mixed up! It’s a fun book to have the students try to figure out where each story is coming from and how it got changed.  It is also a Monarch nominee for next year. We currently have one copy in the LC– check it out today!

Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed 12/12/25

 

 

Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed

Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson is the selection for our Whale Wishes Winter Giving assembly this year. Last read in 2018, this book celebrates the concept of paying it forward to show how one simple act of kindness can change a lot of people’s days. Although many of the students have heard it before, it’s a great reminder that it’s always okay to be kind, and there’s always time to show kindness. We have a couple copies in the library, so if you are looking to read it again, just ask!

I'M SORRY YOU GOT MAD 12/5/25

The image shows a young child sitting at a table, surrounded by scattered papers, with a large text overlay that reads %22I'M SORRY YOU GOT MAD%22.

 

As we all know, tensions can run high during the holiday season. Everything can feel rushed and we forget that it can be stressful for our students, too.  In the hilarious, yet deeply touching I’m Sorry You Got Mad, Jack goes through a progression of apology notes that really speak to what it means to confront your behavior. I really think this book is great for any age, though our older students (and grownups!) will appreciate it a little more. Lots of connection opportunities to our own lives, along with the idea of taking responsibility makes this one of my favorite books of the YEAR.  It will most likely be a Monarch nominee next year, so get on the train early and check it out today! 🙂 (I’m sorry if you don’t like it.)