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I will miss having all of our Upland students in the library while school is dismissed, but I hope everyone will have lots of good books to read at home! If you haven't taken the time to check out Sora, Granite's online library, now is time! This can be a great resource for reading at home. You can access Sora for FREE through your browser at soraapp.com or by downloading the Sora App. You just need your child's 9 number to create a username, ...

This week in the library, I am sharing My Pillow Keeps Moving by Laura Gehl, illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Christopher Weyant. A clever pup finds a new home by impersonating everything a lonely homeowner needs, including a new pillow, a footstool and a furry jacket. But in the end, both realize the puppy is better at being himself! He's also smart enough to bring along his best kitty pal too! ...

This week we are kicking off our final month of Beehive voting in the library with Walrus in the Bathtub, by Deborah Underwood. When a family moves into their new home, they didn't count on it coming with a giant Walrus! There are a number of things to complain about when you have a walrus living in your bathtub - giant tidal waves in the bathroom, a leaky kitchen ceiling, and clam shells everywhere! But maybe it depends on how you look at it, ...

We are focusing this week on a wonderful Beehive book from the non-fiction category - Lovely Beasts: The Surprising Truth, by Kate Gardner. While there are many fierce creatures in the animal kingdom, each one has a creative, intelligent, even softer side we can learn about and appreciate. For example, while wolves are often portrayed as big, bad and scary, the reality is that they are highly social animals who play and hunt in tight-knit ...

Petra, by Marianna Coppo, is our Beehive book this week. Petra is rock, except she is sure she's an immovable mountain. Until her circumstances change and she has to adapt many times over. Could she be an egg, an island, or simply a pebble? Beautiful illustrations and minimal text make this book a fun change of pace. We'll see how our students vote on it this week! ...

This cute little dog needs a home! Arfy lives in a cardboard box on Butternut Street. And he's looking for someone to live with and love. Arfy writes letters to propective owners, selling his best qualities: He's housebroken! He has his own squeaky bone! And he could learn to live with a cat! But will anyone take him? Everyone will be delighted with who steps up to adopt Arfy. It's another Beehive book we'll be voting on. ...