Our sixth grade students have been busy reading the contenders for the 2022 Pierce Mock Newbery Program.  Stay tuned to find out which book will win. Thank you to the Pierce PTO for sponsoring this wonderful program that gets all of us excited about reading!

Check out the titles for the 2022 MCBA Program!  Students in grades 4 & 5 will be reading as many as they can and voting for their favorite in March.  Thank you for the books Pierce PTO!

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annuallly to the most distinguished children's picture book.  The Brookline elementary school libraries invite students and families to participate in our own "Mock Caldecott" contest.  Throughout December and January, students will be listening to our ten nominated titles and then voting for their favorite.  Check out ou Brookline Mock Caldecott website to find out more!

Here are the 12 titles nominated for the 2021 Pierce Mock Newbery Program.  Our 6th grade students have been busy reading and discussing these titles thanks to the multiple copies purchased by the Pierce PTO!!!

Check out the titles for the 2021 MCBA Program!  Thanks to the Pierce PTO we have enough copies of the books for all 4th and 5th grade students to participate.  We will find out which book students vote for in March.

Thank you Pierce PTO for sponsoring this amazing author visit!

Students in grades 4 & 5 are encouraged to read or listen to as many of the 2020 MCBA nominated titles before voting day in March.

Students in grades K-3 are invited to participate in the Pierce 2020 Mock Caldecott Award Program by reading as many of the "Contenders" as possible and voting for their favorite at the end of January.  During library class we have been discussing how the Caldecott Committee discusses and analyzes the artwork in books.  Do the illustrations help show plot, character, setting, and style of the story? 

Please take a look at our attached list of 2020 Caldecott Contenders.  Happy Reading!

2020 Caldecott Contenders

Over the past two months, third grade students, have been learning about how the Pierce School Library is organized.  Although we still use the good old Dewey Decimal System, students now can access the card catalog via computer.  As a culmination of our Dewey Unit, students got to put their skills to practice with a library scavenger hunt.

Thanks to the Pierce PTO, award winning author, Steve Sheinkin, spoke to grades 5-8 earlier this month.  His presentation on the research and writing process of his books was incredibly inspiring and he encouraged all of us to read, write, and tell the untold stories of history.