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Patricia Riley Welcome to the Library Page! Reading to all of the students is a primary goal in the Library. To have the students feel excitement, suspense or adventure of each story is important in trying to instill a LOVE of reading. Reading should be enjoyable. We feel that students who read are the ones who succeed! If you have any questions or concerns, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Mrs. Riley is starting her 16th year here at St. Christopher School. Mrs. Riley worked as a teacher's aide in Kindergarten for 3 years before moving to full time as the Librarian. Over the 12 years that she has been the Librarian, many upgraded, informative, and interesting volumes have been added to our collection - all ready to help with projects and reports and to help pass a relaxing time reading. The best part of Mrs. Riley's job (besides having had her 3 sons as students here at St. Chris) is spending Library Class every week with all the students from All-Day Pre-K to Grade 6. She says she has the best job in the school!

Book Fair Coming Soon!

fb_bottom_heroes Once again this Fall, we'll start the year off with our annual Scholastic Book Fair to support the library! For the first few weeks of school, the library will be FULL of great books and items that are sure to be a hit with your kids (and even a few things for us adults, too!). Each class will visit the library during the Book Fair and parents are welcome to shop any time that school is in session or during any of the evening Orientation meetings. Additional details and dates are available on our Scholastic Book Fair website which can be found HERE.

P.S. Volunteers are needed to help Mrs. Riley with the event. If you can help, please contact her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Welcome to the Library Page!

FYI - Our Scholastic Book Fair is a great way to start off the new school year. I can't have a book fair without your help so I'll be looking for volunteers. No experience necessary! Visit the Book Fair home page above for information. Thank you!

Very special thanks to Carmen Bichrest for donating a copy of her new book, "Flamingos with Scarfs", to our school library. This book is a beautifully written and illustrated bi-lingual (English/Spanish) story set in New Hampshire. Not only is it a great story for young readers, but all grade levels have the Spanish text to follow to practice their Spanish skills. Helena Bichrest, Carmen's daughter, will be attending our 1st grade in September. Thank you and welcome, Bichrest family.

This is really SPECIAL!!! ALEX WILLIAMS from 2T is the ONLY STUDENT EVER (since I've been here) to check out a brand new book every week of library class. That doesn't mean a different book each week (a lot of kids do that), it means a never before read, brand new book each week! The cross section of information Alex received from his varied selections is outstanding. Not only does this speak very highly of Alex (since he had to search high and low to find previously unchecked books), but it also speaks highly of the generosity of the students and families of St. Christopher School that continue to support our library with birthday books and cash donations that help our library grow! Thank you one and all!

Congratulations Alex!

BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!!!!

Our library is a very busy and exciting place. It's great to see the wonderful books that our school community helped to make possible through the Birthday Book Program and the proceeds from the Scholastic Book Fair last fall. The students love checking out the new additions as well as their favorites! Students with summer birthdays may purchase a Birthday Book after the upcoming Scholastic Book Fair has ended.

The Birthday Book Program

We have a Birthday Book Program available for those families that wish to commemorate their child’s birthday by donating a book to our School Library. The program has been ongoing for a number of years and has been very successful. Thank you past donors!!!

This program makes a big difference in the growth of our Library. The selection emphasis is placed on the student choosing a book that he or she enjoys, thus acquiring a book for the Library that many other students will also enjoy. Book selections are made with the assistance of Mrs. Riley and all selections are then sent home for final approval by the student’s parent. As always, we will place a bookplate on the inside cover of the book with your child’s name and date of birthday. After the “birthday” student has finished reading the book, it will be kept in the Library. It will be a gift that is shared with others for many years to come.

If you wish to commemorate your child’s birthday by participating in our Birthday Book Program, please send a note in with your child for them to see Mrs. Riley in the Library. Students with birthdays that occur during the summer months may also purchase birthday books and they too need to see Mrs. Riley. She will be happy to assist your child in making their selection. Mrs. Riley will then notify you of their selection, and if you are in agreement with what they have selected, you may send payment in to school via Mrs. Riley payable to: St. Christopher School and the book will then be ordered.

Thanks so much for helping our School Library grow!

Many thanks to all of the following students and their families for donating new books through our BIRTHDAY BOOK PROGRAM. Because of their generosity throughout this school year, we have 67 brand new books added to our Library collection. Thank you!

NICOLE YEATON

MATTHEW THIBAULT

MATT FOLLENDER

MEREDITH HALL

BROOKE NORTHRUP

CHASE NICKERSON

EMEKA OKORIE

KELECHI OKORIE

JESSICA McELWAIN

JOSEPH TRABUCCHI

KEITH VALIN

MEGHAN ECKMANN

RHEANNA BAUER

JACK STONE

PRANU BOYALAKUNTLA

IAN CONNOLLY

MARY FORAN

BRIAN DCRUZ

KRISTEN COUMAS

CLAUDIA MANNS

AIMEE TASSONI

ALEXIS DURANT

ANDI MacFARLANE

EILEEN VALENTE

JOSEPH PAPPAS

MARY POLANECZKY

HAYLEIGH McDUFFEE

JENNIFER MARINO

MICHAEL POLANECZKY

DOMINIC RAMALHO

JORDAN BOSCHETTO

ALEX BLAIS

BRIAN DCRUZ (again)

PATRICK HOLT

KAYLIE KEEGAN

MATTHEW THIBAULT (again)

BEN DANIELSON

KATERINA JURIS

OLIVIA SIRACO

CHASE DANIELS

DANI SPICER

JULIA NELSON

QUINN MANSPERGER

OLIVIA OBERT

CARINA DAVIDSON

RYLEE BRADSHAW

AMY OGDEN

CORINA DANIELSON

JOEY TURNER

MICHAEL LAI

NOAH BROWN

SPENCER LABRECQUE

THOMAS PAPPAS

AIDEN DeNEILL

SAMMY SCANNELL

CHARLENE AMARELLO

CRAIG FRENI

SPENCER LABRECQUE (again)

ALEX TISA

SEAN TISA

PATRICK LONGO

SIMON MORRIER

Thank you for helping our Library

G R O W !