Please continue to check this website for the most up-to-date information on the 2023 Reading Festival! We’ll kick things off with the Book Drive on September 18. More info below!
Book Drive begins Monday, September 30
Clear your bookshelves at home to make room for new ones! Students may bring gently used children’s books to drop off at one of the donation boxes across campus.
Please no sticker books or workbooks. We kindly ask you to only donate books in good condition.
Book Sale: October 11-12 and October 15-17
This year we will have one All-School Book Sale in the Huffington Library. The sale will be open on October 11 & 12 (during parent conferences) and from Tuesday, October 15-Thursday, October 17. Here are the hours:
- Thursday, October 11: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Friday, October 12: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
- Tuesday, October 15: 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, October 16: 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Thursday, October 17: 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Preschool-grade 2 students will have assigned shopping days/times by class. Please see schedule below for more information.
Students in grades 3-8 should shop with their parents while on campus for their conference or in the mornings before school. Middle School students will also have the opportunity to shop during their morning tutorial time.
Friends of the Library
Friends of the ROBS libraries (parents, grandparents, or special friends!) also have the opportunity to donate bookplates during Reading Festival! Bookplates are dedication labels placed in the front of new books. They may be purchased for $25 each to honor someone special to you (i.e., a student or faculty member) or the ROBS community. Each bookplate purchased adds an additional book to our beloved libraries!
Bookplates are available for in-person purchase during the Book Sale. Students or their parents may choose the book for their bookplates (from a list preselected by the librarians) during the Book Sale. If you don’t select a book for your bookplate during Reading Festival, the librarians will select for you. Thanks!
Visiting Authors
Susan Hood
Thursday, October 1 | Grades 3-8
Before launching a full-time writing career, Susan was the Children’s Content Director of Nick Jr. Magazine, where she edited original stories by the winners of Caldecott Medal, the Coretta Scott King Book Award and the Theodore Seuss Geisel Award. Before that, Susan was a children’s book editor at Sesame Workshop, and a children’s magazine editor at Scholastic and Instructor Magazine for early childhood educators.
