Reading “Rocks” Take the Literacy Challenge
Now through November 1st you can take part in the Reading Rocks Program hosted by our community partner 98.5 KLUC and 840 AM KXNT. Pick up a Reading Rocks card from the library and earn FREE prizes. Here is what you need to do:
1. Read a book.
2. Go online to Mrs. Baca’s library blog (found on the Escobedo website- The Escobedo Library- Mrs. Baca). Fill out the Reading Rocks Book Summaries form(blog entry below- scroll down this page)- Click fIll out my form, then the form will pop up. Fill it out completely and submit.
3. Bring your Reading Rocks card back to the library to redeem your prize. 1st book earns a FREE 8oz. serving of frozen yougart at Golden Spoon, 2nd book a FREE pass for 30 minutes of game play at Gameworks, and the 3rd book a FREE kids meal at Tropical Smoothie Cafe.
4. If you complete your card, you have a chance to win the Grand Prize Pack for your grade. Not really sure what that is but I’m bet it is good. (Last year, own very own Emily A. won an iPod and a backpack full of other prizes.)
5. Completed cards will be entered into a drawing for admission to the Escobedo Rock Band Party. That’s right, the library will be rockin’ and rolling at our exclusive Wii Rock Band party from during 1st and 2nd lunch on November 20th. During that time we will play the hit game Rock Band and discover the next Escobedo idol. The library will be closed for lunch that day and only those 20 lucky winners will able to join in on the fun. Good luck!
Now why wouldn’t you want to participate? Come on down to the library and get rockin’…
October 8th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
You don’t have all the Rave Master books, you don’t have the 6, 19, and 21.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Actually I just ordered all three of those titles last week. They should be here in a few weeks.
October 14th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
I just finished this great book called Bone: Out from Boneville! It’s awesome!
October 14th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Hi Ibra,
Glad to hear you finished the book. We have several other Bone books from the series in the library for check-out. I hope you decide to go on the Book Recommendations and then fill out my form so that you can earn your Reading Rocks prize. Have you picked up your card yet? If not, come by the library and get one. Hope to see you soon…
October 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Hi! I”m writing this here because I can’t find the page for the Book Recommendation Form.
Title: Dicey’s Song
Author: Cynthia Voigt
This is the sequel to the book Homecoming.
The Tillerman children finally heve a home. But Dicey is having trouble letting go. Then a series of letters come from Boston, but Gram won’t let her see them. What do they mean? Is it something about Mama? You’ll have to read the book to find out!
October 17th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Mrs. Baca,
I have to write this here again. I just finished another book!
Title: Wild Ride to Heaven
Author: Leander Watts
Hannah was content with her life…until her father became obsessed with treasure hunting. He then sells her to the Barrow Brothers as a slave for one year. One night she sees a strange luminesant figure outside. What or who is this figure? Read the book and find out!
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:12 pm
HI,I JUST FINISHED THIS BOOK CALLED MIDNIGHT FOR CHARLIE BONE AND IT`S GREAT.THIS IS MY FIRST TIME REALLY FINISHING A BOOK AND LIKING IT ,THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A LITTLE BOY NAMED CHARLIE AND CHARLIE WAS GETTING READY TO GET HIS CARD FROM HIS MOM TO GIVE TO HIS FRIEND FOR HIS BIRTHDAY BUT CHARLIES MOM DIDN`T GIVE HIM THE RIGHT CARD.WHEN HE HAD THE CARD IN HIS HANDS HE STARTED TO HERE VOICES COMING FROM THE CARD,THEN SUDDENLY CHARLIES AUNTS CAME TO SEE IF HE REALLY CAN HEAR VOICES COMING FROM PICTURES.USUALLY WHEN HIS AUNTS COME IT MEANS TROUBLE . WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY TRICKED HIM AND GAVE HIM A PICTURE AND HE ACCIDENTLY TOLD THEM THAT HE CAN HEAR VOICES,BUT HE WAS TRYING TO CONFUSE THEM BY SAYING WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BUT THAT DIDN`T WORK.SO KNOW THEY TOLD HIM HE HAS TO GO TO A ACADEMY SCHOOL.BUT HE DOESN`T WANT TO.AND THAT SO FAR IS WHAT HAPPENED, I HAVE TO READ THE SECOND BOOK AND FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED NEXT, BYE.
October 24th, 2008 at 7:48 am
I just finished my Bone: eyes of the storm it’s a really good book but I can’t seem to find the book after it. If someone returns it can you save for me. Thanks.
October 24th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
omg!!! i have just read this AMAZING book. even the title is amazing: I’d TELL YOU I LOVE YOU BUT THEN I’D HAVE TO KILL YOU. its like so amzing. if u like super spy romance and other stuff, u would so like this book!!!!!!!
October 26th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
book read: diary of a wimpy kid
author:Jeff Kinney
summary:
ok… so this boy,Greg Heffley, just started middle school, meanig he has to deal with bullies,nerds,and weird ‘friends.’This diary is form his point of view.
he tells about he and his best friend(also known as Rowley)’s year.They enter the school play abot the wizar of oz. HE NEEDS, revenge on the girl whose playing Dorothy. They also join the sfety patrol group just for the hot chocolet! can u believe that?also in Hallowin they get sprayed by some teenagers with a fire distingisher, so they go into greg’s grandma’s house.
by:Genesis.i
October 26th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
book: The tale of Despereaux
author:Kate Dicamillo
summary:
this one is about a little mouse called Despereaux (french)this brave little mouse falls in love with a human and worse than that, it’s the princess.Just for this little love he causes lots of events to happen.There is a evil rat that killed the princess’s mother because of soup.The rat wants revenge on the princess for calling him a rat,so another important character comes in, mig who is now a serving girl. In the darkness & the light lots of things have to happen, but u just try u’r best 2 avoid them.
October 27th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
ms. baca, how do i get to recommend my book so i can be in the literacy challenge?
October 27th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
I LOVE READING!!! I also love this fundraiser thingy, hehe
. I’ve done 3 already!
October 27th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Great Jordan! Keep reading…
October 27th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Ibrahima come to the library and pick up a Reading Rocks card. Then refer back to this blog for the rules on how to participate. Hurry up because you only have until November 7th to do the program.
October 28th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
I strongly recomend the bone books.
October 29th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Title: Amelia’s Longest, Biggest, Most-Fights-Ever-Family Reunion
Author: Marissa Moss
Summary: Its about a 11 year old girl that writes EVERYTHING in her notebook. This time she is writing about her family reunion. It all started when Amelia’s mom explained to her and her sister, Cleo about there serect dad. Him and Amelia’s mom got divored when Cleo was 3 and Amelia was a baby. Amelia wrote a letter and called her dad. He told her to come to Chicago so they can meet. They met , but that was last year. She seen him a couple of times. Cleo and Amelia went to Dallas for a family reunion. When they arrived, Dad introdued them to their step mother, Clara and half brother, George. They met the rest of the family and it turn out to be rough but it got better with a little faith in Amelia.
October 30th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Remember to fill out the Book Recommendations form if you are doing the Reading Rocks program.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:17 am
I just finished ERAGON and it was awesome.Now i’m on ELDEST and i’m going to wrap it up with BRISINGR!
November 6th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
TTYL: Three girls are having a conversation about their day at school. It goes on almost every day after school. They tell each other every thing that happened on that day. This book is filled with fights, romance, and everything in between.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Homework Machine: There are four kids in the same school. They are nothing alike. One kid that some kids call “braniac” builds a “homework machine” that is suppose to do your homework for you. He tells his friend about his invention, not knowing someone is listening in on their conversation. It spreads through out the school. Now, everyone knows.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Vet:
By:Animal Planet:
This book tells and shows you real patients that vets have and what they do to help them. They tell you everything that happens, and the story about what happened to them and why they are in the hospital. It goes from reptiles to dogs and cats. They even have mice and ferrets.
One patience(golden retriever) swallod a stick while playing catch with it with its owner. He almost choked and died.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Loser: A boy named Donald Zinkoff goes threw elementary school as a weirdo and gets in trouble by all of his teachers. He loves school, but nobody wants him to be there. Not even his teachers. His mom treats him like a baby and his dad treats him the same. He has to grow up and out of his comfort zone.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
are you getting any naruto books
November 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Darrian,
Yes, we are getting some new Naruto books. On Monday I am placing a new book order and if I remember correctly, I have the two Naruto books that we don’t own yet on my list. Come by and see if these are the books you are interested in. Have a great weekend!
October 12th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
guten tag (hello in German
) young Escobedo Boxers!
I am the famous Emily that won the Grand Prize last year
I recommend that you do this, because you never know what can happen. I definitely didn’t think that I’d win, and I ended up winning! It was awesome
Give it a shot! All you have to do is read 4 books
go for it!
October 12th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Hi Emily! Is Northwest doing the Reading Rocks program too?
October 12th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Hi Mrs.Baca
I am a very fast reader and have read more 30 books from the first time I went into your library! I read a great book today and here is the info:
Title: The decryptors: The Nano Menace
Athor: D.F. Rider
It is about a girl that is assined a poject on nanobots. They end up going to a company in town that has created NOBs. Soon they go to an abandon warehouse and almost get turned into grey goo.
October 12th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Hi Emily the famous lucky winner…
Zachary- thanks for the book information. Was this for the Reading Rocks program? If so, you need to fill out the form under Reading Rocks Book Summaries. Happy reading…
October 12th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Thanks for the advice I have already read two books eligable for the contest! I hope that you will get some more non-fiction books. My favorite section has ran dry, my other subjects I like have only books with stuff I already Know. I am not to big on fiction so you need more non-fiction books (that or I need to build up courage to get an enciclopedia, you see kids make fun of encyco-readers.) I still like your library!
October 13th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Ms Baca, I read Leven Thumps by Obert Skye. Here’s my summary:
This book recalls the adventures of Leven Thumps, Clover, Winter and Geth as the travel around a world of dreams called Foo. They rush to save Geth, the ruler, as he has been turned into a toothpick, and restore him to human form. But, Leven digs up a secret, a deadly one that stalks him, that can destroy Foo. Read the book to find out what happens next, I don’t want to spoil the ending!!!
October 14th, 2009 at 10:50 am
i just fineshed a great book it was pendragon number 1!!!!
October 14th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
I just finished a book called Snakes Don’t Miss Their Mothers. The title is off topic, but it’s about a bunch of animals that are all very different but all just want a good home.
October 14th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I just finished the series of Leven Thumps by Obert Skye. This is my summary on the first book, Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.
Leven, Clover, Winter, and Geth who is momentarily in the form of a toothpick, set out to find the gateway to foo, a space between possible and impossible. Leven is told he is the one to save foo from turmoil and from destroying mankind. There are many who’s hearts are dark and try to dispose of Leven. Of course I’m not going to tell you how it ends. You’ll have to read and find out more!
October 15th, 2009 at 10:09 am
swindle
Gordan Korman
This is about these kids who stay at this demolition hous. They find a card that is worth millions but they get conned out of it. They go and break in to this house to get it backe but the oolice find out. But the kids get out with the card.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
I read a book called the boyfriend. She love’s him but she dosent know that
his love for her has become an obssation. After he dies he dicides that
he want’s one last date with her….
October 20th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
SO SORRY! I actually read Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret. Do I go to the library to get my stamp????
October 21st, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Make sure you submit your Book Summaries on the post titled Reading Rocks Book Summaries. You MUST click the link and fill out the form in order to get your prize. Once a day I download the book summaries into an Excel Spreadsheet so that it is easy for me to look your name up when you come in for your prize. Thanks!
October 25th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Thanks. I just filled out my form!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
8th grade bites
It is about vladimir todd a vampire kid who nobody knows is a vampire. His english teacher mr craig disssapers and his new teacher is a little bit creepy. For what vladimir is guessing he thinks he is a vampire who is trying to kill him.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Hi Mrs.Baca!
I love this one author named Sarah Dessen. Do you have all of her books? She’s my favorite and I want to read all of them.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Isabela-our library has three of her books. I plan on ordering some more. Come by and you can help me decide what books I should order.
October 28th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Left Behind
October 28th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Left Behind
October 29th, 2009 at 9:10 am
the book i read was new moon frrom the twilight saga. New moon was about when edward feels he needs to leave bella for her own good, so bella decided to turn to jacob her best friend. my favorite part was when bella describes the strange cliff diving hallucinations.
October 29th, 2009 at 9:18 am
I read a book called Princess Mia. Mia’s boyfriend broke up with her, and she wouldn’t get out of bed for 6 days, because she thinks her life ended. Her dad takes her to therapy, and the therapist said that she has to something that scares her everyday. A girl named Lana Weinburger used to be her worst enemy and then one day she asks Mia to go shopping with her, and that she only didnt like her because she was friends with Lilly Moscavitz. She starts dating one of her best friends (its a guy) that saved her in a fire.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Hey Ms. Baca, I have two questions. 1st, when is the last day to turn in your Reading rocks cards? And 2nd, do you have the uglies???? I can’t seem to find them,. Thanks!
November 1st, 2009 at 12:25 pm
The book I read is Zach’s Lie, by Roland Smith, the book is about a family,the Osbornes, that has to go in the witness security program because the father is found of drug trafficking. The father’s boss, Aznar Alonzo, is out to hurt the family because he does not want they’re father to tell the police and press orders against him. The police make the osbornes move to Elko,Nevada and change there lifestyle so that Aznar Alonzo can not find them. In Elko Zach,now known as Jack, meets a former spy at school, that is the custodian, and becomes great friends. When the mother sends a post card to her attourney that says she moved in ok, Aznar Alonzo searched her mail and found out she was living in Elko. Aznar Alonzo then searched Elko and found out what school Jack goes to. While watching his sisters tryouts for a role in a singing play a suspicious man stood at the doorway and watched. When Jack went with the spy to the mountains, Aznar Alonzo followed them. When they reached the place they were surrounded and captured. Aznar was looking for Jacks journal that his father gave him that described Aznar. “I left it at the school” the spy told him. Aznar hand cuffed them and led them to the school to get the journal. At the school the spy had a trap to capture alonzo. He asked to go alone because it was very crouded. Right as he was going to the room he triggered the trap and knocke the guys out. Jack was amazed that the custodian was that brave. The police arrived and put Aznar in custody,thanking the spy for his help to capture him.
November 1st, 2009 at 12:43 pm
The book I read is the vampire’s promise. It is about a family that moves to a house that has a tower. One day the daughter went up to the tower and opened the shutteres for light. When she did that a vampire entered through the shutters. One day she only wished that she was more beautiful like the girls at school. When that wish was made the vampire granted it and took away one of the girls beauty making the girl ugly. At school everyone stared at her and smiled. She felt perfect until a huge test came up. She wasn’t that smart and thought that since she was beautiful she had to be smart too. Another wish was granted, “I wish I was smart”. The next day her mind felt a jolt and she was able to answer every question that was asked. At school the real pretty and smart girl was brain-dead. The thought that she was hurting these girls made her feel like a witch. At home she stomped up the stairs to the tower and made her last wish, ” I wish I was my normal self and the girls had they’re beauty and smartness back”! Carefully she ran in to the restroom and saw her inner self again. She knew just what to do about the vampire. she ran back to the tower and opened the shutters, slowly but surely she felt the vampire go away.
November 1st, 2009 at 1:02 pm
I read a book called breath. It is about a family of two that moved in to a haunted house. A mother ghost watched as they pulled up to the drive way. She saw a kid walk up to the door and began singing with joy. The thought of a kid bounced her memory to when she had a kid. As the boy walked in he went straight to the room where the ghost mothers kid died. He felt cozy in the room and decided to put his things down.
The boy suddenly noticed the ghost mother, he got frantic. He started talking to her and asking about her kid and how much pleasure it was. One day when he was walking to the kitchen another ghost appeared, except this time it was a kid. “Leave this house or you will have to live here forever”, the kid ghost said. The ghost mother appeared and the kid ghost dissapeared. “Who are the ghost children and why do they want me to leave?” He questioned the ghost mother. She lost her words and dissapeared. One day he walked in to a room where the ghost mother was feeding off of the ghost child. He got scared and ran off to the car. The ghost children never came back because they were sent to the “otherside”. The boy made it so that his mother got scared and left. He grinned as they drove away.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 am
Jacqueline-All Reading Rocks cards must be completed by December 1, 2009. Yes, we have the Uglies book. You can find it in FIC WES.
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Mrs. Baca, where can I find the form for the reading rocks challenge
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Samantha- Go online to Mrs. Baca’s library blog (found on the Escobedo website- The Escobedo Library- Mrs. Baca). Fill out the Reading Rocks Book Summaries form (blog entry below this one on the main page) Click fill out my form, then the form will pop up. Fill it out completely and submit. That’s all.
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Do you have a book called The Lost Queen?? Thanks.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Thx Mrs.Baca