Welcome to the Kimberlin library!

Library hours:  8:20 - 3:20

These are some of the titles we read together...

• In March and April we focused on....

• Sports Biographies in grades 3-5
• Finished Armadillo books in grades K-2
• New picture books in our library.

• Students in K - 2nd voted for their favorite Armadillo book. See more information on that below.

  Be sure to check out the bulletin board across from the library where we have a pictorial representation of all the books we've read aloud and how those books CONNECT US !

  These are some of the titles we read together...

• Tops & Bottoms, by Janet Stevens
• We Are Definitely Human, by X. Fang
• The Girl Who Heard the Music by Marni Fogelson
• Swish: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters , by Suzanne Slade
• Martina and Chrissie, by Phil Bildner
• Wings of an Eagle, by Billy Mills

Reading incentives continue until the end of the year

We are still rewarding students who finish reading books with Braum's ice cream treats and Panda Express kids meals. You may send students to collect these during open checkout or during their library times. The Braum's coupons expire end of June, and the Panda Express ones are good until the end of 2025.

Book clubs are off to a big start!

THE LAST CHAPTER, 5th grade book club

Book clubs continue to have big turn outs! We are in the home stretch and have the following books remaining...

March 7th: Among the Hidden

April 4th: Wonder

May 2nd: A Wrinkle in Time

May 16th: Dollhouse Murders

If you have any feedback or suggestions about book clubs (past and future), please forward those to me. I am always open to making it better.

READERS n EATERS, 4th grade book club

This club continues to thrive! Remaining books for this group are...

February: Bad Sister

March 28th: Wonder

April 25th: Doll Bones

May 16th: Frindle

Readers' theater club

Kimberlin Tales to wrap up their season

On Thursday, March 6th, the group performed in front of parents at the 3rd grade music show. Despite some acoustical problems, the students did well. Some students have ended their time with us. However, the remaining students are preparing for their performance of THE JADE STONE. They have expressed interest in returning to younger classes during the last week of school. Watch for an email to schedule that for your class.

Building community and enriching listening skills through games

We like games in the library. We just finished our third iteration of BINGO with SPRING-O. Students had to listen to rhyming riddles for the answer before covering it on their board. They love these games, and we believe it reinforces their listening skills. We have also played Bluebonnet Dice game, Back-to-Back Spelling Bee, and others. We like to "hype them up and send them home..!"

Libraries and building

Connecting building to literature

After many weeks of cleaning and sorting, we finally got a handle on all of the building supplies that were in the library storage room. We've had a good time incorporating these into library time. Recently, students were asked to build bridges in honor of Ruby Bridges' courage in forging new pathways for students. We got some clever results!

Spring book fair was a big success!

We had more than $6400 in sales at the Spring book fair. We are often asked how the library profits from our sales. Scholastic provides a bigger return if we choose our profits in Scholastic Bucks, which we can use to purchase books and products from their catalog. So 100% of our profits goes to buy more books, bookmarks, and items for our library. Thanks for all your support during book fairs!

Bluebonnet books

We have winners!

New 2025-2026 list is out. You can find it here. They will be available in the library soon!

Armadillo Books

New GISD list

Nearly one-third of our Kinder-2nd grade students voted YOSHI, THE SEA TURTLE GENIUS as their favorite from the list. If you haven't read that one, you might want to. There are so many good discussion points from this true story. The winning GISD book has not yet been announced.

Some popular reading series are...

• Dog Man
• Cat Kid
• Wings of Fire
• Baby-Sitters Little Sister
• I Survived
• Bad Guys
• InvestiGators
• Jake Maddox Sports Stories

Library catalogs

Find books, ebooks, and other resources by visiting your school's library catalog. If you need help with any of these resources, please contact your school librarian.

Online instructional resources

Online Instructional Resources are available to all students, teachers, parents, and administrators from any district or non-district computer.

Local library links

• Garland Library
• Rowlett Library
• Sachse Library