Kim Guesman

Is there anything better than getting a new book on Christmas Eve? Sharing this beautiful Icelandic tradition with 3rd graders today. My librarian ❤️ is singing 📚🎄 – at Los Altos, CA

Students loved following the horribly hungry gingerbread boy through San Francisco’s neighborhoods and looking for him in the library! A rollicking and gorgeously illustrated adventure by Elisa Kleven ❤️ – at Los Altos, CA

How does a shellfishing trip on Christmas Eve with Dad and Vovo change a girl’s understanding of her Azorean family traditions and her place in the world? Read The Christmas Skiff to find out! Includes shellfishing vocabulary and recipes #PBPitch

Loyola 3-6th grades had fabulous visit with dynamic author duo Lisa & Matt McMann We loved the deep dive into characters in The Forgotten 5, learned what it means to think of ourselves as writers, and had spine chilling moments in The Monsterious Series HUGE 🤗 @LindenTreeBooks – at Los Altos, CA

It’s been an exciting month for author visits at Loyola Elementary. 1st graders had a cozy story time in the library with author @MargaretGreania and her newest book How This Book Got Red ❤️ Thank you for handling book orders @LindenTreeBooks – at Los Altos, CA

So excited to have librarians from the @losaltoslibrary talking to students about their summer reading program “Find Your Voice” inspired by Mango, Abuela, and Me. Students loved Mango the bilingual 🦜❤️ #lasdk8 – at Los Altos, CA

So proud of this student who just finished the 5th book in The Ascendence Series!!! 👑 🏰 She couldn’t contain her excitement and neither could I ❤️ 📚 #Reader #lasdk8 – at California, USA

1st graders had fun voting for their favorite books in the library this morning 💛 📚 So many great @cyrmaward nominees this year! Thank you @RyanT_Higgins @IamJoryJohn Suzanne Lang @CarrieFinison @_parkercurry – at Los Altos, CA

Students had a fantastic morning learning about writer’s craft 📖 🖊️ from author @MisaSugiura Shout out to our local bookstore @LindenTreeBooks for bringing authors to our school campus ❤️ #lasdk8

Literally showed up on the day I planned to read Little Santa to the kinder classes. Now that’s some holiday magic ✨

1st graders loved learning about the hidden secrets of the legendary Mexican jumping Bean 🫘 Not A Bean is an engaging nonfiction picture book that has students counting along in Spanish while learning facts about the life cycle of the bean’s inhabitant and the desert ecosystem.

2nd Graders were in for a treat this morning with a visit from author @MargaretGreania who read from her lovely book Amah Faraway. We had fun learning about Taiwan, practicing new Mandarin words, and thinking about how to stay close to loved ones who are far away 🧡

Students had so much fun voting for their favorite @cyrmaward picture book nominee this year ❤️📚

First graders (and @Ms_Mastropietro 🥰) cozying up for the 1st installment of the @cyrmaward. Students are looking forward to voting for their favorite book once we have read all 5 of the nominees 📚

A heartfelt thank you to the Stephenson family, @Ms_Mastropietro and @AshaybytheBay for curating a fresh collection of books about African-American history for our library. Students & teachers were so excited to find these new voices and stories on our shelves 📚 ❤️ #BHM2022

Received this beautiful gift for the library this morning. Thank you, Ms. Nimmi ❤️ Students learned a lot about The Festival of Lights from Binny’s story and from classmates who shared some of their own #Diwali family traditions in the library today 🪔

A big thank you to 2nd grader who brought in this oldie but goodie from 1958 😮 Students (and teachers!) loved listening to this charming story about a shy, little ghost named Georgie #HappyHalloween 👻🎃

We celebrated #HispanicHeritageMonth with 2 books exploring family relationships & community. Stunning illustrations transported us from our little carpet squares in the library to Old San Juan and the back of a motorcycle with the wind blowing through our hair❤️ @isabelinpieces

Welcoming students back to the library with these 2 treasures that remind us about all the magic that happens when we have the privilege of reading together again📚🧡

Shout out to Ms. Nimmi for helping to get the library in shape for this new school year 📚 We can’t wait to welcome students back on 9/13 🤓❤️ – at Los Altos, CA