May - Roald Dahl
April - Poets of the Month
Since April is national poetry month, Team Ronzio will be reading a poem a day and getting to know many different poets. Ms. Ronzio selected three poets for our authors of the month.
Shel Silverstein, Jon Scieszka, Jack Prelutsky
March - Andrew Clements
February - Mary Pope Osborne
January - Steve Jenkins
December - Tomie dePaola
November - Eve Bunting
October - Cynthia Rylant
“And I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger. I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books like The Relatives Came or Waiting to Waltz or Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea really is important. Every person is able to add beauty, whether by growing flowers, or singing, or cooking luscious meals, or raising sweet pets. Every part of life can be art. I am so grateful to be a writer. I hope every child grows up and finds something to do that will seem important and that will seem precious. Happy living and, especially, happy playing.” - Cynthia Rylant
September - Patricia Polacco
“Honey is sweet, and so is knowledge, but knowledge is like the bee that made that sweet honey, you have to chase it through the pages of a book." - Patricia Polacco (taken from "Thank you, Mr. Falker")”
August - Eric Carle
"School libraries are very important. A quiet place to read or look at pictures, to discover or daydream. A place where the imagination can be free." - Eric Carle