Each week, Mrs. Roach meets with every class for 30 or 45 minutes. This time includes read aloud, library skills, and book selection time.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Many of the students are reading books from Vermont's own Dorothy Canfield Fisher (DCF) Children's Book Award list. Eash year's list includes 30 books, for students grades 4 to 8. Authors include Vermonters, such as Jesse Haas and Karen Hesse, and national favorites, like Avi, Lois Lowry, and Harry Mazer. Vermont children spend most of the school year reading and talking about DCF books and then in April vote on their favorite. Learn more about the books and the award and what Vernon students think about them.

Red Clover Book Award

The Red Clover Award is given annually to one of ten picture books nominated by a committee comprised of teachers and librarians and voted on by Vermont children. Its purpose is to “help children to develop an appreciation for excellence in writing and illustrations that will stay with them all of their lives.” The Red Clover Children's Choice Picture Book Award promotes the reading and discussion of the best of contemporary picture books in most of Vermont's elementary schools. Each year over 23,000 K-4 students read or have read to them the 10 nominated books. Past nominees and winners include Jules Feiffer's Bark, George, Peggy Rathmann's Ten Minutes Till Bedtime, Thacher Hurd's Art Dog, Margie Palatini and Howard Fine's Piggie Pie! and Robert Blake's Akiak.