Welcome to the Holy Infant Library

My name is Mrs. Ryle and the 2025-2026 school year will be my tenth year as the School Librarian. I attended Holy Infant all through grade school, and was thrilled to return as a teacher! My first teaching job was at St. Blaise School in Maryland Heights and then I was a Stay at Home Mom for my two sons. Both are currently Mizzou students.

I have always loved to read, and I know many, many students do too. My job as Librarian is to help all students find a book they will enjoy reading. As a one of the Specials Classes, my goal is to make the Library an enjoyable place to connect with words, books, stories and information.

There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.-Frank Serafini

LIBRARY SCHEDULE

2025-2026

Students will need to bring their checked out Library books to every class in order to return or renew those books!

Monday-JK-H, 3H, 1Mc, 6H, 7L

Tuesday-Preschool, 1M (Mrs. Nord covers Library on Tuesday)

Wednesday-JK-W, 4D, 2V, 5L, 8W

Thursday-JK-P, 4C, 2P, 6F, 7H

Friday-3B, 5S, KW, 8M, KS

Library Guidelines

Check out: Students in Grades 3-8 may check out two books for two weeks. If a book is for a school project, the teacher or librarian will give permission to have a third book checked out. Students in Grade 2 may check out two books for one week. Grade 1 will check out one book for one week, but the book will remain in the homeroom for that week. Preschool, Junior Kindergarten, and Kindergarten will enjoy reading and listening to our Library books in the Library.

Overdue Items: Students may only have two books checked out at a time. Overdue items must be returned or renewed to check out new books.

Lost Books: If a student loses or damages a Library book beyond repair, the book must be paid for to allow for a replacement copy to be purchased.

Library Classes: Every class in the school has a scheduled time for Library! Books enrich our lives, and our goal as Librarians is to help students enjoy reading and be successful in all aspects of their schooling! There are also times scheduled for Open CheckOut throughout the week.

MASL Award Nominees: MASL (Missouri Association of School Librarians) nominates books each year that they feel are important for students to read. Holy Infant participates in the voting process to determine which books receive the Show Me, Mark Twain, and Truman Awards. Show Me books are for students in Grades 1-3 and all books are read to those classes in the Library. Grades 4-6 participate in the Mark Twain program. Any student who reads and passes the AR test on at least four of the ten nominees is eligible to vote for a favorite and will receive a Pizza Party reward. Any student who reads and passes the AR test on at least four of the ten nominees is eligible to vote for a favorite and will also receive a Pizza Lunch. Links to the lists of nominated books are on this website.

Name: Mrs. Carolanne Ryle
Position: Librarian
Email: Send email
Phone: 134

Mark Twain Nominees

2025-26

1. The Cursed Moon-Angela Cervantes

2. Extra Normal-Kate Alice Marshall

3. Farther Than the Moon-Lindsay Lackey

4. Four Eyes-Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza

5. Hidden Truths-Elly Swartz

6. How to Stay Invisible-Maggie C.Rudd

7. Jawbreaker-Christina Wyman

8. The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle-Taryn Souders

9. Nothing Else but Miracles-Kate Albus

10. When Sea Becomes Sky-Gillian McDunn

11. A Work in Progress-Jarrett Lerner

Truman Nominees

2025-26

1. The Carrefour Curse-Dianne K. Salerni

2. The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn-Sally J. Pla

3. Free Throws, Friendships, and Other Things We Fouled Up-Jenn Bishop

4. Good Different-Meg Eden Kuyatt

5. Iceberg-Jennifer A. Nielsen

6. It Found Us-Lindsay Currie

7. The Labors of Hercules Beal-

Gary D.Schmidt

8. The Lost Year-Katherine Marsh

9. Nic Blake and the Remarkables-Angie Thomas

10. Once There Was-Kiyash Monsef

11. The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry-Chad Morris and Shelly Brown