Welcome to the Holy Infant Library

My name is Mrs. Ryle and the 2026-2027 school year will be my eleventh 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. My older son just graduated from Mizzou, and my younger son is a Junior at Mizzou this year.

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.

Mark Twain Nominees

2026-27

1. And Then Boom-Lisa Fipps

2. Heroes-Alan Gratz

3. Light and Air-Mindy Nichols Wendell

4. The Night Librarian-Christopher Lincoln

5. The Night War-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

6. On a Wing and a Tear-Cynthia Leitich

7. Popcorn-Rob Harrell

8. The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night-Steven Banbury

9. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits)-Lisa Yee

10. The Sherlock Society-James Ponti

11. Slugfest-Gordon Korman

Truman Nominees

2026-27

1. The Bletchley Riddle-Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin

2. Bye Forever, I Guess-Jodi Meadows

3. The Last Dragon on Mars-Scott Reintgen

4.The Legend of the Last Library-Frank L. Cole

5. The Liars Society-Alyson Gerber

6. Medusa-Katherine Marsh

7. Not If You Break Up With Me First-G.F. Miller

8. The Secret Dead Club-Karen Strong

9. Shadowed-Carl Dueker

10. Uprising-Jennifer A. Nielsen

11. Westfallen-Ann & Ben Brashares