Drummond Elementary Library

Dragons-this is huge! Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan will be in STL this September. Get your tickets before they sell out!

Bestselling authors and cartoonists Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan team up for the latest Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel! Meet the authors on September 17 at the Clark Family Branch. Tickets on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1990586824778/?aff=oddtdtcreator

Presented with The Novel Neighbor

It’s always a delight to reflect on the past year and see what amazing things we’ve accomplished. Look at these numbers, Dragons! We hope you all have a fantastic summer.

Join the STL Summer Adventure challenge and read & explore. We will see you in August! 📚

Today is the kick off to the St. Louis County Library STL Summer Adventure Reading Challenge! Register online or in-person, but make sure you get your free book at any local county or public library branch. Soak up this summer with some great reads and fun adventures.

Home A community summer reading and exploration program powered by St. Louis County Library and St. Louis Public Library.

Our last book club of the year was fin-tastic! What a great year of creating this book loving community with our students. Thank you to Mrs. Dye for hosting with Mrs. Dertinger each month! A special shout out to Mrs. Klein and Mrs. Cook for supporting the Book Club when Mrs. Dertinger was out on maternity leave too.

Here’s to a great summer full of amazing books! We are almost there. 🪼 🌊 🧇

We had 17 students invited to our Mark Twain Reader Celebration Party this year! These students read at least 4 of the Mark Twains and took a short quiz on each by the start of May. We are so proud of them! Each student got a special certificate, a goodie bag of bookish swag, and a copy of one title on next year’s Mark Twain list to get a head start. These students are amazing book dragons! Congrats.

If your child is currently reading Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea #1 by Ben Clanton and plans to attend our book club meeting, you must RSVP before Thursday, May 21st. Students must read the book before the meeting in order to attend. If the RSVP is not filled out byThursday, May 21st, then they cannot stay after school. The Drummond's Book Club will meet immediately after school from 4:00-4:45 pm. All students must be picked up by 4:45.

If you hope to read it before, we have copies left in the library, go check it out from the public library, or purchase it from your favorite local bookstore or online.

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/SRF1hRQGfqpLWPDTA

Let's Shellebrate! 🐚🎉

Our final book club pick of the year is Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton!

If your child wants to join, they must read the book prior to our meeting on Thursday, May 21st. We will meet in the library right after school from 4:00-4:45. We have several copies available in the library. You can also check it out from your public library or purchase a copy from your favorite bookstore. The RSVP link will be shared in the coming days.

March Book Madness this year was a competition of staff favorite books. This year’s winner is “The Book With No Pictures” by BJ Novak, nominated by Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Scherzer!

Thank you Drummond staff and students for playing along during the last week of March! 📚🏀

You are looking at the 2026 Battle of the Books winners right here! 🥇🎉

Drummond Elementary takes home first place for this year’s district-wide Mark Twain Book Battle. We are so proud of the Bookbreakers and the Hidden Readers for working so hard leading up to this competition. Thank you to Mrs. Klein for stepping in while Mrs. Dertinger has been out on maternity leave to help these students prep for the competition.

We get to proudly display this banner in the library for the next year. GO DRAGONS!

It’s time to celebrate! You did it, Dragons! Yet again, our spring book fair with VIP Breakfasts was a huge success. Our total sales was $13,208! We get 50% of that back in profit, which means we get to add fresh new titles to our library, more funding for future programming, and more!