Next week marks the start of National Library Week!
A monthly library book display is a great way to bring awareness to different topics, seasons, and celebrations. Check out these ideas!
April is School Library Month and also contains National Library Week! Use these ideas and activities to celebrate.
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National Library Week 2024: Ready, Set, Library! The theme for National Library Week 2024 (April 7-13) is Ready, Set, Library! National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and Newbery and Pura Belpré-award winning author Meg Medina will serve as 2024 Honorary Chair. [columns=2][column] [/column][column] “I’m thrilled to serve as the honorary chair of National Library Week for 2024! Libraries connect our communities and enrich our lives in ways we may not realize, and one of my greatest pleasures is discovering the unexpected and beautiful things libraries offer.National Library Week page
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Ahhhh, the sweet delight of getting lost in a book! Throughout the month of May, celebrate Get Caught Reading month with these fun library bulletin board ideas.
Next week marks the start of National Library Week!
In honor of Library Week, here are 13 awesome library displays.
April 11-15, 2016, is National Library Week! I love the library so much. Our family depends on it. All are welcome at the library and everything is free. In addition to being able to find and check out awesome books, music and more, the Chesterfield County Library always offers an array of fun community events such as discussion groups and classes. The library is one of our family's "happy places". We always leave the library happier and knowing more than when we went in. I could go on and on. The staff are amazing. I want to share a few examples to prove my point. Once, I left my wallet there on a Wednesday and didn't realize it until Thursday, a day when the library was closed. A librarian from the main branch went out of her way to meet me and retrieve my wallet that day. In another instance, I brought my 7-year-old to a drawing class being held in the library. We forgot to bring a photo, and the librarian patiently helped me print a photo with the library's computer. Not to mention, I'm married to a librarian. Being married to one, I have a better understanding that librarians do NOT just find books. I would try to explain what else they do but this lady explains it better! So during National Library week, take time to show some appreciation to your library or a special librarian! How? Here are 10 ideas: Simply say "Thank you for ___insert specific thing___" to a librarian this week! Write a letter, email or speak with the branch manager and share your praise with examples. Write a letter to a librarian expressing your appreciation. Print, color and give a librarian a thank-you certificate. (Great for kids!) Write a Letter to the Editor of your local newspaper to express your appreciation of the library and its staff - with examples of course. Nominate a Steller Library Worker at this website Publicly post on the library's social media about a positive experience! Volunteer your time or join your local Friends of the Library Advocate for public support of library services Tell your friends what a great experience you had at the library!
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Here is some library humor to celebrate National Library Week. Library people and book lovers alike are a quirky bunch. Enjoy some of our library funnies.
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Ten most stupid reasons to ban a book, #s 1-5 Ten most stupid reasons to ban a book, #s 6-10 Another little display I did for the upcoming (September 24-October 1) Banned Books Week is something I got from ALA's website, which has lots of great info and ideas. Here's the list they provide: Ten most farfetched (silliest, irrational, illogical) reasons to ban a book. “Encourages children to break dishes so they won’t have to dry them.” ( A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstien) “It caused a wave of rapes.” ( Arabian Nights, or Thousand and One Nights, anonymous) “If there is a possibility that something might be controversial, then why not eliminate it?” ( Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown) “Tarzan was ‘living in sin’ with Jane.” ( Tarzan, by Edgar Rice Burroughs) “It is a real ‘downer.’” ( Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank) “The basket carried by Little Red Riding Hood contained a bottle of wine, which condones the use of alcohol.” ( Little Red Riding Hood, by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm K. Grimm) “One bunny is white and the other is black and this ‘brainwashes’ readers into accepting miscegenation.” ( The Rabbit’s Wedding, by Garth Williams) “It is a religious book and public funds should not be used to purchase religious books.” ( Evangelical Commentary on the Bible, by Walter A. Elwell, ed.) “A female dog is called a bitch.” ( My Friend Flicka, by Mary O’Hara) “An unofficial version of the story of Noah’s Ark will confuse children.” ( Many Waters, by Madeleine C. L’Engle) I just edited things a little to suit me, such as changing it from "silliest" to "most stupid" because I think that's funnier, and let's call a spade a spade, right? Plus I removed their #2 and replaced it with "Homosexual penguins," from And Tango Makes Three. Partly because I wanted a gay book on the list, and partly because I found "a wave of rapes" to be a little harsh. Yes, I self-censored. So sue me because I didn't want to sit and stare for weeks at the phrase, "It caused a wave of rapes." I'd rather stare at gay penguins. They're adorable. If you would like to see the page from ALA's site where they provide this list and other activity/display ideas, go HERE.
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A book carnival is the perfect way to engage your students and get them excited about reading. If you're looking for the perfect end of the year activity or a high-interest way to keep the learning going strong through the summer (helloooo summer school, credit recovery, summer reading, and everything else!), a book carnival could
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Here is some library humor to celebrate National Library Week. Library people and book lovers alike are a quirky bunch. Enjoy some of our library funnies.
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So, I posted recently that my sixth graders were writing a mystery that was going to take place in the library. I took two of the best mysteries that were submitted and combined them! Here's how our mystery looked: The Problem: Mrs. Svarda got to school on Monday morning and saw the mess. At first she was just mad that all of the books were out, then she saw that all the books were missing their endings. She picked up a book and noticed that the barcode was missing, too. She looked around and found that several books were missing their endings and barcodes. The scanners were also missing so no one could check out books! Then Mrs. Svarda was scared and mad. Who could've done such a thing? What happened here? How could this happen? She needed help. Starbelly Sneetch Alibi: It was 5:00 and I heard a knock on my door. It was Fox in Socks. He came in and I turned off my music and put away my IPod. We played at my house until we got bored. We decided it would be fun to go to the movies. We texted Hop On Pop and Yertle the Turtle to see if they wanted to come, too. Everyone came to the movie except Hop on Pop. After the movie we couldn't think of what to do so we walked around. We thought we might stop by the library to visit Hop On Pop. It started to rain as we walked so we stopped at Fox in Sock's house to pick up some blankets to keep dry on our walk. Hop On Pop Alibi: It was 5:00 and I was looking at my clock when the doorbell rang. It was Yertle the Turtle. He had brought me some homemade bread. He asked if I wanted to go to the mall. My mom said, "No. I had to work on my homework at the library." Yertle the Turtle got a text right after that asking if we wanted to go and see the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. Bummer. I really wanted to see a movie and hated that I had to go to the library instead. Yertle the Turtle left to meet everyone for the movie. I headed to the library with my homework. My animal report was due on Monday and mom said I couldn't do anything fun until I was finished with the report. The fun thing was that everyone came by the library after the movie and told me all about it. They had a great time. At 8:00, everyone had to head home. I had about thirty minutes left of homework, so I told them I'd have to stay around just a bit longer... Yertle the Turtle Alibi: It was 4:00 and I was cooking some homemade bread. When it was done I wanted to have some fun so I took some bread over to my friend Hop On Pop. I asked if he wanted to go to the mall, but then I got a text from Fox in Socks and Starbelly Sneetch asking if I wanted to go to the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. My mom said I could go to the movie, but his mom said he had to do homework. He tried not to show it, but boy, was he mad. I had to leave Hop On Pop to make it to the movie on time. I told him if we had time, we'd stop by the library after the movie to hang out with him. Fox in Socks' Alibi: I was sitting in my room when my mom came in and said when I finished my chores I could play. I decided to go over to Starbelly Sneetch's house to play. We thought it would be fun to go to see a movie and texted our friends to see if they could come, too. When the movie was over we went by my house to get some blankets because it was raining and we didn't want to get wet. Then, we headed to the library to visit Hop On Pop because he was doing homework there. At the library, I looked for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book. I really liked the movie so I thought I would like the book. What the students do: When the students entered the library, they each grabbed a clipboard with a pencil, ingredients of a mystery checklist, alibis, map of the crime scene, and suspect list attached to it. They also grabbed a highlighter. I had the problem and alibis typed up on my SMART board including pictures of the characters. I read the problem and each alibi to the students. We walked through the ingredients of a mystery and checked off all of the mystery elements that our mystery had on the list. Then, I separated the students into two groups. One team surveyed the crime scene and drew the map of the evidence in the crime scene first. The second team worked in teams to read through the alibis and highlight evidence they found in the text that made them believe a character or characters might be guilty. After ten minutes, the teams swapped stations. We returned together as a group to discuss all of the evidence the students had found in the crime scene as well as the alibis that led them to believe that specific characters could be guilty of the crime. We completed the suspect list together. Students work in teams to highlight evidence in the alibis. Students sketched the crime scene. We taped off the crime scene with caution tape. The crime scene included Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, barcodes with fur on them (from characters), endings ripped out of the end of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books (these were really just copies I ripped), a blanket, movie ticketes (3), and a book about bumblebees (this was the book Hop On Pop was using to do his research for homework). I found the copies for the ingredients of a mystery checklist and suspect list from Beth Newingham's Scholastic post about the mystery unit she teaches in her classroom. The Solution The students really thought like detectives in this lesson! I did catch a few of them off guard with my red herrings, though. The fuzz on the barcodes made some of them immediately suspect Fox in Socks and the Starbelly Sneetch. One of the kids said, "This is the best lesson we've had in the library all year!" So, you can make whoever you want responsible for the crime. I decided that Hop On Pop was guilty. He was mad that he did not get to go to the movie with his friends. He was working on his report about bumblebees (since bears love honey) and had to stay later than his friends in the library to finish up. All of the other characters visited the library to visit Hop On Pop and they did not say anything about something being wrong in the library. Hop On Pop tore the endings out of the books when his friends left. To excite the kids about checking out mysteries in our library, we created a mystery display. All of the books were sealed in brown paper bags with the barcodes on the outside so we could check the books out without opening the bags. Each bag had a different mystery inside. This was a fun way for our students to try reading something new in the library and practice their detective skills we learned in our lesson together! Mystery books in mystery bags!
There are resources for kids' book tastings, but what about the grown people? Here's a how-to for hosting a book tasting for adults at a public library.
Here is some library humor to celebrate National Library Week. Library people and book lovers alike are a quirky bunch. Enjoy some of our library funnies.
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Take a trip with your kids to your local library and explore your library and all it's library books adventure with our Library Books Scavenger Hunt for kids! This is a great way to get kids excited about reading and finding new library books.
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Next week marks the start of National Library Week!
A monthly library book display is a great way to bring awareness to different topics, seasons, and celebrations. Check out these ideas!
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Here is some library humor to celebrate National Library Week. Library people and book lovers alike are a quirky bunch. Enjoy some of our library funnies.
Looking for a fun way to hook kids into thinking about books, libraries, and all things literature? This resource has 40 kid-friendly, side-splitting LIBRARY JOKES to last you the entire school year! Since these jokes come on PowerPoint slides, you could easily project them onto the SmartBoard or Promethean Board, with no prep required! Short on technology? No problem! Just print the slides out instead! WHAT YOU GET WITH THIS RESOURCE: ☺ 80 full-color Library Joke of the Week PowerPoint slides (40 of the Question; 40 of the Question & Answer) ☺ A 3-page Library Joke of the Week Tracking List to help you stay organized ☺ An EDITABLE slide so you could add your own funny jokes (font and clipart not included) WAYS TO USE THIS RESOURCE: ☺ On “Fun Fridays” to get the laughs rolling ☺ At the beginning of class to focus students’ attention ☺ At the end of class as a jovial goodbye ☺ As springboards for library discussions or conversations about word play ☺ As an eye-catching bulletin board display NOTE: You must have PowerPoint to use this resource. May the jokes be with you! CLICK HERE FOR MORE JOKE OF THE WEEK RESOURCES! Rating after downloading is greatly appreciated. Yours in Literacy, Sheila ☺
