Library Humor

Joke of the day: What kind of berries make you smart?



* Li-berries (librarys)- LOL!!! :)

Donations to the Library

The Adopt a Book program is off to a great start! Four students and one teacher have adopted books so far.

I'd like to say "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" to Mr. Tom and Mrs. Kitty Mayo from Volume One bookstore. They recently donated ten bookshelves and one revolving book case. The library received three of these. I am going to use the revolving book case to house movies for check out. Students who earn their required AR points each nine weeks will be able to check out one movie per week. The other two cases are going to be for the series that students check out the most.

Our "Book Hospital" is now ready for any books that need repairs.

If you haven't stopped in for a visit lately, please do. I could always use an extra set of hands to help me with the books! :)

Learning the Library

Students have finished touring the library. This week 4th and 5th graders learned about OPAC, our online catalog. They practiced doing a search and became familiar with the various sections of the library. 2nd and 3rd graders listened to The Shelf Elf book and practiced using shelf markers. Kindergarteners and 1st graders listened to The Library Monkeys and learned how to take care of books. 2nd -5th graders can check out two books each week. One on their level and one "free" selection. 1st graders can check out one book on their level. Kindergarteners will be checking out books soon. All this reading makes Mrs. Owen one happy librarian! :)

Library pets

Hermit crabs are cool - at least that is what the students' tell me! Big bad John and Sam are posing for the camera...lol!
Lulu and Superman aren't quite so photogenic. I have shown the crabs to all the students and that is the very first thing they want to see when they come in the library. I took pictures of the crabs as they moved around the tank so the students' could see what they actually look like. They are also easy to manage, thank goodness!

Clifford the Big Red Dog...Kohl's Cares

A big thank you to Mrs. Donna Hooper who recently donated these Clifford books and this stuffed Clifford. She has been a wonderful contributor and supporter of CES's library. We appreciate your generosity, Mrs. Donna!

Thank you!

Carla for trying to help me sort out my hot mess...as you see ~ it is still a hot mess! lol!

Also, a big thank you to Ms. Donna Hooper - she has been donating books right and left! The students at CES are benefiting from your generosity and I so appreciate it!

Thanks also to my sweet friend, Kristi, who found a book from 1925 with Charlotte Elementary School stamped inside. That is so cool! I love old books and that is by far one of the coolest I have!

Thanks to my parent volunteers this week: Ms. Monica, Ms. Betsy, and Ms. Debbie - you all rock!

Thanks to my fellow librarian, Karla, for the sweet reading boy and girl statues. They look great in the CES library.

:)

Oops!

Well, technically speaking ~ I made a hot mess out of my last post. I was so proud to know how to embed an image until of course I saw what happened. Sorry about that. Now if I could just figure out how to get rid of it without ruining the image. Ideas anyone?

♥ this!

Have you seen this?

I am sure many of you have already seen or heard about Matt Damon and his speech supporting teachers. I am the librarian, but first and foremost I am a teacher. Thank you Mr. Damon for recognizing and supporting us!


http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-march-on-washington/2011/07/30/gIQAz48zjI_story.html

What are your thoughts?