Tag Archives: New books

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Student Book Budget 2012-2013 Finale

IMG_0331 IMG_0332 IMG_0333 IMG_0334 IMG_0335Today was an exciting day.  The 105 books purchased by the students in this year’s book budget groups went into circulation.  I announced on BTV that the books were ready.  Teachers played this video in class.

IMG_0337It didn’t take long until students began pouring into the library on their own and in classes to checkout the books.  Almost every student who visited the library got one of the new books, and by lunch, there were only 5 books left!

Only 5 books remained at Noon.

Only 5 books remained at Noon.

It was also an exciting day for the book budget students because they got to see their hard work pay off with students getting excited about reading their selections and they were surprised with superhero bags donated by Capstone Press.  As always, I was amazed by the customer service of Capstone and how they responded to the work of these students.  They featured the students’ on their blog, sent us 4 new princess books, and gave all of the students a Capstone bag.IMG_0336 IMG_0339 IMG_0338

Once again, this process has proved to be very effective in matching books to student interests.  I think the participatory aspect of this along with the student ownership is what drives this to be so successful each year.  It’s a great way to give back to the students what they put into the library program each year through lessons, reading, contests, and book fairs.  It will be interesting to see if student interests change through the coming years as our books on princesses, sports, superheroes, etc continue to grow.

 

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Student Book Budgets (Part 3): The Books are Here!

IMG_0306After lots of surveying and ordering, the books that 27 third-fifth graders ordered for the library are finally here.  Today the students came to the library to unpack the boxes.  The process followed these steps:

  • Unpack the box
  • Highlight the books on the back slip
  • Inspect the books for damage or imperfections
  • Stamp the books with our library stamp
  • Take pictures of the books
  • Pack them back into the box until the records are downloaded into Destiny

IMG_0252The students formed an assembly line and worked through these steps.  The fourth grade group was a bit larger, so some of those students split off to create window displays and signs advertising the new books.  All of the pictures were put into an Animoto that will be played on BTV after spring break.

The students are eager to see the books get checked out.  I have a feeling that these books will fly off of the shelf just like in past years.  Great work students!IMG_0309

 

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New Books

What an exciting day!  I watched out the window for the UPS truck to arrive every time I walked past a window.  Our first shipment of books was due to arrive at Barrow today and I couldn’t wait to rip open the boxes and see what was inside.  At about 3:00PM, they finally arrived.  I couldn’t get the boxes open fast enough.  The books were all tightly wrapped in plastic so I sliced through it with scissors and spread the books all out on the counter to see.  I wanted to read them all right then, but unfortunately I had other things to tend to, like our new BTV system.

Tomorrow, I will be getting the new books ready for display and checkout and trying not to sit down and read them all right away.  You should be able to see them at Taste of Barrow if all goes well.  In our new card catalog, there is a section called “Resource Lists”.  I created a list that shows all 75 books that just arrived in our media center.  I can’t wait to meet everyone tomorrow night and begin sharing my love of reading with you all.

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Exciting things are coming!

I just received confirmation that our first shipment of new books for the media center is on its way.  These books should be here in time for A Taste of Barrow.  They include many of the GA Book Award nominees and many positively, reviewed titles.  I can’t wait for you to see them.  You won’t be able to check them out yet, but you will get to see the 75 new books that we have in the media center.  We will get many more new books this year.  We plan on ordering a lot of new science and social studies books.  Don’t forget to visit our website and consider joining the Barrow Buddy Book Builders by donating $20 to dedicate a book in honor or in memory of someone or something.  This will help us get even more books in our media center!  Don’t forget to stop by and say hello on August 6 at 5:30 PM at A Taste of Barrow.