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Some of the hits have lessons that are truly riveting. I doubt that any child would forget these quickly. So enjoy the responses from those who graciously gave of their ideas and time. I do my book baby lesson. I take out a baby doll with a disposable diaper and talk about care of a baby--do we throw the baby on the ground? Do we pour water on the baby? (Using props) Do we let the baby get near a magic marker? How about scissors? Glue? What do we do if it's raining outside and we want to take the baby out? (Cover him with a blanket.) After discussing care of a baby, I then take a book out of my bag. This book has a disposable diaper on it, too. This draws a laugh from the kids. I call it my book baby. Then I go through the things again.--throwing, water, marker, scissors, etc. "No markers for the real baby," I say, "no markers for the book baby." We talk about covering the book up when going outside. I end the lesson by saying, "Now books aren't really supposed to have diapers! Books are supposed to be read." And we take off the diaper and read the book. Anne Knickerbocker ______________________________________ I dress a board book up as a baby w/a baby's face laminated and taped on the end of a paint stick inserted into the center of the book, sticking out of the top. The book is wrapped up in a baby blanket and wears a diaper. We discuss how a book is like a baby-you wouldn't let your baby get wet, marked on, etc. I got this idea from someone on this listserv but I don't know who... I model turning a page properly and we do that together. We discuss how each book lives in a special place in the library and how it likes to be near its' neighbors. We decorate shelf markers (PK-2) and use them to keep the book's place on a shelf in case it has to be put back. I put their names on sentence strips, they can choose one sticker to put on theirs and then they can color it if they wish. I also have about 10 really old books that I have saved over the years that have had various misfortunes befall them-scribbled in, wet, torn, etc. I show those and we discuss what might have happened. I show the various tapes and tools we use to fix books but emphasize that not all books can be fixed. I also read Mr. Wiggle's Book, and I have an ancient transparency I use that shows 2 copies of the same book-one new and one very badly mistreated and we discuss that. Lastly, I have about six coloring sheets with poems at the bottom about taking care of books and we color and discuss them. They were in the file when I got here-I don't know the source-but I would be glad to snail mail them to you if you'd like. I'm not big on cookie-cutter coloring sheets, but these are rather clever. Julia Steger, Librarian ______________________________________ To start, I pull out some examples of badly damaged books and we chat about how they might have become damaged. I note that they seem to know how to care for books quite well. Then I tell the kids that just to review how to care for books we'll play a game where they pretend they are the librarians and I'll pretend I am a student who does not know much about taking care of books. They are to say together, "No, no, never, never!" everytime they see me doing something that is not a good way to care for books. Then I pull out a marker and pretend to start to write my name in a library book "because I really like this one so much". They say their little no-no litany to stop me. I get one to elaborate on what I'm doing wrong and how I should treat the book. After that I proceed to do other no-no's: bring out scissors to cut out a favorite picture, try to balance the book on my head, discuss giving it to baby sister to read, start to fold over a corner to mark my place. The best I save for last when I pull out a plastic sandwich bag with a gooey peanut butter and jelly sandwich and talk about how I'll just eat it while I'm looking at my library book. At the end we sum up all the right ways to care for books. It is a fun review! Mary Flanagan, Librarian ______________________________________ I had a big hit this year with Dr. Booklove. I borrowed the nurse's white coat and stethoscope and used some big dark-rimmed glasses. I told the kids I had a special visitor coming and went in the storeroom and put on Dr. Booklove's coat, stethoscope, and glasses. Came rushing back out with a "sick" book in my hands, listening through the stethoscope. Went through the book and showed them each problem the book had and at the end told them we needed to check to see if this book could be helped. I listened through the stethoscope and told them it was a very sad case. The book would have to be sent to a home for sick books. They're still asking me when Dr. Booklove is coming back. Each time they leave the library now we do a quick review on how to keep our books "healthy." Susan Koskelin ______________________________________ This is not original with me, but I can't remember where I first read about it. But it is a favorite with K's and 1's. This is my first year as a MS, but for my K and 1st grade classes, I placed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in a ziplock bag, some markers and crayons, and a bar of soap and a book mark in canvas bag. We talked about do's and don'ts when they take their books home and I pulled out the sandwich (don't eat with your books), the markers (don't mark in your books or let your little brothers/sisters do so), and the soap (wash your hands) and the marker (don't dog-ear or bend spines). They were really interested as to what was in the bag and it held their attention. I gave them eacha book mark as they left the library. HOpe this is helpful. Millicent Flake ______________________________________ I use ALLISTAIR IN OUTER SPACE and have a basket full of things that are "good" and "bad" for books-candy, markers, bookmarks, gum, a stuffed dog, a baby, a soda bottle, glue, crayons, scissors etc. I read Allistair and then we talk about whether the items are good or bad and why. I have lots of ESL/Bi-Lingaul kids so the more props I use the better! Guusje ______________________________________ I keep a box of damaged books to show each class during one of their first library periods. For example, there is the obviously chewed book, which was brand new when checked out. The child then renewed the book so he must have been interested in it. The family's new puppy was also interested which the child knew so he put the book on a high shelf. Somehow during the night, the puppy wanted that book so badly that he got it and had a feast. Classes gasp when they see the book and love hearing the story of how it was damaged. I have others with tire marks, water marks, etc. which I use for show and tell and have been known to embellish the story a bit for dramatic effect. Older kids have come back to visit the library and ask to see those torn up books. This works as well as anything I know of and gives me a chance to do some storytelling. Diana Lamey ______________________________________ When I was working at the elementary level, I used to save all the books that kids had damaged and then paid for. Then I could show them examples of books that had been chewed up, cut up, marked up, rained on, run over, etc. etc. It was especially effective with the Kindergarten and 1st graders. Nan Sprester, Librarian ______________________________________ Save some of those dog-eaten, water damaged books for examples. A "picture" is worth a thousand words. 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