Class Set of Almanacs

[Betty Hamilton <bhamilt@tenet.edu>]

Karen Tally McIntyre wrote:
>--but did get one really neat idea to share---using World Almanacs as a >set with 
>kids---one librarian indicated she would not be without them.

Yes, that *is* a great suggestion. May I add a word of caution, though?
We had a class set of almanacs a couple of years ago. They were boxed in
a rather old box (but it was still holding together). The box had a
pocket and checkout card with the number of almanacs listed. We checked
it out to a teacher and after the class set didn't come back, I went
around to his room to see if he was finished with them. They were
nowhere to be found.

We finally put two and two together: He had placed the box on the floor
beside his desk. Students had put trash in the box since it was a bit
handier than the waste basket over by the door. Custodians must have
assumed it was trash and dumped the whole thing! That's all we could
figure out because the box and all were gone! You might caution teachers
who check out sets in boxes to keep the box where it won't make a handy
trash basket!

Betty
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