Re: Librarians As Readers

[Elizabeth Letterly <eletterl@ABELINK.COM>]

I forgot one other thing --  The other day when one class of fifth-graders
was in, one of my very favorite boys -- Jacob -- very quiet, loves to read
and seems comfortable with himself -- was checking out his books when the
kids behind him made the comment that, "Jacob reads too much."  "He got
over 100 points in AR last semester."  and "Yeah, he wants to read instead
of...."  "and all the other things that he could be doing besides reading
were mentioned.  Well, I was kind of that way growing up -- there's nothing
wrong with it.  Do they tell kids that play sports that?  I don't think so.

Well, I asked Jacob, "Are you about the best speller in your class?"  He
said yes.  "Are you good at grammer?"  "Yes." I asked, "Do you lots of
times know facts about things the teacher's talking about that no one else
knows?"  He said yes, kind of pumping out his chest.  And I said to the
kids in line, "You know, Jacob gets a lot of that from reading."  I hope it
made them think a little about the value of reading and especially that
everyone in the world has different tastes and that it's okay to love
reading passionately.


Elizabeth Letterly, District Librarian (Libby)
Williamsville CUSD #15, Williamsville, IL  62693
eletterl@abelink.com          eletterl@roe51.k12.il.us

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