Re: GEN: follow-up to "when books cost too much"

[Lisa Von Drasek <lisav@BNKST.EDU>]

"It breaks my heart to see her sit there week after week not being allowed =
to check anything out."

Surely there are other stategies for dealing with this situation. Perhaps =
the teacher could check out the child's choice and keep it in the =
classroom in a special spot.=20

I have a fall back replacement book list. They are high use areas of the =
collections where the books fall apart after about a year. I ask the =
parent to replace lost books with a Dorling Kindersley dinosaur book. I =
don't have to cover them or make a new record. They are readily available =
at any bookstore and cost around $16.

Sometimes we just have to accept the loss. I would prefer that a child's =
memory of the library experience is not only a punitive one.




Lisa Von Drasek, MLIS
Children's Librarian
Bank Street College of Education
610 West 112th St
NY  NY   10025

lisav@bnkst.edu

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