Years of experience as a school librarian alone will not enable you able to
know a book by just a brief description. BUT...years of reading, reading,
reading the books which are in your own collection will!
My students think I have read every book in our library - and I HAVE read
many of them! I revisit the classics, award winners, etc. that I read
myself as a child, and I attempt to read every chapter book which I receive.
Does it take time? YES! But, I would be reading something no matter what,
so it might as well be things from my own library!
My summer project this summer? I ordered and received this year all of the
Newbery honor books all the way back to the beginning - at least the ones
still in print. They are all going home with me this summer for my summer
leisure reading, as well as a few other golden-oldies that I keep seeing on
the shelves and don't know anything about (in particular a couple of novels
by Julie Andrews!) Often, if a book is not circulating and I haven't read
it - it goes home with me. That way I can make an informed decision- Is it
not worth keeping? Or is it worth keeping and booktalking/promoting?
13 years experience as a children's librarian, and still reading children's
lit after all these years....
Leah Hawkins, Teacher/Librarian
West Hurst Elementary
Hurst, TX
leahleah@attbi.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Taliah Abdullah" <bklover10@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 9:08 PM
Subject: Book title found: Cages
> Thank you to everyone that respond to the title request. Cages by Peg
Kehret
> was the title the teacher was trying to locate. I look forward to the day
> when I can quickly come up with a title just from a few sentences
> description. Thanks again.
>
> Taliah Abdullah, Librarian
> MLK Jr. Elementary School
> Urbana, IL 61801
> bklover10@hotmail.com
>
> "Education is your passport to the future,
> for tomorrow belongs to the people who
> prepare for it today"
> El Hajj Malik El Shabazz
>
>
>
>
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