Anne,
I do this every year. I "seed" the swap with several paperbacks that
have been donated and never processed. I allow kids to come back as often
as they like with their chits for the same number of books they brought
in. Some kids will trade for a book on Tuesday, read it Tuesday night and
come in and swap it for something else on Wednesday. That's fine with me.
I want to promote reading any way I can. Some years I've done the swap
school-wide, and some years I divided it into 5th and 6th one week, 7th
and 8th the next. In any event, I as the librarian have right of refusal
of any material I deem inappropriate for the swap.
This is a popular activity for those kids who buy a lot of paperbacks for
their home shelves.
Sandy
Anne Timbs <timbsa@K12TN.NET> writes:
>Our literacy leader and I have been talking about doing a Book Swap at the
>end of the year. (Students bring in gently used books from home in return
>for a ticket to choose other books.) Our school has 500 students
>PreK-grade
>6 so I have no idea how many books to expect. Has anyone else done
>something like this before? I would really appreciate some advice.
>
>Anne M. Timbs
>Library Media Specialist
>Roan Creek Elementary
>Mountain City, TN
>timbsa@k12tn.net
>
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