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Wow, Friends! We have some great minds in our collective listserve! I asked for suggestions to use lighthouses in the media center this year and incorporate a theme linking a lighthouse with reading. You all sent some wonderful suggestions. I will present your suggestions to my Media Advisory Committee and have them vote. Thank you for the excellent suggestions: Books: Little Gray Lighthouse and Great Gray Bridge by Swift Lighthouse Cat by Stainton The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge_ by Hildegard Swift and pictures by Lynd Ward. No, it's not set in NC, but it's a great way for kids to empathize with a lighthouse and then for them to learn about how the book ensured the survival of the lighthouse in real life (it's the Jeffreys Hook Lighthouse in NY)--visit this website for info: http://www.hudsonlights.com/littlered.htm Another book is _Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie_ by Peter and Connie Roop. There's also the Lighthouse Family books by Cynthia Rylant, the Boxcar Children book #8 (The Lighthouse Mystery) by Gertrude Chandler Warner, etc. etc Captions: "Your Library: Lighting the Way to.....(you can add something here like "great books" or "good grades" or whatever works for the monthly theme....) Or even: "Lighting Your Way @ The Library" (this uses the @Your Library theme from ALA) "Spotlight to Great Books" "Shining Through the School Year" "Guiding Your Path to Great Books" "Guiding Your Path to Better Grades" "Reading...A Beacon in the Dark" perhaps you can use the word "guiding" in your theme... it brings lighthouses to mind. Keep the reading light shining. Let a book be your beacon into imagination. "Shine your light on great books!" "Shine your light on a good book!" "Shine your light on good reading!", "Let your light shine brighter - read a good book!" "Reading Lights up your World." I've also used "Beacons of Light" and put up students's good work but you could put up jackets of good books or pictures of students reading. Reading will brighten up your life. Empower the light in your mind...read. Reading...the beacon of your life. Increase your voltage...read. "In a storm of information, your librarian will guide you safely ashore." What about the quote from Despereaux "Stories are light, and in a dark world, light is precious." [a very rough paraphrase because I don't have my book with me] Let books be your beacon. Books/reading light up our life/minds.. Put a genre display next to a lighthouse with a sign "Warning, hazardous reading ahead." "spotlight on genre, theme, new books etc" Libraries light up your reading life. Books help you shine. The library, your beacon to adventure Let your library (or librarian) guide you to a safe landing with a good book. Reading: A beacon for learning. Light up your world: read! Follow the light: read! "Let great books be your guide" In 2004 our Keystone State Reading Association annual conference used a lighthouse theme with "literacy - a beacon of knowledge" as the catch phrase. Maybe you could use a variation ... Library - a beacon of information Lighting the path to adventure Books: the original light in the dark Light up your mind with a good book Books Light Your Way to Knowledge Light a path to knowledge Books are a beacon for learning Books (or reading) light your way "Light up your world....READ!" is my theme for this school year, using lighthouses from around the world. Each classroom will receive a poster with that saying on the left side and our island lighthouse (Barnegat Light, NJ) on the right with READ across the bottom. This is for 4th thru 6th grades. Janice Askew Media Coordinator T. S. Cooper Elementary School 237 NC 32 South Sunbury, NC 27979 jma0525@earthlink.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------