Children’s Book Week is coming up, May 7-13. The library has invited Brenda Sensenig from the Archbold library to come and talk to students in grades 2-5 about the summer reading program. She will be here Tuesday afternoon, May 8.
I highly recommend that families encourage their kids to keep reading during the summer to keep them from losing skills, and to keep their minds active and learning. Try reading a few chapter books together, start a ’book club’, invite friends to read the same book then get together for milk and cookies on the patio and have a good discussion! Looking for suggestions? Try the Children’s Choices from the International Reading Association.
The library will also sponsor a BOOK SWAP May 9-11, Wednesday through Friday. We haven’t done this in a few years, so maybe it’s time to do some spring cleaning and bring in those books you don’t want anymore, and get something different.
- Bring your books to Mrs. Newmister and get a ticket for each book you bring.
- If you bring one book, you can get one book. If you bring two books, you can get two books, etc.
- When you select your books, “pay” with a ticket. You have through Friday to use your tickets.
- Trade only gently used books. They should look nice.
- If you bring a paperback book, you can get a paperback book. Golden books count as paperbacks. If you bring a hardcover book, you can get a hardcover book.
- Please limit your swaps to 5 per day.
- Library books cannot be swapped, they must be checked out!
Here’s a good idea – swap your swapped books out at your summer book club, you’ll be ready to read something different :-)
The Children’s Book Council has a bookmark for you to print out. Can you name the tales?
Happy reading!
-Mrs. Newmister
