It's Wednesday! What's happening in the Sommer Library?

Orientations and checkouts have begun in the library!

(And Ms Margocs forgot to take pictures...)

After reminders about inside voices and using shelf markers, students are checking out their first books of the school year.  It's been especially heartwarming to watch our fourth and fifth graders helping our kindergarten students learn how to find great books to read and scan them out at the circulation desk.

Book checkout limits:
Kindergarten--1 book
First, second, third grades--2 books
Fourth grade--3 books (NEW limit!)
Fifth grade--4 books (NEW limit!)

Kindergarteners and first graders receive a labeled 2.5 gallon zip-close bag to keep their books safe from water and food damage.  Parents, please make sure they keep these bags for the school year to transport their books to and from home.

Students visit the library every week with their classes, but books are due every two weeks.  Students may also visit the library independently with a pass from their teachers.

Our displays through September will be the books considered for "weeding"--older books and those that haven't been checked out in four or more years.  If they are still hanging around at the end of September, they will be discarded for classroom and pop-up library use, or sent to the warehouse for donations.

Here's a sneak peek at some of the NEW titles that will be available once our student weeding is done:

Want to help us add new books to our collection? Make a birthday book donation of $15!  The details and online form can be found here.

We can always use volunteers to help shelve in the library!  Training will be coming up soon; please visit this blog each Wednesday for library updates.