Book care lessons

This past March, I posted a blog about a series of books about a cat named Chester who comes to visit the library and ends up learning what to do in a library, book care, and the types of books that can be found inside the library. I originally purchased these three books from... Read more

RILINK Schools: Edgewood Highland School Library: Kindergarten

Have you ever gotten an idea in the middle of the night and just had to get up and go work on it? That’s what happened to me a few weeks ago, about book care nonetheless! I was dreaming and came up with what I think will be a really fun idea. I’m... Read more

Teach students how to treat your books respectfully with clear classroom library expectations! Help your students grow in their love of reading!

Do your students have trouble taking care of their classroom library or school library books? Need a way to review book care with them? This freebie is for you! Just click here to hop on over to my blog and find out how I teach about book care and grab your freebie. See you soon! ... Read More about Book Care

RILINK Schools: Edgewood Highland School Library: Kindergarten

Books recommendations for teaching kindergartens how to take care of library books.

Over the last four years, I’ve developed a tradition of visiting the younger grades as the “Book Fairy” on the first day of school, and then visiting 3rd-5th as the “Library Goddess” on the second day of school. I quickly pop into all the classrooms after the announcements, and just do a quick... Read more

I always like to start the school year off by teaching book care to my students. I like to think that if they know how to treat their books with respect I have more chance of them being returned the same way they were loaned out! I’m going to share with you some tried […]

Teach your elementary students how to take care of their library or classroom books with this book care activity pack.