How to Help the Library

Here are a few suggestions for ways that parents can help our library

1. Take an interest in the books your child brings home. Read the books with your child. Talk about what you read.

2. Set aside a place for your child to keep his or her library books. Make this a place that is out of the reach of toddlers and chewing puppies. A dry spot is also important. Your child will develop the habit of storing library books in the same place, and will always be able to find them when it's time to return them.

3. Encourage your child to return library books on time. The due date should be stamped in the back of the book.

4. Provide your child with a bookmark when stopping in the middle of a book. A sticky note is a great choice. Something flat and dry is preferable. 

5. Tighten the lid on your child's water bottle before putting it into the school bag next to library books. A water bottle flood can ruin books in a hurry.

6. If you are free during school hours, consider volunteering some of your time in the library. A large number of books circulate each week. We can always use help to get the books re-shelved. Even one hour can be a huge help.

7. Donate a box of tissues. Every child comes to the library, and we go through a vast number of tissues in a school year.

8. Consider donating a book to the library. Donations can be made in honor of a family member or special event, or in memory of a special person. An excellent gift for a classroom teacher is a book donated in his or her name, with a commemorative book plate in the front.
There is a bulletin board outside the library which features wanted titles. More suggestions are available from Mrs. Yates.

9. Model reading for your child by sitting down and reading yourself.

10. The library is in need of 32 mouse pads. Donations would be appreciated.