School Library Month

April is School Library Month.  One of my favorite actresses is the spokesperson for this year's celebration.  I'm glad to have a career that allows me to share my love of reading and books and to hopefully create lifelong readers.

Destiny Quest

This week in grades 3-5 we are learning to use Destiny Quest.  It is a part of our circulation system called Destiny, but it allows students to do more cool things like:

• Friend one another
• Share book recommendations with friends
• Put books on hold with our library
• Review books

The kids think it's really cool that they get to "friend" one another on Destiny and that they get to review books and the WHOLE SYSTEM sees their reviews (the reviews are posted anonymously to protect students identity since anyone can access Destiny).  

I'm hoping to see lots of good, positive conversations about books going on.  

Read. Write. Draw

The Hoover Public Library is hosting a great event this month.  It's called Read. Write. Draw.  The date for this event is April 18.  It is a free event and is a GREAT opportunity for children in our community to see and hear great authors and illustrators.  They will learn about the writing process and the publishing process.  Books will be for sale for autographing at the event.

I hope you'll take your children and let them participate in this FUN, FREE event.

Here is the link to the advertisement that Katie Jane at the library shared with me and that I will be sharing with grades 3-5 next week:  https://youtu.be/x5Kg19HdWDc