{"id":39,"date":"2010-12-15T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hollyvandyne.com\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2014-09-21T11:04:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T11:04:49","slug":"library-book-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hollyvandyne.com\/blog\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"Library Book Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of my favorite days is Friday.<\/div>\n
Why?<\/div>\n
It’s library day, of course!<\/div>\n
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Being the librarian at a small private school of Pre-K to 8th Graders is a blast, but it can also be a challenge. Every Friday I am bombarded by kids who either don’t want to read at all, who say I have no books there to read (what???), or who try to read books above their level so it will make them look cool to the other kids. Last week I had a second grade boy come up and slam a copy of Twilight on my desk for me to check out. HA!<\/div>\n
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The awesomeness of my Friday is that the other 95% of kids love to read and can’t wait to get books. They always want recommendations because they know I read what they read. The problem is that I have been so busy working on MY novel, I haven’t had a chance to read any books since school started in August. My to-read pile is almost as tall as my dining room table.<\/div>\n
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From left to right…<\/div>\n
Ruined<\/a><\/i> by Paula Morris, Beautiful Creatures<\/a><\/i> by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl, Savvy<\/a><\/i> by Ingrid Law, Selling Hope<\/a><\/i> by Kristin O’Donnell Tubb, Rules<\/a><\/i> by Cynthia Lord, Claim to Fame<\/a><\/i> by Margaret Peterson Haddix, The Last Boleyn<\/a><\/i> by Karen Harper, Sent<\/a><\/i> by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Sea of Monsters<\/a><\/i> by Rick Riordan, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner<\/a><\/i> by Stephenie Meyer, Into the Gauntlet<\/a><\/i> by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Dark Life<\/a><\/i> by Kat Falls, Spoiled Rotten<\/a><\/i> by Brandi Johnson (I went to high school with Brandi!), Sabotaged<\/a><\/i> by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Tennyson<\/a><\/i> by Lesley M. M. Blume, People of Sparks<\/a><\/i> by Jeanne DuPrau, Uprising<\/a><\/i> by Margaret Peterson Haddix, City of Ember<\/a><\/i> by Jeanne DuPrau<\/div>\n
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So I came up with an idea. I’m challenging the kids to 1) guess how many books I can read during our Christmas break and 2) see if they can read more than I do!<\/div>\n
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This is a win\/win\/win.<\/div>\n
Win #1 – Contests always get them excited to read!<\/div>\n
Win #2 – I finally get the books in my pile read.<\/div>\n
Win #3 – I’ll have lots of book recommendations for them on January 3rd!<\/div>\n
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I’m going to keep track of my tally here on the blog just in case any students happen to read it and I’ll be sure to post if any of my students beat me. (I’m hoping they do!!!)<\/div>\n
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Happy reading!<\/div>\n

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