Desperate Librarians

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School is about to start in many parts of the country. School Librarians are checking out different ways to start the new school year with a flourish.

This suggestion by author Judy Freeman can be used by GALILEO users (you get the current password for home use from your Georgia librarian):

"I can't believe how fast the summer is zooming by. For those of you back to work already and those getting ready, here's directions to an article I did for NoveList in June, with lots of picture book ideas to do with all ages, K-6, and lots of back-to-school ideas."

On NoveList's homepage, click on the School Resources tab, top right.
Under "Teaching with Fiction" click on Preschool and Elementary articles
Click on Archives (link in middle of first paragraph)
Scroll down, past my article "Book Performance Art" which also has good ideas, to "Desperate Librarians . . .or, When You Need a Few Good Ideas.

Whew. You made it! I hope you'll find some good, practical ideas there.
I'm working on another Desperate Librarians article that will be up in late September or so.

Good luck with the new year.

Judy Freeman
Children's Literature Consultant
"Wild About Books" columnist
School Library Media Activities Monthly
Author of Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3
(Libraries Unlimited, 2006)
and Once Upon a Time!:
Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and
Reader's Theater with Children in Grades K-6 (2007)
65 North Sixth Avenue
Highland Park, NJ 08904
/ BKWSSF@aol.com
http://www.JudyReadsBooks.com

Home Schools and parents wanting a bit extra for their child might find these suggestions helpful for extending the appreciation of a good book.