Come Alive with Books

This is the second four year old kindergarten outreach event that I've joined. At the dinosaur event, fall 2017, I just came with baskets of dinosaur books and was the "reading corner." I had library literacy and checked materials out to people with remote circulation.

For Come alive with books, I put together over 8 baskets of themed books, plus book lists. Each of the 4k teachers created activities and a table for their books. I worked really hard to tell people that they could check out ANY of the books in the room - at all the teacher tables, not just in the reading corner! I also told the kids at the outreach I went to in the morning that they would see me that evening. It definitely paid off! Although family turnout for this event was lower than the dino one, I had a much better individual turnout at my table.

  • Several families said they hadn't been planning on coming, but their kids said they had to go to see Ms. Jennifer!
  • I renewed cards for several people who hadn't used the library for years
  • Several more people promised to come in and get cards for themselves or their kids (I let one take books without a card - don't tell anyone!)
  • I wrote down a list of people whose addresses etc. I updated - I'll need to go over them again at work where I have access to the complete database to make sure all the details got in.
  • I checked out over 3 baskets of books - well over 50 titles!
  • I gave out a lot of library event calendars
  • About 10 people took Read and Grow (1,000 books before kindergarten) folders.
Book list handouts - I am kicking myself that I forgot to put our logo on them! Oh well, next time. Extras went with the schools to hand out later to kids and parents.

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