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How the program works:  I have a grant-funded collection of paperback easy readers and beginning chapter books. I take them to classrooms during the school year and various outreach venues during the summer. Kids can "check out" 1-2 books without a library card, due dates, or fines. The books are cataloged under professional and as serials. The general categories are graphic novels (Squish, Bad Guys, Dragonbreath, Lunch Lady), Scholastic Branches, I Can Read easy readers, National Geographic Easy Readers, and various other series. When I check them out, I use our portable scanner and mini ipad and check them out on an outreach card so we get circs. If they don't come back after about 6-8 months, I delete them. So far about 80% have returned. Bookmark and schedule, in English and Spanish List of books Fall 2018 12-21-18 Tibbets 1st grade (2 classes) Last Library on the Go of the year! I hope to get more funding through grants to replenish my supplies next year. 12-13-18 OP...

Program Goals Meet the needs of kids transitioning out of Rock 'n' Read Encourage both voracious and struggling readers Attendance: 5 (grades 5 and up) Theme: Disney Projects: Treasure boxes Buttons Read the book, compare to the movie! Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson (Metaphrog, various versions) Frog Princess by E. D. Baker Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac Tarzan of the apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (unabridged) Alice's adventures in wonderland by Lewis Carroll Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (unabridged; abridged) Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (unabridged; graphic) Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (unabridged; abridged; graphic) Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Jungle book by Rudyard Kipling Complete tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne Bambi by Felix Salten Hundred and one dalmatians by Dodie Smith Rescuers by Margery Sharp Treasure island by Robert Stevenson Basil of Baker Street by Eve T...

Program Goals Offer a neutral holiday storytime Learn about animals in winter Distribute handout to encourage kids to visit the library (my associate had the great idea to copy and share the soup recipe from Soup Day - do this next year!) Toddlers (*nonfiction) *Kitten's Winter by Eugenie Fernandes (blown-up pictures on magnets) (2018) *Soup Day by Melissa Iwai (2018) (1 copy) Bear stays up for Christmas by Karma Wilson (2018) Preschool and Kindergarten (*nonfiction) Turkey Claus by Wendi Silvano Very Fuddles Christmas by Fran Vischer (2018) Christmas Wombat by Jackie French (2018) (1 copy) Waiting for winter by Sebastian Meschenmoser (2018) Long stories (*nonfiction) (1 copy) Sister bear by Jane Yolen (*2018) Millie in the snow by Alexander Steffensmeier Who's that knocking on Christmas Eve by Jan Brett Movement and Music Five little snowmen Five little cookies Flannelboards and Activities * Who would like a Christmas tree by Ellen Obed Vocabulary and Learning Objectives Ident...

The ice cream sea Program Goals  Holiday-neutral program  Bring library users in during December  Fun!  Attendance: 200 This was our second year! I looked at many, many resources online. Pinterest boards for ideas, other libraries who had done the program, and asked staff for ideas as well. These are some of the best resources I found: https://www.pinterest.com/mslola/life-size-candy-land/?lp=true http://www.programminglibrarian.org/programs/life-sized-candy-land https://sunflowerstorytime.com/2015/03/23/life-size-candyland/ http://lalalalibrary.blogspot.com/2015/03/life-sized-candyland.html Staff: 1 greeter, 2 in charge of crafts, 1 runner, 1 caller for teams. As people came into the library they signed up their family and/or friends as a "team" with Terri. She also counted them and handed out the game instructions. Then they went into our community room (on the right) to do activities and play games while they waited for their turn. I called teams pretty much non-s...