U-46 bring our librarians back full time!

Mom of Three
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/ #113 Not Just Books

2011-02-21 20:12

I know how important it is for kids to have lots of opportunities to read-- I have two readers and one kid who doesn't read much at all! But the library issue is more than just putting letting kids check out more books. It is about putting kids with staff people who know books and kids! My son was not a reader in elementary school. I was at a school event, and the librarian said "I know your son isn't reading his library books. Help me to figure out what he would like better." They made a harry potter connection and he read more when she gave him books. The high school librarian, I think is a teacher and she proof-read my daughter's papers and gave her assignments where she had to prove why her internet web was good to learn from. She always had a book from the library. Anybody can just check out books, but these people do way more than that. I don't think this is a Disney dream to expect the district to offer this kind of help to kids, especially if we want them to read.