- Created Black History Month display
- Held book club meeting in the library
- Read Anna, Banana to Ms. R’s class
- Coordinated and organized huge book donation from Monroe County Library
- Coordinated with units to attend Wes Moore talk through MCC and provided copies of The Other Wes Moore to clients.
Book Club! Finally! I was able to get a group of students
together to start a book club. We held the meeting in the library. The students
selected A.S. King’s Everybody Sees The Ants. It’s a wonderful book about
bullying, dysfunctional families and relationships. Of course, being an A.S.
King book, it has a touch of magic where the main character communicates with
his POW grandfather through dreams. Together we read the first few pages and
shared our thoughts on what might happen.
This month I also managed a HUGE donation from the Monroe
County Library. I brought in about 30 boxes of books. Our campus does not have
enough space to manage these, so I contacted the other campuses and
coordinated the delivery of about 12 boxes of books. It was quite the task. I took requests from campus
representatives and attempted to match each campus with books that would be
most read in each location. Yay, readers advisory practice!
I also reached out to the units and encouraged them to
attend a talk by Wes Moore. I ended up providing one of the units with a set of
books, allowing clients to read his book prior to the talk. I heard that some
of the clients got to speak with him directly.
I also continued to work directly with Ms. R’s class. We
read a trilogy by new author, Anica Rissi. These books are wonderful
conversation starters. They discuss the difficulties of friendships and how to
navigate life changes. http://www.anicarissi.com/books/
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