Oakland Library Update
Back to School - August 2023
Happy November! I don't know about you but I am DYING for a break. I just want to sleep all the way through fall break like a hibernating bear, except on Thanksgiving when I'll get up to watch the parade and eat so much macaroni and cheese that I fall asleep again.
November and December are going to FLY by with all the things happening around Oakland, including the thing I'm MOST excited for, Book Fair! I'm anticipating record sales this year, and I can't wait to spend the book fair week celebrating the joy it brings our kids to pick out books. I know many of us remember the book fair from our own childhood, and I want to make sure our kids leave elementary school with those same great memories.
I want to make sure the book fair is a great time for teachers, too, and I'm working hard to include all of your input and suggestions so that it works for you. Below, you'll find a Google Form with some space for you to give me some feedback on what will work best for you. While it's really easy to only send kids who bring money to the book fair, we want to make sure every kid gets a chance to look around and get excited, because PTO, our donor parents, and I are working hard to provide books for those students who are unable to purchase books.
One way we're doing that is a special VIP event we are planning for Friday, December first, so stay tuned for that exciting opportunity!
Book fair doesn't start until December, so take a look at the rest of my newsletter for some November stuff too!
Thanksgiving stories and themes can be especially problematic, and I have lots of resources to help teachers provide a caring approach to this content, so if you plan on including any Thanksgiving stuff in your curriculum, feel free to reach out! I'm happy to help!
New Book Spotlight
It's big book order season! In the next few weeks, I should start receiving the first of almost three hundred new titles! This order was a mix of non-fiction in the 500s, some updated award winners in picture books and fiction, and a few new elementary manga series (those are so popular, but there are so few for elementary school kids!)
As they come in and get processed, they will be on display until the book fair, and probably still on display in January, when we'll start gearing up for our second big book order. If you have any requests for titles we need to add to our library, please feel free to add them to my shopping list here: Books we need for the library Form!
