Live Love Library

The Chaplin Elementary School Library Media Center supports all forms of literacy in an atmosphere that fosters openness and curiosity. The library is committed to building a community of creators and problem solvers with an emphasis on collaborative partnerships.

Every year during this time we take the oppurtunity to review drill procedures in the library and computer lab with all library classes. During fire prevention week we also read and discuss ways to stay safe in the event of a fire. Students also explored the National Fire Safety website. There is a link to that website below; it is filled with lots of great information that is educational and entertaining.

https://sparky.org

In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities kids (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child who was diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor writes about children with all sorts of challenges–and looks at the special powers those kids have as well. As the kids work together to build a community garden, asking questions of each other along the way, this book encourages readers to do the same: When we come across someone who is different from us but we’re not sure why, all we have to do is Just Ask. (review from Penguin random House)

“Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly. Love, truth, beauty, wisdom and consolation against death. Who had said that? Someone else who loved books.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

Feel free to contact me at:

Email: akauffman@chaplinschool.org
Website: https://chaplinschool.org/library/
Location: 240 Palmer Rd, Chaplin, CT, USA
Phone: (860)455-9593