Librarian Power
Inspiration Books:
Biblioburro : a true story from Colombia by Winter, Jeanette — Beach Lane Books, 2010--020; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.1 Luis has so many books in his little house in Colombia that he buys two donkeys and travels throughout the land bringing the joy of reading to children.
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Miss Dorothy and her bookmobile by Houston, Gloria — Harper, 2011--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 4.2 Dorothy has always wanted to work in a library like the red brick one of her girlhood, but after moving to rural North Carolina she discovers that the type of library is less important than the books and the people who read them.
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That Book Woman by Henson, Heather — Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 4.5 Young Cal, who lives high in the Appalachian Mountains with his family, does not understand his sister's love for books, but the Book Woman always wanders to their home, and Cal's parents are always willing to trade something to keep Cal's sister reading. Social Studies List
Rationale: I’m always on the lookout for new books that celebrate the importance of libraries and the power of books and reading. And in one year there were two that tell a good compelling story. That Book Woman fits nicely with Biblioburro and Miss Dorothy. The three books take a look at non-traditional libraries, namely traveling libraries which many students aren’t familiar with. It also gives me a chance to tell a life story about the county bookmobile that served my elementary school. My county still operates a bookmobile. During the summer months it makes stops at some of our rural schools. Even when one of our city school libraries was being extensively remodeled, the bookmobile provided book service. If I want to extend the traveling library concept to the upper grades, I add My Librarian is a Camel.
For the beginning of the year, I’ve developed an orientation literature pattern: the first week, I do “first day of school and/or library,” the second week “reading and book power,” and the third week, “library and librarian power,” and this collection of books fits the librarian power week. Of course I add the older title Library Lil. Since the methodology and skill content is similar for each primary grade: rules and behavior, book care, book location, I like to change the books I share. Consequently, I’m always looking for new books to add to the repertoire so as not to repeat titles each year. I also have a general rule of thumb (very general and meant to be readily broken) for determining which book(s) go with which grade. The general rule is that kids can handle read aloud reading level double their grade. A book that has a reading level of 3.5 is fine for late first and any second grade. Of course, I do easier books with older students daily.
Many of The Classroom Bookshelf additional resources are listed under Teacher Resources. Especially worthwhile are the resources for Biblioburro.
Look for other My Books Alive entries books and reading and writing, including A Book, Word After Word After Word, and Plot Chickens.
Teacher Resources:
The Classroom Bookshelf Lesson Plan http://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/2011/05/miss-dorothy-and-her-bookmobile-and-biblioburro/
Gloria Houston: Author Website
CNN: Biblioburro
Biblioburro on YouTube (longer, Spanish with English captions)
New York Times: Biblioburro
Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy: Traveling Libraries
Related Books
Chicken story time by Asher, Sandy; illustrated by Fearing, Mark— Dial Books for Young Readers, 2016. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 0.9. Storytime in the library becomes increasingly chaotic as first one chicken then a whole flock joins in and the librarian must come up with a creative solution so that everyone can enjoy the story.
Check it out! : reading, finding, helping by Hubbell, Patricia — Marshall Cavendish Children, 2011. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.0. A librarian has fun doing her job and helping children look up facts, complete schoolwork, and learn to love books.
Clara and the bookwagon (I Can Read! Level 3) by Levinson, Nancy Smiler; illustrated by Croll, Carolyn— HarperTrophy, 1988. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.2. Clara's dream of enriching her rough life on the family farm is fulfilled when a horse-drawn book wagon visits with the country's first traveling library.
Miss Brooks loves books! (and I don't) by Bottner, Barbara — Alfred A. Knopf, 2010- -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.4 A first-grade girl--who does not like to read--stubbornly resists her school librarian's efforts to convince her to love books until she finds one that might change her mind. Children’s Choices
Miss Brooks' Story Nook : (where tales are told and ogres are welcome) by Bottner, Barbara — Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.4. A school librarian encourages her students to make up stories, and teaches a lesson about bullying in the process. FREE Teaching Resources available for download from Follett.
Our library by Bunting, Eve, 1928- — Clarion Books, 2008--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.4 A raccoon and his friends go to great lengths to make sure they will always have a library from which to borrow books.
Where are my books? by Ohi, Debbie Ridpath — Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2015. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.4. Spencer loves books and reads one every night, sometimes aloud, then puts the book back in its place, but one morning his favorite book is missing, and the next day another, each replaced by a different object.
The library by Stewart, Sarah — Farrar Straus Giroux, 1995--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.3 Elizabeth Brown loves to read more than anything else, but when her collection of books grows and grows, she must make a change in her life.
Miss Malarkey leaves no reader behind by Finchler, Judy — Walker, c2006 p2010--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.5 Miss Malarkey vows to find each of her students a book to love by the end of the school year, but one video-game loving boy proves to be a challenge.
Tomas and the library lady by Mora, Pat — Dragonfly Books/A. Knopf ,Distributed by Random House, c1997 p2000--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.5 While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
Good books, good times! — HarperCollins, 1990--811; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.6 An anthology of poems about the joys of books and reading. Includes selections by David McCord, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, and Jack Prelutsky.
Waiting for the Biblioburro by Brown, Monica; illustrated by Parra, Johnr — Tricycle Press, 2011. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.6. When a man brings to a remote village two burros, Alfa and Beto, loaded with books the children can borrow, Ana's excitement leads her to write a book of her own as she waits for the BibliBurro to return.
Please bury me in the library by Lewis, J. Patrick — Harcourt, 2005--811; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.9 Presents an illustrated collection of fifteen poems about the joy of books and reading. FREE Teaching Resources available for download from Follett.
Miss Smith and the haunted library by Garland, Michael— Puffin Books, c2009, p2012. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.9 Miss Smith brings her students to the public library where they not only meet Virginia Creeper, the librarian, but also a host of frightening creatures that emerge from the pages of the "Incredible Storybook" as Ms. Creeper reads her favorite tales.
Write to me : letters from Japanese American children to the librarian they left behind by Grady, Cynthia — Charlesbridge, 2018. Dewey: 940.53; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.9. Tells the story of Japanese American children who corresponded with their librarian, Clara Breed, while they were imprisoned in World War II internment camps for three years.
Stella Louella's runaway book by Ernst, Lisa Campbell— Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1998. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.9. As she tries to find the book that she must return to the library that day, Stella gathers a growing group of people who have all enjoyed reading the book.
Check it out! : the book about libraries by Gibbons, Gail — Harcourt Brace, 1985--027; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 4.0 Discusses what is found in a library and how different libraries serve their communities.
Wild about books by Sierra, Judy — Knopf, 2004. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 4.1. A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake.
Library Lil by Williams, Suzanne, 1949- — Puffin Books, c1997 p2001--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 4.2 A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well.
That Book Woman by Henson, Heather — Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 4.5 Young Cal, who lives high in the Appalachian Mountains with his family, does not understand his sister's love for books, but the Book Woman always wanders to their home, and Cal's parents are always willing to trade something to keep Cal's sister reading.
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