Here's A Little Tip For Our New Magnetic Shelf Markers!

 

This year we changed up the shelf markers in our library.  You can read all about it here. 

I found these magnet shelf markers on Amazon...

...and they fit perfectly on our shelves around the library. 

There was just one problem!  Because of the way the papers and plastic cover slide in and out of the shelf marker, we couldn't keep the little hands from taking them apart. 

One day, we had the idea of reprinting the shelf labels I created in Canva onto...

....full sheets of white shipping labels.  We cut them apart just like the first paper labels, but this time Natasha stuck them onto the actual magnet. 

They look so nice now and I hope this keeps them on the shelves.  

Every little things in a library saves a bit of time.  We hope you share your tips with us too. 

You've Been Virtually Book'd With These Summer Reading Books....A Special Program and List I Use Within Our Destiny Discover & Library For Summer Reading!

Summer is almost here and it is time for summer reading! 

We get out of school in just a few weeks so I have been spending a lot of time getting ready and finding ways to best support our readers in meaningful, helpful and personalized ways. 

When I plan summer reading for our students, I think about how successful we have been at including not only wonderful books, but also eBooks, audio books and other digital resources within our library summer reading program.  

One thing I did was put together a list and choice board filled with 14 new and favorite print and eBooks from our Destiny Discover that will be perfect for summer reading. 

And being in a preschool to 12th grade school, I made sure to include something special for all of our readers.  

With these eBooks, I put together a choice board. 

Let me show you how I set up this choice board for my school community. 

First, I created the choice board in a Google Slide.  I added the covers of the 14 eBooks I included in this choice board. 

Second, I went to our Destiny Discover and...

...grabbed the links to each eBook.  

This is easy to do.  You just search for the eBook, click on the three little dots next to Open, and this drop down menu will appear. 

Click on Share and the link to the book will pop up. That is the url to share in the choice boards. 

Take the copied link and add it to the book cover.  

When every book cover is linked, you are ready to share the choice board. 

Go to File and down to Publish to the web.  

This will give you a link to share with the students and teachers.  

When they click on that published link, the You've Been Virtually Book'd With These Picture Books will pop up and all of the eBooks can be read from there. 

I am excited about this list of 14 special new eBooks I put together in Titlewave.  In this choice board, you can click on any book cover to view and find the full book list from Titlewave there too. 

Our students will love these summer reading books that are part of our You've Been Virtually Book'd program.  And I love how we can keep this program going all year long!  It brings so much to our readers each and every month.

Join The Special Flip Event On May 4 With NYT Bestselling Author, Brad Montague, As He Shares His New Book, The Fantastic Bureau of Imagination!

Our friends at Flip have another awesome author event coming up on May 4, 2023 at 12:00pm CST. 

As shared online, 

In this Flip Live Event, learners from around the world will be inspired and encouraged to share ideas and to be deeply imaginative.

 

Join New York Times bestselling author Brad Montague as he discusses his new book, The Fantastic Bureau of Imagination, and gives a top-secret, behind-the-scenes peek at the official agency that keeps the world's creativity flowing!

 

Every day, special figment agent Sparky delivers all the mail the FBI receives to the proper department, like the Office of the Unexplainable or the Department of Dreams. It's a big job, but Sparky keeps everything running smoothly . . . until disaster strikes when the Cave of Untold Stories overflows and threatens to topple the whole bureau. It turns out too many people have been holding in their big ideas, and now Sparky must recruit more agents to share their dreams, songs, and stories with the world.

 

And now, dear reader, will you join the effort and become a special agent before it's too late? The FBI is counting on you!

 

More about The Fantastic Bureau of Imagination here.

You can register for this event here.