MAIN STREET SCHOOL LIBRARY

Our library is special! We have many activities that make reading and learning fun for our K-2 students. For the most current news about the Library click on this little person.

 Meet our friendly helpers...

Ms. Diane Taylor, Librarian

Mrs. Deb McLarnon,  Assistant

Mrs. Karen McQueen, Assistant

"As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her."   

 Erma Bombeck, Author  

Library Visits: Children come with their classes weekly. They hear stories, talks about good books and authors, videos connected to curriculum subjects and that promote interest in authors and books, lessons in library use and locating skills. They also have a chance every three weeks to use educational computer programs.

Borrowing: Kindergarteners borrow one book, First and Second Graders borrow two books for a week. Notices on overdue books go out about once a month, but children cannot borrow more books until others are returned.  If you are looking for a lost book and intend to pay if it is not found, contact the Librarian about it by phone or note, and your child can continue to borrow while you search for a couple of months. If a book is damaged, let us know. If not easily repaired, the parent may have to pay to replace it.

Volunteers: We welcome parent volunteers for book fairs in the fall and in May, and for weekly duties shelving books, assisting students in locating materials, reading to small groups of children and  straightening up the shelves.

 

      Links to Excellent Books     

Here is a list of tips for reading aloud.

 

 

                            Conan the Librarian

"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians." from a Monty Python skit

To see what others say about libraries click on the book

 

 

 Our program Author Express  encouraged children to read a wider choice of authors. Here is the Author Express  page that has links to many authors you might like to know.

Time of Wonder was a program to interest children in fairy and folk tales. Click on this castle if you are interested in these amazing tales.

If you want to learn about other countries, check out sites and books from our past program OH THE PLACES YOU'LL GO by clicking on the globe. 

The  Library runs two book fairs each year, one in the fall  and the other at the May Open House. Children can buy books during school hours around that time and profits go toward the purchase of books for the Library.

Read Across America is a National Education Association program to encourage reading. Children all across the country focus on a special day when they are all reading, coinciding with Dr. Seuss's birthday. We celebrate it in one way by having  children read on the Tuesday night, March 2 with a caring adult and often have  special activities in Library during the week. 

Poetry Month in April is celebrated at the Library with children being encouraged to select from our large poetry book collection, getting recognition for choosing poems to read to their Library classes or to someone else, or for writing their own poems.

During the last week of school, we have Joke Week,  when children find jokes in our books  to tell to their class during Library time.

Our Library displays the beautiful Main Street School Quilt, made by students in 2002. The children made  handprints in the form of the United States flag and decorated it with figures of children from around the world.