Celebrate Library Week

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Gail Junion-Metz -- School Library Journal, 3/26/2008 6:42:00 AM

April is School Library Media Month and April 13–19, 2008 is National Library Week. Each time April rolls around, librarians and teachers wrack their brains hoping to come up with creative, fun, and, most importantly, new ways to celebrate libraries, books, and reading. This year, don’t fret one bit, just go to this wonderful Web site with tons of ideas, activities, and lesson plans gathered from librarians and teachers around the country. Hold a “Book Bowl” in your library, have kids create new covers for their favorite books, make paper bag book reports (which are then distributed at local grocery stores), or try to create the world's largest pop-up book. If you still don't find what you’re looking for, be sure to check out these motivational ideas (I especially like the “Guess the number of books in the school library” and bumper sticker contests).—Gail Junion-Metz