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Library Month

In April, we celebrate School Library Month. 

As shared on the AASL site, 

School Library Month is the American Association of School Librarians' celebration of school librarians and school libraries. Every April school librarians are encouraged to host activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school libraries play in transforming learning. The AASL efforts for a national School Library Month were spearheaded by Lucille Thomas, chair of the School Library Media Month Committee. Thomas was appointed by President Judy King in 1983. Their work came to fruition on April 1, 1985, when AASL officials, local and national dignitaries got the first School Library Month off to a rousing start with a ceremony on the west steps of the U.S. Capitol.

To celebrate School Library Month, I brought together 33 special books about libraries and reading. 

Enjoy celebrating school libraries and school librarians, friends. 

You will find the You’ve Been Book’d choice board here and other resources here at my The Library Voice blog

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I Am Book

By Cull, Joren
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
1 Professional review

Overdue : the Misadventure of Bob the Book

By Koster, Gloria
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
1 Professional review

Planting Stories : the Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre

By Denise, Anika
Biography; Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
8 Professional reviews
Resources Available

The Lost Library [Large Print]

By Stead, Rebecca
Large Print; Fiction
Upper Elementary
5 Professional reviews

This Is a Story

By Schu, John
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
3 Professional reviews
Resources Available

The Library Fish Learns to Read (Library Fish)

By Capucilli, Alyssa Satin
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
2 Professional reviews

Vamos! Let's Go Read (World of Vamos!)

By Raul the Third
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
2 Professional reviews
Resources Available

My Librarian Is a Camel : How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World

By Ruurs, Margriet
Nonfiction
Upper Elementary
8 Professional reviews
Resources Available

Roar for Reading

By Ferry, Beth
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
1 Professional review

Jack the Library Cat

By Apollonio, Marietta
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
2 Professional reviews

Project Friendship (Jina Jeong)

By Kim, Carol
Fiction
Lower Elementary

The Secret Library

By Magoon, Kekla
Fiction
Upper Elementary
6 Professional reviews
Resources Available

So You Want to Build a Library

By Leslie, Lindsay
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
1 Professional review

Library Alive! (Boo Books)

By Sazaklis, John
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary

Dear Librarian

By Sigwarth, Lydia M
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
2 Professional reviews

Love in the Library

By Tokuda-Hall, Maggie
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
5 Professional reviews
Resources Available

Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library

By Gassman, Julie
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
1 Professional review

Schomburg : the Man Who Built a Library

By Weatherford, Carole Boston
Biography; Nonfiction
Upper Elementary
9 Professional reviews
Resources Available

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