[ISLMA-Share] One Book, One School programs?

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Agreed. We made the mistake one year of showing trailers and having
students vote (not having read the book.) They opted for a book with a cool
trailer, but where the lexile level of the actual book put it out of most
of their reach. We ended up with about 60 copies of a book that was mostly
returned unread. Sigh.

Leah Krippner
Librarian, Harlem High School
I am currently reading *The Natural Way of Things* by Charlotte Wood

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Ours is not One School, One Book, but ours is a community-wide read
> sponsored by our middle school.  We are in our 8th year.
>
> One of the main things I would suggest it to put together a student
> reading committee well ahead of when you want to do it.  Having our
> students select the book gives them much more ownership of the program.  We
> usually start with the books on the Caudill list, Illinois Reads, Newbery
> honors, etc. as a starting place.  Also make sure that the books you want
> to consider will be available in paperback by the time you promote the
> program to save on cost.
>
> Feel free to contact me for more information or check out our On the Same
> Page website:  https://gcsdblogs.org/onthesamepage/
>
> Jeanne Brucher
> Teacher-Librarian
> jbrucher at geneseoschools.org
> Geneseo Middle School (309) 945-0524
> Geneseo High School (309) 945-0316
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2017, at 10:23 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> Good morning all,
> Has anyone done one book, one school in the upper grades?  How did you
> promote? Purchasing books? Can you give me any tips to get started or how
> this works?
>
> THANK YOU!
>
> --
> Great first lines:
> "There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb and he almost deserved
> it." - Chronicles of Narnia
>
>
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