[AISLE-Share] Picture books in the MS

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​Last year I pulled all our picture books and organized by possible content
area and made a spreadsheet with a brief description of each and
topics/themes covered. They've gotten a lot more use in the middle school
this year to introduce topics in classes!​



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> I have a variety of picture books that we won through various grants.
> Hence, the picture books are in two locations.
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> The ones from a writing grant that are intended as props for teachers to
> use during instruction are in our professional collection. These get used
> very sparingly.
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> The other picture books are from 2 other grants; one for low-level readers
> and one for the “babysitters’ collection.” These books are mixed in with
> the collection. For example, *Down, Down, Down* is in non-fiction right
> by the ocean biomes eventhough the most frequent user is one of our science
> teachers that uses it as a prop.
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> Sincerely,
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> Alan, Librarian serving Brooks Middle School
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> I have a collection of picture books for my older readers.  They are in my
> genefried fiction collection.  I catalog them:
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> FIC
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> PICTURE
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> Author Last Name.
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> I call the section "Picture Books for Older Readers,"  and note that as a
> sub-location in my library. The picture books are quite popular with kids
> who still like to look at pictures with stories, and they are frequently
> used in older classrooms when the topic/theme fits in with the curriculum.
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> Most recently I'm using them with my 5th graders because we are doing
> blackout poetry.  They are perfect for that!
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> Peace,
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> *Karrie Fisher*
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> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:21 PM, Email list for the Association of
> Illinois School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> For those of you in the middle school, do you have picture books, and if
> so, how do you catalog them?
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> Are they separate on the shelf or are they mixed in with the fiction and
> nonfiction?
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> Mariela Siegert
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> Adjunct Faculty, SOIS at Dominican University
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> Westfield Middle School
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*Clare Lund*
7th Grade ELA Teacher
Library Media Specialist
Gower Middle School, Burr Ridge, IL

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