<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">If you have any way of determining what is circulating well with specific age groups, you could be certain to always have those and ones that read like those on your cart. If you have any way of determining past checkout history of the kids you're concerned about this year, you can be sure to have those read alikes on your cart. Don't be afraid to go a little younger, too. This has been a really tough year for our youngsters, and sometimes going back to familiar stories from the past is very soothing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Don't beat yourself up about the 'big reader' who wasn't interested - it was most likely just an off day for her, given everything going on in her life! She'll come back!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 3:01 PM Meredith Riddle via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello librarian friends,</div><div><br></div><div>For those of you bringing a selection of books to the classrooms: how do you pick what to put on the cart? </div><div><br></div><div>I've been doing elementary "library on a cart" (book delivery) to classrooms since we returned to in-person classes in mid-August. We are a rural school district operating in a hybrid learning mode (in-person classes 5 days per week, half-days)</div><div><br></div><div>We have a really low tech library catalog - we're planning to transition to Destiny in the next year or two - so there's no way for students to request books except pencil and paper. I got really tired of the paper shuffling, so I started just bringing a selection to the classroom. It seems like no matter what selection I bring, there are some kids who are just. not. interested. in what I have brought, even though they have a history of *always* checking out when in the past.</div><div><br></div><div>How do I reconnect with these kids? How do I make a good spread of books on the cart? I've been doing this rather unscientifically and am currently a little disappointed in the results. We just had a big reader return to in-person classes from her 10 day quarantine (sadly many kids have been in and out of the classroom due to COVID exposure, so disruptive but necessary) and she didn't want any books! I was a bit taken aback. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm curious to hear your thoughts! This listserv is the best!</div><div><br></div><div>Meredith </div><div>District Librarian, Cerro Gordo CUSD #100</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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