Book Care

In order to get the word out about a product, there are millions of informational television, radio, magazine and newspaper messages! We learn about the many goods and services because of their messages!

The books at the Library are the goods and allowing students to borrow the book is a service. There are approximately 28,000 books in the Library that need to be taken care of correctly. All the students need to be informed and understand that the book they borrow must be taken care of and returned so that it is available for other students to borrow.

This week, students will be asked to create a 30 second to one minute video explaining the importance of book care to all of the students at William O. Schaefer!

Below are a few ways that can help you take proper care of your library book.

Having clean hands and a clean area to use the book
Keeping food and drink away
Removing the book from the shelf by gripping on both sides of the spine at the middle of the book (push in the neighboring book on both sides to get a good grip), instead of tugging at the top of the spine
Not forcing a book to lie open to 180 degrees; instead, prop up the covers of an opened book to decrease the opening angle
Not using paper clips, “dog ear” folding, or acidic inserts to bookmark pages
Return your library book so others can read it!

Watch the video to learn what happens when Pigeon asks to borrow a book from the library.

Activity List

Selects a book from the box of discarded books and tell the class the book care rule related to the damaged book.
Create a book care list generated by the class.
Read How To Take Care of Your Book
Use the props provided in the ” Book Care” crate, and your imagination, to design a scenario of book care. Take a photo with the iPad.
Take the Book Care Quiz.
Create Video with a group of 4 (property master, director, cameraman, scenic).
Read This! Read It, Don’t Eat It! by Schoenherr, Ian. Here is a free PDF of the Read It, Don’t Eat It!