1. The School Librarian

2. Famous Faces of Children’s Publishing, Library Services and School Libraries

3. Louise Seaman head of Macmillan’s Juvenile Book Department 1919-1934 May Massee Founder of Junior Books Division @ Doubleday, Page and Company (1923) and Viking Press (1932).

4. The Horn Book: Bertha Mahony

5. Other Important Publishing Figures Ursula Nordstrom Harper & Row 1936-1970 EB White; Maurice Sendak & Shel Silverstein ******* Charlotte Zolotow Harper & Row Paul Fleishman, Paul Zindel, Robert Lipsyte & Francesca Lia Block

7. Anne Carroll Moore

8. Margaret A. Edwards

9. Augusta Braxton Baker 1911-1998 135 th Street (Harlem) Branch

10. Pura Belpre Hannah Logasa

12. What do all these “famous faces” have in common?

14. 17 Things You Need to Know To Be a Great School Librarian -From Judy Freeman’s Books Kids Will Sit Still for 3: A Read Aloud Guide

15. 1. Always read with expression “Let your listeners discover there are wonderful voices in books.”

16. 2. Read EVERYTHING Find your top 100 fabulous, new-to-you titles each year. Student: “Have you read every book in the library?” Librarian: “No, but I'm working on it.”

17. 3. Read off your grade level “Children's literature is your field. Every children's book you read, no matter the level, prepares you for the work do: changing kids' lives. And each book helps you understand children a little more.”

18. 4. Don't underestimate the quick and dirty. Planning is important, but impromptu activities can be very effective, and being flexible is required.

19. 5. Start bundling. Why introduce just one book when you can introduce 5 or 10? Get more books into children's hands. Bundle them together by topic, theme, or anything else that connects the stories.

20. 6. Never throw anything out. You never know when you might use something for a prop, a display or decoration. Use objects to surprise & delight your students. Just make sure you store & organize them well.

21. 7. Don't be afraid to weed. “Freshly weeded shelves, no matter how sparse, look far more appealing than shelves stuffed with old, dry, dowdy volumes.”

22. 8. Laugh every day. Kids laugh over 300 times per day. Adults laugh only 17. Shoot for 300. It's good for you. And it will make the kids come to you.

23. 9. Be unpredictable and indispensable. “Your children should always marvel at what happens in the library,” and your teachers should be unable to teach without you.

24. 10. Let the kids do it, too. Let go of some of your control.

25. 11. Ask for help. Don't try to do it all, just try to do your best. And when it gets to be too much, ask for help – from teachers, students or parents.

26. 12. Find a mentor. Find a librarian friend with whom you can brainstorm – and vent.

27. 13. Eat lunch in the teacher's lounge. “Oh, I had so much to do, I just ate at my desk,” librarians say wearily or defiantly or righteously.” “You are not a monk.”

28. 14. Make lists. “I don't think you're allowed in this field unless you're a list-maker.” Find a personal organizational system that works for you. Don't waste time looking for things you've lost.

29. 15. Learn something new every year. “Give yourself a learning curve; you don't need to know everything your first year. But if you act like you know everything, it can't hurt.” Pick a few areas to work on each year, and become an expert in that area.

30. 16. Develop yourself professionally. Our field is the teaching of everything.

31. 17. Recognize that you will never catch up. Remember the 2-minute rule: You will never have more than 2 minutes to do anything in this profession. Accept this. Then become wonderfully proficient at making the most of those two minutes.

32. Faces of School Librarianship

33. Coming Up Info Lit Asynchronous Activities and the Professional Portfolio/Final Project are posted in ReggieNet Post questions about assignments on the Assignments & Activities discussion board See you September 24 th !