It’s that time of year again when librarians teach lessons about taking care of books. With the expense of books and limited school budgets, it’s more important than ever that children understand how to care for their books.
Stella Louella’s Runaway Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst
As she tries to find the book that she must return to the library that day, Stella gathers a growing group of people who have all enjoyed reading the book.
Book-related teaching resources:
♦ Reader’s Theater Oregon Read
Maybe a Bear Ate It! By Robie H. Harris
At bedtime, a young boy who cannot find his favorite book imagines the various creatures that might have taken it from him.
Book-related teaching resources:
♦ Lesson Plan TeacherWeb
Mr. Wiggle’s Book by Paula Craig
Mr. Wiggle describes the ways careless readers hurt their books.
Book-related teaching resources:
♦ Customizable Worksheet Twisty Noodle
Penelope Popper Book Doctor by Toni Buzzeo
Penelope desperately wants to be a doctor, obtaining everything she needs but the patients, and Ms. Brisco, the librarian, teaches Penelope how to mend old books in need of care.
Book-related teaching resources:
♦ Curriculum Guide Toni Buzzeo
♦ PowerPoint about book care from Penelope Popper Toni Buzzeo
Read It, Don’t Eat It! by Ian Schoenherr
Mischievous animals learn how to take proper care of books.
Book-related teaching resources:
♦ Activities HarperCollins
What Happened to Marion’s Book? by Brook Berg
Marion, a book lover, who discovers she has not been taking very good care of her books when she accidentally plops jam on a book borrowed from the school library and cannot find one in her own collection that is in good enough condition to replace it.
Book-related teaching resources:
♦ Lesson Plan Highsmith
There are other book-related teaching resources for some of these books in the Linda’s Links to Literature database.
Bookmarks – Book Care
Bookmarks – Book Care illustrated by Hardie Gramatky
PowerPoint – Animals Should Definitely NOT Borrow Books (based on the book Animals Should Definitely NOT Wear Clothing)
Printable – Forest Friends Go to School – teaches the right and wrong ways to handle books (Scroll down the page to download the book.)
Printable – Ways to Take Care of Books
Slideshow – Taking Care of Books
Slideshow – The True Story of Miss Ima Book
Video – Don’t Let the Pigeon Touch the Books!
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