14th February Library Lovers Day

We had fun doing this display. I gave each teacher a heart template and asked them to write or draw what they loved about the library. I then made them into a heart for the library door. The students can read what the teachers have said while they wait at the door to come in. As well we made some small badges to affix to any book that is about loving the library. If a child borrows the book they get to keep the badge! Some students were so excited about it...funny because they are bits of red paper.

Valentines Day

We have had so much fun in the library in the last couple of days. All of my 'romance' books were borrowed so I had to quickly find more. Going through the catalogue I did find so many more and this list isn't going to help now, but maybe it will next time. We added:

• Fearless in Love by Colin Thompson

• Bernie Loves Flora  by Annemie Berebrouckx                                   

• Penguin in Love by Salina Yoon

• Tulip Loves Rex  by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

• George and Sylvia by Michael Coleman

• Osbert in Love by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

• Foxy in Love  by Emma Dodd                                                              

• Love Splat by Rob Scotton

• Mr Prickles: A Quill-Fated Love Story by Kara LaReau

• Bear in Love  by Daniel Pinkwater

• Bear in Love  by Sam Loman

• Mole's in Love by David Bedford

• Lola Dutch I Love You So Much by Kenneth Wright                         

• Dinosaurs in Love  by Fenn Rosenthal

• I Love You Too by Stephen Michael King

• Bloom! by Maria Van Lieshout

• What is This Thing Called Love? by Davide Cali

• Love and Kisses  by Sarah Wilson

• Max and Tallulah  by Beverly Gooding

• Ten Things I Love About You by Daniel Kirk

• XO, OX: I Love You  by Adam Rex                                           

• Love by Sophia by Jim Averbeck

• That Yucky Love Thing by Michael Catchpool                              

•  Never Too Little to Love  by Jeanne Willis

• You Can Never Run Out of Love by Helen Doherty

14th February Valentines Day and Library Lovers Day

     

Love is in the air! Often on the 14th February I put together a display of picture books with the word 'love' in the title or I give each class a wrapped book to read that is about loving libraries. See here and here.

This year I went through the catalogue thinking of picture book 'romances' that I could use to make a display. As you would think, romance is not a topic for picture books for under eights, but I just wanted one for each day of the week and I definitely could find enough!

Here's what I chose. They are now all out on display with a red read heart attached!

 • Worm Loves Worm by  J.J. Austrian and Mike Curato 

Here's the blurb:

You are cordially invited to celebrate the wedding of a worm ...and a worm. When a worm meets a special worm and they fall in love, you know what happens next: They get married! But their friends want to know-who will wear the dress? And who will wear the tux? The answer is: It doesn't matter. Because Worm loves worm. 

• Dear Bunny by Michaela Morgan and Caroline Jayne Church

Here's the blurb:

Tino and Teeny are lovely lovelorn bunny rabbits, living just a few hops from each other. If only one of them could overcome their shyness and speak to the other When their efforts to woo each other with writing are ruined by a rainstorm it looks like they may never meet. Thank goodness there is a family of miniature matchmakers nesting nearby to help piece together their true feelings. 

• Frog in Love by Max Velthuijs

Here's the blurb:

Frog is feeling most unwell. He keeps getting hot, then cold, and something inside his chest is going 'thump, thump'. Hare says it means he's in love! But who with? And how can he show his devotion - perhaps by performing the biggest jump ever? 

•  Slug in Love by Rachel Bright and Nadia Shireen

Here's the blurb:

Doug the slug needs a hug. But who wants to hug a slug called Doug? After a long search for someone to snuggle, lonesome Doug is ready to give up hope. But you never know when love might come flying by! Young readers will love this funny and fabulous tale that shows there's a friend for everyone. 

• Slugs in Love  by Susan Pearson and Kevin O'Malley

Here's the blurb:

Marylou loves everything about Herbie-how his slime trail glistens in the dark, how he can stretch himself thin to squeeze inside the cellar window, and how he always finds the juiciest tomatoes. But Marylou is a shy slug. How can she get Herbie to notice her?

• Prince Charming and Baabarella  by Angelica Glitz and Annette Swoboda

Here's the blurb:

Prince Charming is short sighted and should wear glasses. But his vanity gets in the way. Baarbarella gets into a mess eating juicy berries. The four sisters will do anything to attract the prince. This zany version of the Cinderella story - played out by sheep - will entertain old and young readers alike. 

• Henry in Love by Peter McCarty

Here's the blurb:

Henry is a bit of a dreamer and not much of a talker.Then there's Chloe, who says what she thinks and knows how to turn a spectacular cartwheel.  
This is the story of how one blueberry muffin makes all the difference. 

• Penguin in Love by Salina Yoon

Here's the blurb:

When Penguin finds a lost mitten on the ice one day, he wonders who it belongs to--after all, every mitten has a mate! To unravel the mystery, he embarks on the biggest adventure of his life. Is love waiting for Penguin at the end of this incredible journey?

• Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl  by Tedd Arnold

Here's the blurb:

Fly Guy has met his match, and her name is Fly Girl. Fly Guy can do fancy flying. Fly Girl can do fancier flying. Fly Guy can eat gross stuff. Fly Girl can eat grosser stuff. Fly Guy can say his boy's name-Buzzzzzz! And Fly Girl can say her girl's name-Lizzzzzzz! Fly Guy is totally impressed, and totally smitten. Will Fly Guy and Fly Girl get married and leave Buzz without his dear pet? 

If you haven't any of these or you want something more overtly about Valentine's Day, many of the series have a Valentine's Day book, Splat the Cat  does, Pete the Cat does, Peppa Pig does, Curious George does...

14th February Library Lovers Day

It is not Valentine's Day tomorrow. It is Library Lover's Day!
There is just so much to love about your library. My school library was just so busy this afternoon, full of parents and children reading while they waited for older siblings, borrowing books to read for the Premier's Reading Challenge and just generally enthusing with others about what the library has to offer them. At one stage there were ten parents in the queue at the circulation desk and I could not see the door! A teacher dropped in to borrow and ended up staying to help with 'crowd control' and shelving. She will know next time not to pop in between 2.45 pm and 3.45pm if she doesn't want a job.

Preschool lessons started yesterday. The four year olds were just so excited about coming to the library to borrow a book. We had fun with Pete the Cat, sang his song, talked about why he had odd shoes  and a heart  on his blue coat and then borrowed books. We had mothers come in today to tell us that their child had the book out of the bag and was wanting it read before they even had afternoon tea. Another was pleased that her child could sleep tonight and would no longer be asking 'when is it library day?' They feel so grown up coming to the library without a parent! It is so easy to make four year olds love the library.