National Library or Children’s Book Week Ideas

 

1.  Guess the number of books in the Library.

 

2.  Bulletin Board ideas:  Match Teacher with their favorite children’s book.  If you want to help students, have each teacher post a hint on their door or next to the bulletin board each day.   

Another variation- Take pictures of teachers/ principal/ librarian/ counselors etc.  holding a favorite book with the book open and covering their face - kids have to guess the person.

 

3.  Create new book covers for worn or missing ones.

 

4.  Daily dress themes:

          “Books are our BEARY good friends”- bring a stuff bear

          “Brighten you day with a good book”- wear sunglasses

          “Hats off to Reading”- wear a hat

          “Reading is our business”- wear suit or just a business tie

          “Jog into Reading”- wear jogging suit

          “Read your socks off”- wear crazy socks

          “Slip into a Super book”- wear slippers

          “Books can take you anywhere”- wear a destination T-shirt

          "Don't Sweat It, Read!"--wear sports attire

 

5.   Read Daily quotes about reading, books or libraries at morning announcements.

 

6.  Make slips of paper - "You are a winner for reading during Children's book week", hide the bookmarks inside books all over the library.  When a child finds one and checks out that book, they get a special bookmark, pencil, sticker, etc.  (The "you are a winner" slips do not show).  We would ring a little bell when we had a winner.

 

7.      Host a “Read Around The School” day.

 

8.  You could put these items out in your library or in the teachers lounge.  Please share your ideas.

Apples- Instead of an apple a day, try a book a day

Oranges– Orange you glad it’s Library Week

Lifesavers – The library is a lifesaver when you do research

$100,000 bar – You are worth a million, but with the austerity plan this is all the library could afford.

Pay Day – Cash in at the library

Milky Way – Your library is out of this world

Now & Later – Come to the library now, not later

Baby Ruth – Check out the biographies in our library

Whatchmacallit – Find the title of that book using the library portal.

Three Musketeers – Folktales, Fairytales, Tall Tales are found in the 300’s at your

                                   library.

Popcorn – Pop in to collaborate on a great library lesson.

Dove candy – Birds of a feather flock together in the 500’s of your school library.

M & M’s – Have a Meeting of the Minds in the library.

Extra gum - Extra, Extra, Read All about it at your library.

Doublemint gum - Double your knowledge in the library.

Big Red gum - "Read" anything good lately.  Drop by the library!

Donuts or donut holes-"Holey" mole!  It is National Library Week! 

Other food ideas – We didn’t have slogans for. Maybe someone can come up with one

Chex mix

Mini Ice cream sandwiches

Lemon Lime Slushes

 

Non-food item

Seed packets – Cultivate the seeds of knowledge in the library

                        Encourage growing minds…in the library.

                        Harvest and idea….in the library.   

Sharpened pencil ... "You're headed in the right direction if you're headed to the Library!"

 

9.  Take pics of children reading and display with sign Look Whose Reading.

 

10.  Poetry break - Carry a sign that reads Poetry Break and drop unannounced into each class and read a poem.  Too many classrooms?  Enlist the assistance of your principal, counselors, assistants, patrents etc...  Funny poems work best.

 

11. Create word searches using book titles or characters.