I hope no one else finds out about this chair

What a good kid. He found a book to read and then he sat down to read it! This is exactly what we want libraries to inspire children to do! And no one told him to do it either!

We are completely absorbed in the new books!!

These are the books from the Laura Bush Collection Development Grant. They arrived the first week of school, just in time for me to process them and make them available to the kids. I purposely leave them on the tables before the classes come in. The kids are immediately drawn to them. These boys were so absorbed in what they were reading that I had to take a picture of them. I know I am successful when kids are reading and not even bothering to ask if they can use the computer. This is exactly what I wanted to happen!

There are too many books to choose from!!!!

This young man was so excited about the new books that he kept pulling out every book he wanted to read. And he couldn't decide which one to take. He eventually brought a pile of no less than 20 books to me and asked me to hold them for him. He wanted to read every one of them. He made such a mess, but what do I care? He's READING!!! And he's excited about it too!