What You Said!

Here's what you said during the interactive portions of the Pre-Conference!

What Your Kids Are Reading and Asking For:


--Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
--Emily Windsnap and mermaid books
--Who Was... (big head biographies)
--My Life As...
--Humphrey books
--Sasquatch award books
--Loki's Wolves
--The Colossus Rises
--Sasquatch Escape
--Dragonslayer's Academy
--Billy B Brown & Hey Jack! by Sally Rippin
--Gregory the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
--Dork Diaries
--My Weird School
--Captain Awesome
--Popularity Papers
--Almanacs/Guinness Book of World Records/Weird But True
--Margaret Peterson Haddix
--Mary Downing Hahn (and ghost stories in general)
--The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
--Skippyjon Jones
--Fancy Nancy and Nancy Clancy
--No, David!


Resources You Use to Stay Up-to-Date on Books:


--Public Library book newsletters
--Mr. Schu Reads (on Twitter as @MrSchuReads)
--Mid-Continent Public Library
--Fantastic Fiction
--Publisher's Weekly Children's e-newsletter
--NTSA

What Strategies You Use to Help Kids Find Books:


--File Folder with fist line, summary, cover, and QR code
--List via a QR code, an iPad available for kids to scan the QR code
--Baskets of books in categories on top of shelves
--Publisher posters
--Cards on rings/hooks
--Book-talking five books at the beginning of every class
--Book passing
--Book speed-browsing
--Series notebooks
--Book tasting (librarian is the chef, students receive menus)
--Pocket charts with non-fiction series, write titles on cards