Jean Little Library: This week at the library; All the field trips

June Bee Display. The teen one has
crocheted rainbow bees my associate made.
Programs

Meetings, drop-in events, etc.

Notes

This week's main project was field trips. I saw ~530 kids, mostly at the library. Some of the field trips are very involved. Any spare time I had was used in last-minute preparation for summer reading, explaining to people that no, summer reading hasn't started yet, and some half-hearted work on the monthly report which I need to do asap next week.
Field trip plan
Best sequence of library visit stories

Dog vs. Strawberry (you can have adventures just with a library book - and maybe a strawberry - and your imagination)
Poopsie gets lost (prepare for your adventures at the library before departing or listening to mysterious voices. no, I do not have books on wrestling crocodiles, but I do have books on first aid)
Lucky Duck (weathering the highs and low, you can always fix some bad luck by going to the library)
Floof (promoting Paws to Read at the library)

This year's 4th grade top choice read-aloud is Elly Swartz' Hidden Truths! Every year one of the 4th grade teachers does an all-grade read-aloud. She's been doing Kelly Yang's Front Desk for several years and kicked off a TON of kids asking for Kelly Yang's books, which I own lots of now! She decided to try something new this year and I gave her a lot of things to look at and she went with Hidden Truths and the kids LOVED it. Time to buy extra copies and Elly Swartz' backlist!
Not for next year's kick-off - I meant to have Read and Grow and Reading Explorer folders out with me and forgot. I also need to have some Spanish instructions printed ahead of time. I did it on my own this year, but one more person would be nice.

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