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Welcome About Me, the LIbrarian Weekly Class Schedule José & Tisha Jonathan, Kristi & Dana Missy & Ken Judy & Jo Kelly & Tony & Heidi Cecelia & Sarah Martha R & Elisa Peter & Daniel David & Becca Jonny & Brian Martha A & Patrick Lina & Elisa Evaluating Website Validity Choosing Books: 5 Fingers FAQs about Borrowing Stuff Internet Safety for Parents Your Child's Research Process Creating Lifetime Readers Boys and Reading Emerging Readers What Not To Read Great Read Alouds 5-6 Year Olds Great Read Alouds 7-8 Year Olds Great Read Alouds 8-10 Year Old Great Read Alouds 10-12 Year Ol Reading Lists & Information Author Visits Purpose, Policies, Circulation Library Skills Scope & Sequence Volunteering in the Library What Do Good Readers Do? Why Kids Need Picture Books Search   Welcome to the Paideia Elementary Library! “Fiction, especially, gives that reading child a tool to decipher the mysteries and paradoxes of being human. Give a child a nonfiction book explaining the cycle of life and death, and he may come to a cerebral understanding of the concepts. Give him Charlotte’s Web and his heart will burst. He’ll feel empathy in a deep and lasting way.          --Susan Patron,  author of The Higher Power of Lucky Sisters -- Caught Reading! Library Hours Mon, Tues & Thurs: 8-4:30 Wed 8-3 Friday 8-4:00 detail from our mural The Tree of Life by Elaine Clayton Weekly Class Schedule What Day?  What Time?   When Do I Have Library Class? Click on your child's class on the menu (left) for a daily log of activities and stories.    Makes for a great conversation starter! About Me, the Librarian bernstein.natalie@paideiaschool.org 404 270 2392 detail from our mural The Tree of Life by Elaine Clayton For weekly posts about children's reading, happenings in the library. research  and What's New?more, check out my blog: The Pithy Python For Kids, Teachers & Parents Paideia Library Catalog Evaluating Website Validity With a special note on Wikipedia Choosing Books: 5 Fingers How to tell if a book is too hard FAQs about Borrowing Stuff Internet Safety for Parents Your Child's Research Process American Library Association's Great Websites for Kids Elementary Online Databases- Start here for research! Remember: Smart researchers start with books, magazines and databases, NOT Google! (email the librarian for passwords if your child doesn't remember them) A database especially for country research: Country Reports A kid-friendly, vetted all purpose resource:   NetTrekker Subscription Database Unlike Wikipedia, this one is made for kids: Encyclopedia Britannica Online All About Reading What Do Good Readers Do?    Reading Lists & Information 2011-ElemSummerList.pdf "Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth. They accept, almost without question, anything you present them with, as long as it is presented honestly, fearlessly, and clearly." --E.B. White          Top of Page