Mrs. James

This is my sixth year at Elizabeth Smith Elem. Prior to being a librarian I taught for 15 years mostly at the junior high level. However, I have also taught fourth and sixth grades. I love teaching and being with kids who are excited to come to the library. I especially love having the opportunity to be the librarian at Elizabeth Smith. We have a great staff and a very supportive principal and PTA which makes my job that much better.

Upcoming Events:

September:

Library Card Sign-up Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month

Patriot Day September 11

U. S. Constitution Day September 17

October:

Children's Magazine Month

National Book Month

Dictionary Day (Noah Webster's Birthday) October 16

November:

American Heritage Month

December:

Melvin Dewey's Birthday December 10

January:

Six Flags Read to Succeed program begins Janary 2

Bluebonnet Award Voting week of January 23

February:

Black History Month

Read to your child Day February 14

Once Upon a Time Day February 24

March:

National Women's History Month

Dr. Seuss' Birthday March 2

Read Across America Day March 24

Randolph Caldecott's Birthday  March 22

April:

School Library Media Month ( National Librarian's Day April 10)

National Poetry Month

International Children's Book Day April 2 (Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday)

National Library Week April 8-14

May:

Mother Goose Day May 1

National Children's Book Week May 6-12

General Information

Volunteers are needed to help shelf books, help students with book check out, book repair and labeling. If you can spare a half hour or more feel free to stop by and I'll gladly put you to work:)

Birthday Book Club

Join the Birthday Book Club by purchasing a book from the new arrival shelves in the library and donate that book back to the library. The books on the new arrival shelves have been selected to fill specific needs in our library and have library binding that is stronger that the trade binding on books bought from a bookstore. A special bookplate will be placed in the book designating the honoree and his/her birthdate or the date the book was placed in the library. Besides honoring someone on his/her birthday, books can also be donated in honor of a special person or in memory of some.

Honor a special person in your life with a book donated to our library for just $17.00 per book. See Ms.  James or call the library for more information.

The library is open M-F from 8:15-3:00.

 Students in Pre-K - 2nd grade may check out one book at a time.

 3rd and 4th grades may check out two books each week; however, one of the two must be a Reading Counts  book.

 All books are checked out for one week.

 There is no checkout available for students with overdue books.

 Classes are held each week for all grade levels at which time library lessons are taught and students check out books. Students may also come to the library after annoucements for check out with their teacher's permission.

To help keep our books in good condition, please keep them in zip lock bags when transporting them to and from school.