When you start getting your school supplies ready for the new
school year, don
’t forget the most important item of all: A library card.
Paper. Pencils. Ruler. Backpack … and library card.
When you start getting your school supplies ready for the new school year, don’t forget the most important item of all: A library card. With your free library card, you can check out non-fiction books for reports, find fiction books for book reports, and find lots of books to read just for fun. You can also use online encyclopedias and other databases with magazine and newspaper articles.
The Morgan Hill Library has received a generous grant from Mervyn’s/Target for a communitywide library card campaign in September. Our goal is to reach every child in kindergarten through grade 3 and invite them to get a library card.
Children who don’t have a card will receive prizes for getting a card at the library. Children who already have a card will receive prizes for checking out books. There will also be special games and programs to help children learn to use the library.
Working with public and private schools and home schooling groups, Morgan Hill librarians hope to make it easier and more inviting than ever for children to get a library card and to introduce children to the wonders that can be found at the library.
The library card campaign will be followed by a series of programs in October and November to encourage families to visit the library together. We will be celebrating reading and the love of literature with special puppet shows, storytellers and musical programs.
Working together, we can begin a community of readers.
Questions and suggested topics for At the Library, which appears in Tuesday editions, should be directed to Nancy Howe, community librarian, at nh***@**********************ca.us or by calling 779-3196.
