{"id":2909,"date":"2011-09-06T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T04:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2011-08-29T23:29:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T03:29:01","slug":"happy-library-card-sign-up-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/happy-library-card-sign-up-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Library Card Sign-Up Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month<\/a>! I know many libraries plan special campaigns and programs to celebrate. Consider these titles for displays, story times, bibliographies, or booktalks:<\/p>\n

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Oh, what to do if you’re a farm animal and the human children on the farm are off to school? Go into town to see what’s shakin’, of course. Naturally, if you see a bunch of happy people exiting a building, you figure that you’ve found the most happening place in town. Turns out to be the town library; unfortunately, the librarian doesn’t speak animal-ese, despite the animals’ best efforts. Luckily, the hen saves the day; “Book! Book! Book!” Aha! That’s definitely something that the librarian understands!\u00a0Animal antics are always crowd-pleasers; this silly story will\u00a0elicit plenty of giggles.<\/p>\n

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Although this is a children’s book, your adult patrons may also be fascinated by the unique ways library books and services come to people in 13 different countries.<\/p>\n

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This 2009 Pura Belpre Honor Book recipient is a lovely and moving depiction of Pura Belpre, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York.\u00a0Through the eyes of two young\u00a0children from Puerto Rico, we\u00a0witness Belpre’s dedication to making the library a welcoming place for the Puerto Rican community, highlighted in the library’s Three Kings’ Day festival.<\/p>\n

What\u00a0library-related books will you share during Library\u00a0Card\u00a0Sign-Up Month?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! I know many libraries plan special campaigns and programs to celebrate. Consider these titles for displays, story times, bibliographies, or booktalks:   Oh, what to do if you’re a farm animal and the human children on the farm are off to school? Go into town to see what’s shakin’, of course. Naturally, if you see a bunch of happy people exiting a building, you figure that you’ve found the most happening place in town. Turns out to be the town library; unfortunately, the librarian doesn’t speak animal-ese, despite the animals’ best efforts. Luckily, the hen saves the day; “Book! Book! Book!” Aha! That’s definitely something that the librarian understands!\u00a0Animal antics are always crowd-pleasers; this silly story will\u00a0elicit plenty of giggles.   Although this is a children’s book, your adult patrons may also be fascinated by the unique ways library books and services come to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[71,22,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-jennifer-schultz","category-childrens-literature","category-storytime-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}