![]() ![]() Just before they turn to go home, Bear overhears a story time in the next room. Yet, he can’t find even one that suits him. When they arrive at the library, Bear finds that there are more books than he ever imagined even existed. When his friend Mouse insists they take a visit to the library, Bear very reluctantly goes along. Pete discovers that he can be whatever he imagines with a book!īear has seven books at home, which he insists are all he will ever need. He finds books about superheroes and makes believe that he is a superhero who saves the day. He finds books about planes and jets and pretends that he is a stunt pilot. Pete discovers that there are so many exciting books to enjoy. In this story, Pete’s Mom takes him to the library for his very first time and gets him his very own library card. Pete the Cat Checks Out the Library by James Dean. I would like to share some of my favorite children’s books about the library. If you are the parent or a friend of a small child, I encourage you to start them on this fantastic journey of discovery. ![]() As I grew older, books and libraries continued to be some of my very favorite things. The library was a treasure just waiting to be enjoyed. There were so many amazing books to discover! The picture books that I found were magical- they had the ability to take me on adventures to faraway places beyond my imagination. “The senior management there were unaware of any ‘covert message’ left through the arrangement of books,” she added.When I was a child, one of my favorite places to visit was the local public library. In a statement to the Huffington Post, Julia Patrick, CEO of the Apollo Partnership Trust that runs Castle Rock school as an academy, confirmed the librarian had resigned in February and said the library has not been used for five months. He praised the work of school librarians during the pandemic: “When schools had to ‘go remote’ during Covid-19, it has been the school librarians that have stepped up, supported teachers in making use of collaborative tools and helped develop online course materials to support remote teaching and learning.” “There is a wealth of evidence that shows that adequately funded, staffed school libraries deliver enhanced learning outcomes, better results and a better quality of life for those who have access to them,” Cilip chief executive Nick Poole said on Friday. Cilip, supported by authors and MPs, has long campaigned for all schools to have a library. The report also noted that employment terms for library staff fall below national standards, with low pay and little investment in professional development and training. Schools with a higher proportion of children on free school meals are more than twice as likely not to have access to a designated library space. While nine in 10 of English schools have access to a designated library space, this falls to 67% in Wales and 57% in Northern Ireland, according to a report last year by the librarian body Cilip. “For reading for pleasure and for literacy, they’re invaluable,” she said. She remains adamant about the importance of school libraries. “I was getting absolutely no support, I was just in there on my own with up to 90 kids running riot. The librarian said that at the time of her departure in February, the school library “wasn’t really used as a library anymore” but being requisitioned as a classroom or a “dumping ground” instead. I left on the Friday and thought, ‘I’ve said my piece, job done, walk away.’ It was a little bit bizarre when it all came out. I laid it all out – The Subtle Knife, Betrayed, The Glass House. “In my last week I put them up so anybody who looked and took it in would see I’d had enough. Speaking to the Guardian on Friday, the librarian said she only realised what was going on when her son showed her a picture of Johnson’s address, and she saw all the books were still there. They obviously never actually noticed, and it went untouched for six months.” I decided to leave them a big message during my last week. “It just became untenable to carry on working there because of the lack of support I had, and I was left with no choice but to resign. “I actually feel a little bit sorry for the prime minister because it wasn’t ever intended for him – I did it as a message for the school management before I left in February,” she told the Huffington Post. Behind him, the books on display which also including Betrayed, Resistance, Exodus and Fahrenheit 451 – appeared to be sending a subtle message about the prime minister and his government.īut the librarian in question, who has asked not to be named, said that she set up the display six months ago in a pointed message to the management of Castle Rock school. The former librarian at Castle Rock school in Coalville, Leicestershire, rose to viral fame earlier this week when Johnson addressed children preparing to return to classrooms from the school’s library. ![]()
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