Bee in the Bookends: April 2023

There are 3 days a year that I intentionally treat myself. The first day of school, my birthday in January, and School Librarian Day.

April 4th is School Librarian day, and I am geared up and ready to go for the month! I will probably have a few more things up my sleeve but wanted to share what I have so far.

You can find what I did last year here

Since I am at a new school, I will be doing some of the same things.

Although National Library week is not until the end of the month, I am still starting the month off by celebrating School Librarian Day.

I do have Amazon links in here, but I do not make any profit off of them, I just want to share where I got my materials.

I am passing out stickers to remind students and staff that I am stuck on them.

I was pleasantly surprised with the latest stickers I ordered from Amazon. You can find them here (and they were only $9.99 and I didn't have to get rid of any- if you do order them I would still check!)

I love all of the information/ideas/social media items that ALA has- check it out here

Monday, April 24th- Right to Read day- I am going to invite students/staff to stop by the library and share their favorite book

Tuesday, April 25th- National Librarian Worker Day- I am going to have a Book Talk Tuesday wall up for everyone to add theirs too (I am hoping this will look like a "graffiti" wall)

Wednesday, April 26th- National Library Outreach Day- I am going to have hot chocolate in the morning and then invite students and staff to create a bookmark. There will be two options.
-Felt Bookmark that only takes two items (which I already have in my Amazon cart)- full disclosure- I haven't made these before.. so I am hoping the items that I am ordering will work.
*Jumbo Paperclips
*Stiff Felt Squares
-Scratch Bookmarks for Kids

Thursday, April 27th- Take Action for Libraries Day- this day I will be sharing information about what our library does for the community and various stats. It is also Poem in your Pocket day!

You can find my premade social media designs by using this Canva Template Link I did use ALA social media Instagram Square and added more to it.

Other big things this month:
-Texas Library Association Conference in Austin- are you headed that way? I am helping at the Wakelet booth and also presenting over how to be a TokStar Librarian
-I am offering Senior Photos to my students (I am not a professional, but I love taking photos- and this is something I can do for my community)
-Getting one of my teams ready for Destination ImagiNation Globals in May!!
-Planning a literacy event for our families

I plan to also share on my various social media platforms what the library looks like throughout the day.

Thank you to all the librarians out there that are continually making a difference and making sure that all stories have a place on the shelves!