I love this time of year. Follett does our processing so usually I just need to check them off and put them on the shelves. But this year I have the added step of adding classification genre stickers to the fiction and nonfiction books. I am actually looking forward to spending some time with the books and discovering the categories and deciding what goes where.
I always save a few novels out to book talk and a few examples of new series to books talk and some new Everybody books to share as read alouds. I love to read as many as I can because it really helps me to know MY collection more intimately.
I also need to move some "old series" into their genrefied sections to make room for some new series. I am hoping this will encourage some more students to check out some of the genre sections in fiction as they search for their old favorites. I may even move, gasp!, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Notice, I said may move.
But for now, the new items are out in the "old favorites" baskets and the new graphic novels have been labeled and are out and ready for circulation. I can't wait to see them fly off the shelves. This year I decided to "tag" the baskets with large pieces of bright green paper so students know that there are new books by that author or in that series.
I have made a SMALL dent in the big pile I have yet to label and get out on the shelves. But no complaining because this is one of my favorite parts of my job!
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