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The Care of Books

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Love your books, but don't feed them!

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Love your books, but don't give them a bath!

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Books feed your mind, but they are not good pet food.

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Babies always think they can make books look prettier!

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put your book in a safe place 

away from babies and pets .

After you read, .

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Separate books and supplies

We WILL spill when you least expect

it. Give US our own personal space.

Give us our own personal space.

NO SUPPLIES ALLOWED!

04/09/23 Eva Galloway, School Library Media Specialist

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We ride in your back pack.

We ride in your lunch bag.

Food & drink won’t give

me a bellyache!

I love books. Food & drink

give me a bellyache.

Lunch bags are for food & drink.

04/09/23 Eva Galloway, School Library Media Specialist

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Turn pages carefully from the top right corner, not the bottom.

As

you

read…

04/09/23 Eva Galloway, School Library Media Specialist

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Protect the spine of the book by always using a bookmark.

Pencils are not bookmarks. 

Anything too thick will break the book's spine.

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Report damaged books.

The librarian is your local book doctor.

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Read your books! Have someone read them

to you.

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Aw, I forgot my books at home. Now I have

to wait until next week to check out new

books.

You know that football book

everybody likes…I think I lost it.

Man…you got to find it…everybody wants to

check that out.

Return your book on time so others may enjoy it.

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Mind Your Library Manners Excerpt from The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy

• Treat a book like you treat a friend—you don’t wipe your nose on your friend.

• Remember to check hurt books into our Book Hospital

• Return books when due, so others can enjoy. (This is a library, not a bookstore!)

• If you need help, ask! (That’s why I get paid the big bucks.)

• Quiet, please. (Whisper in the library; yell on the playground.)

• Happy Reading, Pumpkins!