An article worth reading!

Did you see James Patterson's Op/Ed piece on cnn.com? It's called, "How to get your kid to be a fanatic reader." It's definitely worth reading http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/opinion/patterson-kids-reading/index.html?hpt=op_t1

His main point is that the more kids read (no matter what they are reading) the better readers they are! So if your kid loves Captain Underpants or Junie B. Jones or the Guinness Book of World Records or The Vampire Diaries, but doesn't want to read the classics, it's okay. They are still improving their vocabulary and becoming better readers.

Patterson has a website - ReadKiddoRead - with lots of great book recommendations. Check it out and help your child find a book that he or she will not want to put down. I will be looking it over to find new books to add to our library collection.

New Library Catalog!

Not sure if you've heard, but you can now access the library catalog from home. Just go to http://swain.follettdestiny.com and you can see all the books we have in the library. Soon you will be able to see what books you have checked out as well. Let me know what you think!