Taking kids shopping for books

Yup, it's the librarian in me coming out again....I love to see kids reading. Ok, correction...I love to see anyone reading! It doesn't need to be a book, it could be a magazine, a driver training manual, the newspaper, an ebook, something online, you name it. If it's something they enjoy reading and want to read, let them read it! Heck it could even be reading the backs of hockey cards!

No matter what age you are or what you're reading, reading stimulates the brain, makes you smarter and heck, even makes you look more sophisticated, more intelligent, and yes, even makes you look sexy!

One of the best parts of my job is that I get to buy books. Today I took some students to Chapters and they each got to pick out 2 books they'd like to read and I bought them for them (ok, they get added to my library when they're done with them, but hey get to pick what they want to read. How cool is that? Now we're not talking about the keen readers of the school, these are some of the kids who you wouldn't think would pick up a book and read in their spare time. But what I'm doing is giving them choice and the opportunity to pick something that  hopefully engages them and makes them want to read not only today but also the next day, and the day after that, and so on. 

Pretty cool and rewarding when you see a kid pick a book they want to read and it puts a smile on their face!

T-l Darryl