Comments on: In praise of teachers, librarians and library cards http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/in-praise-of-teachers-librarians-and-library-cards/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:02:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Marjorie http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/in-praise-of-teachers-librarians-and-library-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-6288 Marjorie Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:02:57 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=842#comment-6288 Taking my two to the library is like going to the sweetie shop - in fact, they enjoy it much more because they are given free rein :-) I am so glad libraries nowadays are such hubs of activity - at one of my schools we hardly used the library at all because it was so hush hush! And can you imagine not being able to get hold of books? I help with our local "Books-on-Wheels", delivering to people who can't get to the library - it's a wonderful sevice and I have to say, our librarian is amazing at picking out appropriate books for people, and tracking requests down etc... I hope that if I ever find myself in that situation, someone will do the same for me! Taking my two to the library is like going to the sweetie shop – in fact, they enjoy it much more because they are given free rein :-) I am so glad libraries nowadays are such hubs of activity – at one of my schools we hardly used the library at all because it was so hush hush!

And can you imagine not being able to get hold of books? I help with our local “Books-on-Wheels”, delivering to people who can’t get to the library – it’s a wonderful sevice and I have to say, our librarian is amazing at picking out appropriate books for people, and tracking requests down etc… I hope that if I ever find myself in that situation, someone will do the same for me!

]]> By: Aline http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/in-praise-of-teachers-librarians-and-library-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-6276 Aline Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:38:18 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=842#comment-6276 Yes, I can imagine how momentous it would be to finally be able to have your own card, when you've been waiting for it for so long... I don't think my daughter will remember getting her first library card, but I'll make sure to remind her that it was because one of her first words was "book" and because every time she went to the library with me she glowed, as if if she understood that that was the most important building in town. Yes, I can imagine how momentous it would be to finally be able to have your own card, when you’ve been waiting for it for so long… I don’t think my daughter will remember getting her first library card, but I’ll make sure to remind her that it was because one of her first words was “book” and because every time she went to the library with me she glowed, as if if she understood that that was the most important building in town.

]]> By: Janet http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/in-praise-of-teachers-librarians-and-library-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-6274 Janet Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:08:54 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=842#comment-6274 Yes--Rufus M was written in the 1940s, I believe, and at that time a library card was a form of contract that the reader would be responsible for checked out books. If you were too young to write your name, then you were considered too young to take on that responsibility. I'm glad times have changed--on the other hand, becoming "of age" was a pretty cool rite of passage. Yes–Rufus M was written in the 1940s, I believe, and at that time a library card was a form of contract that the reader would be responsible for checked out books. If you were too young to write your name, then you were considered too young to take on that responsibility. I’m glad times have changed–on the other hand, becoming “of age” was a pretty cool rite of passage.

]]> By: Aline http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/in-praise-of-teachers-librarians-and-library-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-6272 Aline Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:03:06 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=842#comment-6272 I grew up in Brazil, and in all the small towns I lived in before going to college, there were no public libraries, much less school ones. The first time I entered a library I was 17, and in awe, so I can only marvel at the idea of children growing up visiting the library regularly. I'm wondering why the boy in your story couldn't get his library card before learning to write his name, though. Did they have to be of a certain age to get it, in the past? I took my daughter to get her own card when she was only two. I grew up in Brazil, and in all the small towns I lived in before going to college, there were no public libraries, much less school ones. The first time I entered a library I was 17, and in awe, so I can only marvel at the idea of children growing up visiting the library regularly. I’m wondering why the boy in your story couldn’t get his library card before learning to write his name, though. Did they have to be of a certain age to get it, in the past? I took my daughter to get her own card when she was only two.

]]> By: Janet Brown http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/in-praise-of-teachers-librarians-and-library-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-6271 Janet Brown Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:39:00 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=842#comment-6271 For many of us, our first library card was possibly more momentous than our first driver's license! I've never found anything that depicted that event as vividly as Eleanor Estes did in Rufus M, a book about a small boy whose siblings all had their own library cards, while he couldn't get one until he could print his own name. When I first read that as a little girl, it seemed perfect and much, much later in my life it still does. For many of us, our first library card was possibly more momentous than our first driver’s license! I’ve never found anything that depicted that event as vividly as Eleanor Estes did in Rufus M, a book about a small boy whose siblings all had their own library cards, while he couldn’t get one until he could print his own name. When I first read that as a little girl, it seemed perfect and much, much later in my life it still does.

]]> By: Mary Lee http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/in-praise-of-teachers-librarians-and-library-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-6268 Mary Lee Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:14:22 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=842#comment-6268 Thanks for giving our list of Cool Teachers some promo! Hard to believe we started that list TWO years ago!!! We are up to 112 Cool Teachers, and would LOVE to keep adding more. Thanks for giving our list of Cool Teachers some promo! Hard to believe we started that list TWO years ago!!! We are up to 112 Cool Teachers, and would LOVE to keep adding more.

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