The Bard's Books

I admit it. I'm a bit of a sucker for memes. And I love the idea behind this quote. However, I pretty much refuse to post ANYTHING online without verifying. So, today's Pick Me Up Monday comes with a side of Don't Believe Everything You Read on the Internet. I saved this a few months ago to my phone, just because the quote resonated with me. I'm a big picture kind of gal, and I'm more likely to try and fail at something big than start out saying it can't be done. I love this about myself, and when I start to get down because things aren't going just right, it's a good reminder of why I aim big in the first place. Big dreams can reap big rewards. However, like I said, I like to fact check. I hate to be embarrassed, especially if I could have avoided being inaccurate by doing a little legwork. In this case, I googled the first line of the meme and Churchill. Most results were just this quote, but no history of attribution, so I kept looking. Finally

You may remember from my Learning New Things post back in October that I've created a Pets in the Library program to help boost student interest in my nonfiction section of my library. I've expanded the program recently to include Library Pet Manager positions. Students use a Google form to apply for a LPM position with the animal of their choice. The link to the Google form is posted on their Seesaw accounts for student and parent access. Once students apply, I assign LPM jobs and post them outside the library door so students can see when they are scheduled. I also send out reminders to parents via Seesaw. My 10 LPMs come to the library every morning of their week at 7:45 (15 minutes before school starts). On Mondays, the previous week's LPMs train the incoming ones and for the rest of the week they handle all the feeding, habitat care and learn more about their assigned pet. It has been insanely popular. Out of my 300ish students, over 50 have signed up to do a job.

Today's haul came from the Boystown Thrift Store on Olmos in San Antonio. $20 total. Let's break it down: Soar - Bluebonnet book that I don't have. Plus, a student asked me for a novel about baseball the other day and I realized, I don't have any. 39 Clues - These still fly off the shelves and I don't have this one. Green - Caldecott & Giesel Honor book. Yes, please. Minecraft - We had none when I got here. Now we have two. Yay. Lemony Snicket is always a winner. The Geronimo Stilton's also fly off the shelves, and I've had several donated paperbacks of them. At $1 each, it doesn't bother me too much if they only last a year. Brown Bear - the music teacher in me loves this book. It was also a student request last week that I didn't have. Fart Powder - because what 3rd grader isn't drawn to a book with Fart Powder in the title. Dragons Love Tacos - and I love this book. Yoink! And finally - the only book that didn'