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As most of you know, I am retiring at the end of this school year. I can’t begin to thank all of you enough for all your help with book fairs, visiting authors, and simply encouraging your children to read. I hope and pray that Tarver-Rendon’s next librarian will feel as loved and supported as I have felt through the years. It has been a joy and privilege to be a part of such a wonderful school and to have had the best job in the world for all these years!  Please continue to encourage and challenge your children to read this summer. There are so many fun programs and incentives for them to enjoy. Here are just a few:
Mansfield Public Library Children’s Program – https://www.mansfieldtexas.gov/library-childrens-programs Burleson Public Library Children’s Program - https://www.burlesontx.com/208/Childrens-Programs Half Price Books Feed Your Brain Summer Reading Program - https://www.halfpricebooks.com/fyb/ Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program - http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our-stores-communities/summer-reading-program/ HEB – https://www.heb.com/static-page/article-template/H-E-Buddy-Reading-Club/ BOGO Book Fair! It’s almost here – the event you’ve all been waiting for! Our BOGO Book Fair will be held in the library April 22-26. All items are buy one, get one free, including pencils, posters, etc. This is a great time to stock up on summer reading items. The series packs are great to buy and split with a friend. Then you can trade them and have twice as much to read. If you’d like to help, please contact our PTA Book Fair Chairperson, Jennifer Jenkins. Thank you, Whataburger! Through a generous donation from Whataburger, we have been able to purchase a large number of books through First Book Marketplace to send home with our students for summer reading. I can’t wait to give them out at the end of the year! Every student will get at least two books. What a great friend we have in Whataburger! Please thank them the next time you visit their restaurant. The library is open from 7:30-3:30 each day. All classes visit weekly for instruction and checkout. Students may also utilize our Open Check Out program which allows them the flexibility to visit the library individually on a more frequent basis. Students in kindergarten and 1st grade may have one book checked out at a time. Students in 2nd-4th grades may check out two books at a time. All books may be checked out for one week and may be renewed on an as-needed basis. Parents are welcome and encouraged to come to the library before and/or after school to check out additional books for their children.
Please visit the library website located under Resources on the Tarver-Rendon webpage for more information and great reading websites. SPECIAL THANKS!
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The library is open from 7:30-3:30 each day. All classes visit weekly for instruction and checkout. Students may also utilize our Open Check Out program which allows them the flexibility to visit the library individually on a more frequent basis. Students in kindergarten and 1st grade may have one book checked out at a time. Students in 2nd-4th grades may check out two books at a time. All books may be checked out for one week and may be renewed on an as-needed basis. Parents are welcome and encouraged to come to the library before and/or after school to check out additional books for their children.
Please visit the library website located under Resources on the Tarver-Rendon webpage for more information and great reading websites. Visiting Author Coming Soon!AG FORD is a New York Times Bestselling Children's Book Illustrator. He grew up in Dallas, Texas, and will be coming to our school on Friday, February 22nd to do a presentation for all of our kids. (Thank you, PTA!) If you would like to order one of his books for your child and have them bring it to school that day, he will be glad to autograph it for them. Here is a link to some of his picture books: http://www.agfordillustration.com/work. Some of his titles include:
A BIG THANK YOU!
SCHOOL LIBRARY HOURSThe library is open from 7:30-3:30 each day. All classes visit weekly for instruction and checkout. Students may also utilize our Open Check Out program which allows them the flexibility to visit the library individually on a more frequent basis. Students in kindergarten and 1st grade may have one book checked out at a time. Students in 2nd-4th grades may check out two books at a time. All books may be checked out for one week and may be renewed on an as-needed basis. Parents are welcome and encouraged to come to the library before and/or after school to check out additional books for their children.
Please visit the library website located under Resources on the Tarver-Rendon webpage for more information and great reading websites. BOOK FAIR COMING SOON! We are excited about our Book Fair coming up January 28th - February 1st! It will be open from 7:30-3:30 each day. WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP, TOO! Please sign up to work as many spots as you'd like. Very easy and lots of fun. Thank you for all your help!! Free Access to a Huge Selection of eBooks until January 15th!
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 FUN FACTS! “In Iceland, books are exchanged on Christmas Eve, and and you spend the rest of the night reading. People generally take their books to bed along with some chocolate. How cozy and wonderful does that sound? (More fun facts: Iceland publishes more books per capita than any other country, and new books are typically published only during the Christmas season—the frenzy is called Jolabokaflod, or the Christmas Book Flood.)” “The Christmas Book Flood: A Beloved Icelandic Tradition.” Iceland Writers Retreat, 28 Oct. 2016, www.icelandwritersretreat.com/christmas-book-flood-beloved-icelandic-tradition/.  Hunting for some good books for holiday presents? If you volunteer at Tarver-Rendon or another school, you are invited to their Warehouse BOGO Sale coming up December 5-15. You can get $10 off a $100 purchase if you register on their website and print the coupon out. This is a great time to get books for kids and adults at ½ off the normal price. Here’s the link: http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/ The library is open from 7:30-3:30 each day. All classes visit weekly for instruction and checkout. Students may also utilize our Open Check Out program which allows them the flexibility to visit the library individually on a more frequent basis. Students in kindergarten and 1st grade may have one book checked out at a time. Students in 2nd-4th grades may check out two books at a time. All books may be checked out for one week and may be renewed on an as-needed basis. Parents are welcome and encouraged to come to the library before and/or after school to check out additional books for their children.
Please visit the library website HERE for more information and great reading websites.  A huge thank you goes to all the wonderful volunteers that took time out of their day to work at the book fair! I feel so blessed to have such great parents and grandparents at our school! I know that many other schools do not have that kind of support. Special thanks to our book fair chairperson, JENNIFER JENKINS! She did a fantastic job! If you missed out on helping this fall, contact Jennifer and she will let you know when she gets ready to recruit volunteers for the next book fair.  The book fair is still open online HERE! All the books we had at the fair and more are there. You can order online until November 3rd. Your order will be shipped to the school with your name on it, and I will let you know when it gets here. If you need me to keep it a secret for Christmas, just let me know. Mum’s the word!  The library is open from 7:30-3:30 each day. All classes visit weekly for instruction and checkout. Students may also utilize our Open Check Out program which allows them the flexibility to visit the library individually on a more frequent basis. Students in kindergarten and 1st grade may have one book checked out at a time. Students in 2nd-4th grades may check out two books at a time. All books may be checked out for one week and may be renewed on an as-needed basis. Parents are welcome and encouraged to come to the library before and/or after school to check out additional books for their children.
Please visit the library website located under Resources on the Tarver-Rendon webpage HERE for more information and great reading websites.  The fall book fair will be here soon! We will be open after the Color Run on the 19th and during the Fall Fun Fest on the 20th. If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Jennifer Jenkins, our wonderful P.T.A. Book Fair Chairperson. You can shop online starting October 14th. For more information, check out the link to our book fair below:  Welcome back to Tarver-Rendon! The year is off to a great start, and I’m excited to see you all in the library! The library is open from 7:30-3:30 each day. All K-3 classes visit the library weekly for instruction and checkout. Fourth graders come every other week. Students may also utilize our Open Check Out program which allows them the flexibility to visit the library individually on a more frequent basis as their teachers allow. Students in kinder and 1st grade may have one book checked out at a time. Students in 2nd-4th grades may check out two books at a time. All books are checked out for two weeks and may be renewed on an as-needed basis. Parents who check in at the office are welcome and encouraged to come to the library before and/or after school to check out additional books for their children. Please visit the Library webpage located under Resources on the Tarver-Rendon website for more information and great reading websites. 
FALL BOOK FAIR
OCTOBER 19TH - 26TH TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE CONTACT JENNIFER JENKINS @ JENNIFERJ22@ME.COM |
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