Thursday, August 17, 2017

August 17, 2017

Every Thursday, you’ll get this short, fun, relevant newsletter. It will contain a quote or smile about the library and those who love it, an idea you can use to promote your library or reading in general, and an occasional shameless plug for the programs I offer. Enjoy!

If you are new to us or have missed any previous issues, you can read them all at www.smartlibrarians.com. And, please; tell your friends about it!

In this issue:
No WONDER Everyone Loves This Book!!
Library Laughs
Promoting the Media Center

No WONDER Everyone Loves This Book!!

I just finished reading the amazing book Wonder by RJ Palcio. Wow! If you have not read it, you should. There are so many things I could say, but the thing that most stands out to me is how reading teaches empathy in a way that few other things can! I was reminded of this quote by James Baldwin:

 “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.” — James Baldwin

Just one more reason that what you do MATTERS!

Library Laughs



Promoting the Media Center

Several of you have responded, but I still need YOUR ideas! For the rest of August and until my birthday on September 12, I will be collecting YOUR best ideas for promoting reading and the services of the media center. I will give away a brand new Kindle Fire 7 in the color of your choice to one of you who submits an idea. (I’ll do a drawing, since I know they will all be amazing!) Hit reply and send me an idea! Or several! Every idea submitted goes in the drawing as a separate entry.

See you next week!

Encouraging kids to read, I am
Tommy Johns
Educational Entertainment Specialist

PS – Don’t forget to share this newsletter and blog with your colleagues!

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tommy@tommyjohnspresents.com
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