Do you love the library? Here are some resources to learn about and celebrate libraries and books!

• Explore books and resources about libraries on these curated lists:

  • Favorite Stories About Libraries and Librarians
  • Fun at the Library

• Share the book talk for Digging for Words, then try out the “drawing a story” activity or make cut-out bookmobile crafts from this activity kit.

• Move and sing along to songs and make lion paper plate crafts using this lesson plan after watching the complete video reading of Library Lion.

• Take a virtual field trip with your students through the website for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, after watching the video book trailer for Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library. Ask them why it is important to consider the relevance of Arturo Schomburg’s work and the impact it continues to make today. You can extend the conversation with this teachers' guide and by asking groups of students to present on something different they learned from their exploration of the website.

• Watch the complete video reading for Planting Stories, then make a puzzle or try doing the puppet activity found in this teaching guide.

• Celebrate books completed with this Reading Chart from the series activity sheet for Biscuit Loves the Library.

• Print out bookplates from this lesson plan inspired by Lola at the Library or have students create their own that they can put in books in their personal library.

• Get to know your librarian, write a letter, color library scenes, and more using this activity kit for Dear Librarian.

• Imagine together what suggestions the author might include in How to Read a Book just based on the title. Ask students where their favorite places to read are, and find other questions in this educators' guide. Use this activity guide to draw a character or moment from a favorite book.

• Sing “The Library Doors” song with accompanying hand motions to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus” using this lesson plan for The Library Doors.

• Write verses about a library, real or imagined, using this Meet-the-Author Recording and excerpt for Please Bury Me in the Library as a model.

• Discuss libraries with your students using tips from the lesson plan for The Librarian from the Black Lagoon. What do people find there? Why do they go there? How do libraries help the community? If you can, take your class to visit the library!

• Explore Spanish vocabulary, share stories, and learn about libraries around the world with ideas in this lesson plan after watching the complete video reading for Waiting for the Biblioburro.

• Invite your students to watch the complete video book reading for Hands Around the Library, then reflect on libraries in the digital age and their importance to communities, using guidance from this lesson plan. For further consideration, have your students research funding for public libraries in your area. Where does it come from and has it changed in the past ten years?

• Watch the video book trailer and review the quick facts sheet for The Man Who Loved Libraries, then have students research libraries in their own communities. Ask them to find out how many there are and see if there is one close to their home. Explore the library websites, and if they don’t have one already, encourage them to visit the library and sign up for a library card!

• In the book Richard Wright and the Library Card, Richard Wright’s world and opportunities were greatly increased thanks to a library card. Ask students, why do you think a library card could help make someone’s future better? Explore additional questions and activities in this lesson plan.