Question: How many books can my child check out?

Answer:

Kindergarten & 1st grade - 1 book / 2nd - 6th grade - 2 books

These numbers can be adjusted if a project is assigned by a teacher and a student needs books for research.

Question: What kind of books may my child select?

Answer: Kindergarten students will be checking out one book from our "easy" fiction or "easy" non-fiction section during library class each week. First grade students are directed to the easy and easy non-fiction section, but then chapter books are introduced to their selections after the winter holiday break. If you feel your first grade child is ready for chapter books prior to that date please contact me and I will help your child with that selection when they are ready. We also encourage students to select books that speak to his/her own curiosities and interests. Free choice of reading materials is an integral part of our program. We encourage all children to try to select one book they can read on their own (if they can read) and the others may be books that need to be read to them.

Question: How long can my child keep their books and when do they return them?

Answer: Books need to be returned after each week or renewed if your child needs more time. Students may return books during their library class. Overdue notices are distributed to homerooms at a minimum of once a week and students are reminded during their library class of books that are due. If books are over a month overdue, letters will be mailed home addressed to you as the parent/guardian of the child and phone calls may be made as well.

Question: What if a book gets damaged or lost?

Please contact the library or ask your child to request a payment paper. The payment paper will include the book title and cost to replace it. Cash payment is appreciated or checks made out to “Gwynedd Square Elementary." If you find the book at a later date, please return the book. If it is found during the same school year (September to June) you will receive a refund. Please note: if your child brings home a book that is already damaged please remind them to bring it to our attention so that we can repair it if possible before it circulates again.

Question: Do you have “Birthday Book” program?

Yes!!! If you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday with a gift that lasts forever, please consider purchasing a new, preferably hard cover book and send it in to the library with your child’s name and birth date. We will place a bookplate inside with that information and show the book to other students in the school. If you need title ideas please contact us.

Question: Do you accept donations?

Answer: Not at this time.