Save the Library

1. Save the Library Reasons collected from students Book Month 2014

2. 1BIt is important to save the library because: • It is a place that is nice and comfortable to read • There are more books than at home and maybe mom and dad don’t have so much money to buy more books. • The library is important because we need to read books they are good for us. If we read books we are going to have more imagination • because the teacher gets the books for the class from the library • if we read books we learn more, we have more imagination • because reading is fun • If there were no library no one would read • For the ones who speak Spanish is it good to read in English • If you read it is better because you read new thing and learn new words. • when you are not good in something you go to the library to look for information • you find dictionaries and other books to find information • because going to the library is fun and we hear stories • when we go to the library we can check out books and then we can paint. • If you read you get more imagination

3. 1C thinks we need libraries because……………….. • *Camille says we need to read books to learn. • *Alejandro says we need books to be more intelligent and know how to make buildings. • *Candela says we need books because we love to read. • *Jack says we need libraries so we can check out and return books • *Natalie says we can learn new stuff we don’t know • *Jonathan says we can learn new words and books make you smarter and a faster reader • *Mia says we need libraries because we like books • *Jeronimo says we need books to learn new animals • *Sebastian says we have to take care of books because we chopped the trees to make the books and we have to take care of our books • *Joshua says we need books because not all the books are online • *Augusto says we need a library because we can practice our reading • *Andre says that if we read we can learn more of the books • *Matilda says that we need books for read more and that we love them and we need more books to read and learn • *Torin says we need books to be a faster reader • *Tommy says we need books to research • *Sophia says we need books to learn • *Mauricio says we need the library to know new things and have more things to do new

4. 2D

5. 3A • So kids get more education • To get ideas • To have a break from playing games on a computer • It’s everything on a computer but spread out and with covers and you can see the inside • To learn about different things • To look up information for projects • With ebooks you have to look it up online, but real books are all ready • You have to pay for the internet but not to look something up in a library • To have fun with Eye Spy books • To have easy books for little kids • Books are real, you can feel them and hold them • If no one had books, people would not learn anything • Makes life more fun • Like Matilda, when you love to read you can become very smart • There are always more things to learn • Reading books encourages you to learn more • Books can make you feel like you’re traveling the world • For instructions • If there were no books, what would authors do? • If there were no library, what would happen to Ms. Cortez? • Keeps you from getting addicted to the internet • You can read books on planes

6. 3B • Reading helps us learn very important stuff. • For education • For imagination • For creativity • Everyone should have a quiet place to read and work • To be entertained, because we’d have nothing to do during read period! • We don’t have all the books that the library does • We wouldn’t ever know new books • We love learning new words • We love the activities we do in library time • It helps us with our research • It helps us explore new types of books and authors • We wouldn’t know as much about books.

7. 3D • To learn things that are not in the classroom • Learn how to use ebooks, destiny quest… • If there is no electricity or the battery runs out, you can’t read if everything is electronic • Computers screens tire eyes out • We can learn about wildlife • Learn how to cook • Books are fun!!!  • A place to enjoy the books • You can take a book everywhere, but it is hard to take a computer everywhere • There is more personality in a book than in  a computer • Books don’t rely on the internet, so information is available all the time

8. 4A •  I love reading books • I like to imagine things of fantasy with books in the library • I love the pictures in the picture books • I like to go to another world through my imagination in reading a book • I love the library • I like going into the library and seeing all the books I can hold an touch • I like to see the cover of the book I might read and turn the pages • I prefer holding a real book than reading e-books (but sometimes I like to use the internet) • Ink and paper really bring a book to life • You don’t have to BUY books, you can check them out and return them • The space is quiet, which gives you a time of peace for your imagination • The sound of turning pages is music to my ears • There are lots of books to choose from

9. 4B • We need a library because it provides calm while you’re reading; so you don’t have a lot of noise. • So we can have fun reading. • When we have projects that involve research, we need to have the books and the computers in the library. • When you want to read a real book and you don’t have one, you can go to the library. • We need to show kids that technology is not the only thing that we have to use. • Reading for research is more productive that just searching around on the computer. • If you don’t have a library, it’s basically not like school. • It’s nice to have access to a place where you can borrow books for free. • It’s good because they have bunch of different kinds of books, so you don’t just have to read the books you have at home. • If you read too much on the computer/ebooks it will hurt your eyes, and if you have an actual book it doesn’t hurt your eyes. • There’s a difference between feeling a book in your hands and just reading a book on a screen. • We are lucky to have access to a library, because there are people who don’t have libraries. • If you really, really want to read and your Kindle runs out of battery, then you need to have a real book. • You learn more when you read.

10. 4C

11. 4D • If the internet was down you would have no access to information. • The librarian gives us awesome information. • It’s better to read using a book because electronics hurts your eyes. So the library is needed to house the books. • The library is majestic! • The librarian reads to us. • We need books because if the information is not on the internet, books are needed to find the answer. • The library is a good place to complete research.

12. 5A • it's free (if you follow the rules) • it provides a variety of books • it's a place to quietly do research • it helps us practice reading • it's better for your eyes because you don't blink as much when you use the computer • it will make you a better writer • it exposes you to new books

13. 5B • It’s a quiet peaceful place to work, read, research, study, etc. • Books should always be available even though we have Ebooks. • Ebooks require internet, electricity, and batteries • We have more free options in the library to check out and Ebooks cost money • Reading on paper is better for your eyes than reading on a screen • It’s a public and easy place to access, great place to meet with classmates to work on projects • We need the library to check out other resources than books • It takes the importance away from books! • A computer weighs more than a book

14. 5C • It’s a place where you can entertain yourself with books • The library is a place for you to find books • It helps people learn because it holds valuable information • Where else will you find books? • It is more meaningful to read from an actual book than it is from the internet • We all have many great memories hearing and reading stories together in the library • It is a free place to check out books, it promotes reading • You might come across a book that you have never heard of before and end up enjoying it • It’s easy to find books that are at your level and there is always a librarian there that can help with that too • It’s a place to explore books in a peaceful environment

15. 5D • Love • Look at Atlas’ • Old yearbooks • Popcorn time • Quiet place to read • Smell of hardback books • Need • Check out hardcopies of books • Learn how to use destinyquest • Hear stories read to you • Help with research projects • Information that builds your knowledge • What if internet is down?! You have the hardcopy J