Checking out Rules
The number of books you can check out at once.
Three
The book series for which you can only check out one at a time.
Dog Man
My books should never be near.....
Water, food, pets, babies
The letters and numbers on the spine of a book.
Call Number or Address
This is what you should do if you can't find the book(s) you checked out last spring.
Let Mr. McKee know. He will mark it lost so you can continue to check out books this year.
The number of overdue (RED) books that block you from checking out more books.
Two
The days I can come to the library in the mornings to get a book or return a book.
Monday through Friday
My book has a torn page, so I should...
Tell Mr. McKee and place it in the blue bin.
When a book is fiction, it will have this information on its spine.
An F and the first three letters of the author's last name
This is where you should keep my books so that you don't lose them and can turn them in on time.
Your backpack
The amount of time you get to keep the books you check out.
Two weeks
This is the name of the competition that takes place in March every year.
Battle of the Books
My book has a torn page, so I should NOT
use tape to fix it myself or rip out the page all together.
When a book is a picture book, it will have this information on its spine.
An E and the first three letters of the author's last name
This is what you should do if someone has a book that you want to check out.
Look on the shelf to see if there is another copy or ask Mr. McKee to reserve the book for you.
This is when you decide to keep a book for another two weeks.
Renew
If I lose a book, I can...
Bring in a new hardback copy or parents/guardians can pay to replace it.
I need to mark my spot in a book so I can remember where I left off. I should...
Use a bookmark
When a book is nonfiction, it will have this information on its spine.
Call numbers and the first three letters of the author's last name.
This is what you should do if you are absent on your Library day, and now your books are overdue.
Bring them to the library the next morning and put them in the correct return crate.
This is where you return a book.
The black crates at the circulation desk.
This is the award that students at Mangum will get to vote on in March/April after reading the 12 nominated books with Mr. McKee.
I need to mark my spot in a book when I am finished reading. I should NOT
Dog ear the page (bend the page), use a sticky note, use a pencil, etc.
The names of the two nonfiction sections in our library.
Nonfiction and Everybody Nonfiction.
This is what you should do if a book that you checked out gets destroyed.
Tell Mr. McKee You can still check out books. He will work with parents to get a replacement.