Preschool - 8th Grade

I’m the librarian at Mary of Lourdes Elementary.   I have been a teacher since 1989 in a variety of settings, and continue to love teaching.  As the librarian, I find great pleasure in helping children find books that are at their reading ability level and within their personal interests.  I also enjoy reading aloud to the children. My hope is that the books I choose to read aloud will be enjoyable and will spark an interest and desire for reading, leading the children to become avid readers, opening up great potentials of learning! 

Children in grades K-4 come to the library with their class several times each week.  During our time together children are introduced to a variety of book genre and are given instruction on how to locate library material using the Dewey Decimal System.  Children are taught strategies to use for selecting books that are appropriate for their interest and reading level. There is time for children to sit back and enjoy listening to a read aloud, choose and check out books of their choice and have some independent reading time.