Survival Books

Today was a hopping day! In addition to all the new books, the media specialists were thinking about intellectually stimulating books about survival. As they were mentioning titles, I added some suggestions. One was relevant from a multicultural course taken at Fairfield University in which we read young adult diverse literature and wrote critical analyses of the books. I remembered a title that I thought was appropriate. I told them about the book and then one of the media specialists found the book on the shelf. I them remembered that I had that analysis of that particular book saved in my one email account. I printed out my summary and then I later saw the other media specialist with the book and my analysis! It made me feel good, I do admit; that my input was considered so genuinely. I also made a suggestion about White Fang since she mentioned Call of the Wild, a book they just read and that their teacher wanted the students to expand upon that theme with a new application of the material. Next thing I know, the media specialist is calling book stores locally and finding out how many copies of these survival books she can get that day! There were hundreds of books everywhere and she was going for more! I felt how lucky these students are to have such great resources at their fingertips!

What a great media specialist so determined to get the right books for the students she will do a book talk with! I thought it would be great if she dressed in survival gear! I guess I will find out how it went tomorrow.