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Eva Galloway Eva Galloway, School Library Media Specialist The Care of Books Love your books, but dont feed them! Love your books, but dont give them a bath! Books feed your mind, but they are not good pet food. Babies always think they can make books look prettier! put your book in a safe place? away from babies and pets . Separate books and supplies Lunch bags are for food drink. Turn pages carefully from the top right corner, not the bottom. As you read… Protect the spine of the book by always using a bookmark. Pencils are not bookmarks.? Anything too thick will break the books spine. Report damaged books. The librarian is your local book doctor. Read your books! Have someone read them to you. Return your book on time so others may enjoy it. Mind Your Library Manners Excerpt from The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy Treat a book like you treat a friend —you don’t wipe your nose on your friend. Remember to check hurt books into our Book Hospital Return books when due, so others can enjoy. (This is a library, not a bookstore!) If you need help, ask! (That’s why I get paid the big bucks.) Quiet, please. (Whisper in the library; yell on the playground.) Happy Reading, Pumpkins! * After you read, . We WILL spill when you least expect it. Give US our own personal space. Give us our own personal space. NO SUPPLIES ALLOWED! We ride in your back pack. We ride in your lunch bag. Food drink won’t give me a bellyache! I love books. Food drink give me a bellyache. Aw, I forgot my books at home. Now I have to wait until next week to check out new books. You know that football book everybody likes… I think I lost it. Man… you got to find it… everybody wants to check that out. * * *