St. Benedict Preparatory School Library

Happy Saturday, everybody! It's Mrs. Susina. Before deleting this SBPS Library page (as there is a new one that Mrs. Wiederkehr is moderating - see previous post), I wanted to let you know where I ended up.

After a relaxing (but also anxious) summer, I was offered the job of Information and Digital Services librarian in the children’s department at Franklin Park Public Library. I started there this past Monday. I had a very good feeling when I interviewed there and the children’s area felt very comfortable. In the 5 days that I have been there, I feel like I have known my co-workers for much longer. I am very lucky that I found such a wonderful group of people to work with. I am also thrilled that they use the Dewey Decimal system! There will be lots of new challenges ahead and I am looking forward to learning what it is like to be a public librarian.

I miss you all very much, but I know that the experiences I had with your children in the last 5 years will be with me and I know it helped to prepare me for my new role. I do still plan on visiting St. Ben’s, as I do have vacation pictures of Ivan the gorilla to share (the book character that students voted for me to take with over summer vacation) and I will be sure to visit the book fair in December. If you ever find yourself in the Franklin Park area, be sure to stop by and see me :) I hope you all had a great start to the school year and I wish everyone well in the months ahead!

Here's to hoping that you all had a wonderful and safe holiday weekend. Ivan got to spend a bit of time enjoying food, family, and fun!

Ivan and Mrs. Susina were invited to see a preview of the upcoming show, Disney's Aladdin, at the Cadillac Palace yesterday! This was great start to the summer - and Ivan seemed to enjoy the few songs that were sung to get the audience excited about the production, which will be here beginning in April 2017.

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has released their reading lists for this summer. They cover birth through 8th grade. Be sure to check them out for ideas of what to read with your kids this summer!

ALSC Summer Reading Lists 2016 Titles on the 2016 Summer Reading List was compiled and annotated by members of ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee