[LM_NET] HIT: Lighthouse theme

[Janice Askew <jma0525@EARTHLINK.NET>]

Wow, Friends!  We have some great minds in our collective listserve!

I asked for suggestions to use  lighthouses in the media center this  
year and incorporate a theme linking a lighthouse with reading.

You all sent some wonderful suggestions.  I will present your  
suggestions to my Media Advisory Committee and have them vote.

Thank you for the excellent suggestions:

Books:

Little Gray Lighthouse and Great Gray Bridge by Swift

Lighthouse Cat by Stainton

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge_ by Hildegard  
Swift and pictures by Lynd Ward. No, it's not set in NC, but it's a  
great way for kids to empathize with a lighthouse and then for them  
to learn about how the book ensured the survival of the lighthouse in  
real life (it's the Jeffreys Hook Lighthouse in NY)--visit this  
website for info:



http://www.hudsonlights.com/littlered.htm



Another book is _Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie_ by Peter and Connie  
Roop. There's also the Lighthouse Family books by Cynthia Rylant, the  
Boxcar Children book #8 (The Lighthouse Mystery) by Gertrude Chandler  
Warner, etc. etc

Captions:

"Your Library: Lighting the Way to.....(you can add something here  
like "great books" or "good grades" or whatever works for the monthly  
theme....)



Or even:  "Lighting Your Way @ The Library"  (this uses the @Your  
Library theme from ALA)



"Spotlight to Great Books"

"Shining Through the School Year"

"Guiding Your Path to Great Books"

"Guiding Your Path to Better Grades"


"Reading...A Beacon in the Dark"

perhaps you can use the word "guiding" in your theme... it brings  
lighthouses to mind.


Keep the reading light shining.

Let a book be your beacon into imagination.


"Shine your light on great books!"

"Shine your light on a good book!"

"Shine your light on good reading!",

"Let your light shine brighter - read a good book!"



"Reading Lights up your World."



  I've also used "Beacons of Light" and put up students's good work  
but you could put up jackets of good books or pictures of students  
reading.


Reading will brighten up your life.

Empower the light in your mind...read.

Reading...the beacon of your life.

Increase your voltage...read.


"In a storm of information, your librarian will guide you safely  
ashore."



What about the quote from Despereaux  "Stories are light, and in a  
dark world, light is precious."  [a very rough paraphrase because I  
don't have my book with me]



Let books be your beacon.

Books/reading light up our life/minds..

Put a genre display next to a lighthouse with a sign "Warning,  
hazardous reading ahead."  "spotlight on genre, theme, new books etc"

Libraries light up your reading life.

Books help you shine.

The library, your beacon to adventure

Let your library (or librarian) guide you to a safe landing with a  
good book.

Reading:  A beacon for learning.

  Light up your world:  read!

  Follow the light:  read!



"Let great books be your guide"



In 2004 our Keystone State Reading Association annual conference used  
a lighthouse theme with "literacy - a beacon of knowledge" as the  
catch phrase.  Maybe you could use a variation ...

Library - a beacon of information

Lighting the path to adventure

Books: the original light in the dark

Light up your mind with a good book



Books Light Your Way to Knowledge



Light a path to knowledge

Books are a beacon for learning



Books (or reading)  light your way



"Light up your world....READ!"  is my theme for this school year,  
using lighthouses from around the world. Each classroom will receive  
a poster with that saying on the left side and our island lighthouse 
(Barnegat Light, NJ) on the right with READ across the bottom.

This is for 4th thru 6th grades.



Janice Askew
Media Coordinator
T. S. Cooper Elementary School
237 NC 32 South
Sunbury, NC  27979
jma0525@earthlink.net




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