Kids X-Cel Book Fair

I am in full swing of a book fair at Kids X-Cel Center.  It is going very well.  The school will be receiving lots of great books for their class rooms.

 

 

I have really enjoyed getting to know my new "little friends".  :)  Some of them know me as Michele and some know me as "the crazy book lady".

BHH (Book Hauling Husband) John has watched the book fair for me an hour each day.  He was telling me how he overheard one of the kids talking about the "Crazy Book Lady" to their mom. Apparently the mom scolded the child and said that wasn't nice to call me crazy.  No really! I am the Crazy Book Lady and I wear my name with pride!!


It is a beautiful center and the kids are so darn cute!  Tonight is their open house and I will be there from 3-7:30.  Come see me and check out this amazing center!!

 

My Display!!

One of the teacher's Wish Lists.

The wish lists work great for the schools!  The teachers pick out books that they want from the catalogs and get them back to me before hand.  I make each of the teachers a Tag Board with all the books written on post-its.  Then the parents can simply pull the title they want to purchase off the list.  It works great! 

Daycare Love!

I am interested in helping out the local day cares in New Ulm with some Story Time.  My kids went to daycare from the time they were 6-7 weeks old until they went to school and I know how crazy the day can be at day care.  I have had an amazing time reading at St. Paul's School and Madelia Elementary.  It finally dawned on me... Why stop there!?! 

I enjoy myself as much as the kids do. Watching them get excited about the story.  Totally worth it!!

Yesterday I went and visited a day care in New Ulm.  Maggie was one of the first in-home day cares I thought of when I started thinking about this project.  She has been doing day care a long time and has an amazing set up in her house just for her day care kids.  I know she loves Usborne books and has two great kids who love them too!!  I ran into Maggie at an event for the Just For Kix Dance Program that her daughter and Amanda are both in. I mentioned my interest in coming to read at her day care and she immediately said yes.

 Yesterday I read 3 books to the kids:

 

Gobble, Gobble Moo Tractor Book by Jez Alborough

Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster by Michelle Nelson-Schmidt

Whatif Monster Plush came along too!!

A Little Vikes Football Story

 The kids had a great time and were great listeners!!  Oh the fun we had!!

When I was done I left Maggie with a copy of our New January Catalog so she can browse all the new titles.  I also left her with mini-catalogs for the parents and our Home and School Flyers.  Maggie will be earning free books based on all the parents orders.  Everybody loves FREE Books!!

Are you interested in having me read at your daycare?!  I'd love to come over and visit.  I am working hard to keep my visit limited to 30 minutes and am flexible when I can come.  I will work around your schedule.  Give me a shout and let me know!!