Library
Librarian: Ginny Allemann

Mission
The goal of the Thornton Creek Library and Information Literacy Skills program is to ensure that our students are:

• effective users of information and ideas
• critical evaluators of information
• avid, proficient readers
• lifelong learners
• self-reliant learners
• informed, responsible world citizen

Fairy Tales Book Fair, November 20-23

Join the fun, bring the kids, meet other families in our community, and help the Mary Cooper Library with every purchase.  
 
The fair is happening Friday through Monday, November 20-23, at the University Bookstore in Seattle. Drop by to enjoy the fair and get a head start on your holiday shopping - and be sure to mention Thornton Creek when you make a purchase so that a whopping 25 percent of each purchase will go to our library. If you plan to do your shopping online, you can still use our code (TCS) so that your purchases will benefit our library. Gift wrapping and shipping are free.

Full Schedule  |   Book Fair Flyer

Review a book for the Thornton Creek Book Fair! Win a $25 gift certificate!

Book Review Form

Birthday Books
by Tara T.

Did you know you can donate a book to the library for your birthday?
You can buy that book at any bookstore.
To get your book purchase in the library, Ginny will need to put a barcode on it so it can be catalogued. It will be stamped with our library stamp, and  then a spine label will be added. Inside the book, Ginny will put a book plate, a sticker that says “This is a Birthday Book” and also has the person’s name on it.
There have been about 10-15 donations so far this year.

Library Home
-Thornton Creek CATALOG
-Library Schedule
-Expeditions

WISH LIST
-a link to Amazon.com for donating selected books

Search Engines



KidsClick - Web guide/search tool developed for kids by librarians


Google - An Internet search engine




Yahooligans - A search engine for kids

Library Checkout FAQ

Q: How long are books checked out for?
A: Two weeks.

Q: Can books be renewed?
A: Yes. This can be done easily with the book in hand or not.

Q: My child really wants to check out a book, but it seems to be checked out continuously. What can we do?
A: Put it on hold! As long as your child does not have any overdue books, he or she can put a book on hold so that when it comes back in, the computer will alert us to set it aside for him/her. See Ginny for help.

Q: We think we returned a school library book to the public library.
What should we do?
A: Go back to the branch you returned it to and see if they still have it. Periodically, all non-SPL books go downtown to be sorted and returned to the school library. If they have already sent it downtown, just wait and we'll get it back in a month or so.

Q: Are there fines for late books?
A: No.

Q: Where are some places that kids have found overdue books?
A: In the classroom, under the bed, behind the dresser, under other books or stacks of paper at home, in the locker at school, in the car, at the other parent's home, etc. When your child brings an overdue list home, please help them look in all the nooks and crannies!

Q: Are there fines for lost or damaged books?
A: We ask that families replace (with like binding-hardcover for hardcover, paper for paper) OR pay to replace books that are lost or damaged irreparably. Most of our books have a cost of purchase associated with the record. Remember that the cost of the book includes covering, processing, cataloging, etc.

Q: I am a parent and would like to be able to check out books for myself. What should I do?
A: See Ginny. I can make your own library barcode card for you. It's easy!

References

Subject Directries

Multnomah County Library Homework Center

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Homework Resources

Internet Public Library Kidspace

Ready References

Internet Public Library Almanacs

Holt, Reinhart and Winston - Atlas

Other Useful Links

Need a Good Book?
Click here

Seattle School District - Online Resources for Students

Seattle Public Library

The Big 6

Math Manipulatives Activities