What is the Birthday Book Club?

What is the Friendship Birthday Book Club?

This is a program which allows parents to donate a 
book to the school library in honor of their child's birthday.  Birthdays are 
celebrated each month on one day, usually at the end of the month.  
Children chose the book they would like donated in their name and 
bring it home for parent approval.  Once the book is returned to the 
library with parent approval, the book is processed and a special book 
plate acknowledging the child's birth date is placed inside the book.  
The book is then available to the child to be the first to check it out!
For more information, please contact the media center.

How can I sign up my child for the Friendship Birthday Book Club?

Sign-up sheets are located in the media center.  
Simply fill out the sign-up sheet, place it in an envelope with a check for 
$15.00 for each child and send the envelope to the library.  
Please mark the outside "Birthday Book Club."  We will send an 
acknowledgement and your child will be notified during the month of his 
or her birthday as to when the celebration will be held.

When will my child celebrate his or her birthday?

Celebrations take place once a month, usually toward the end of the 
month.  Celebrations are held on Mondays.  Students come to the library 
for a snack (usually munchkins) and juice as soon as they get off the 
bus and check in at their classrooms.  They browse the collection of 
books specifically purchased as birthday club books and select the 
book they have chosen as their book.

Can I celebrate other events?

Certainly!  Any event can be celebrated with a special book.  Just send in 
the information with the Birthday Book Club sign-up sheet.

I'd like to honor my child's teacher.  Can I do that through the Birthday Book Club?

Of course!  Again, send in the information about the teacher and what 
you'd like included in the book.  If you would like to choose the book 
yourself, please let me know in advance and I will suggest a time we 
can get together to make that choice.

How do you chose the books for the club?

I try to include a variety of genre.  All books are hard cover, new 
books.  Often, I will chose books which have just been published, 
award-winning books such as the Newbery or Caldecott Award, books tied to the 
curriculum, and books which I believe are of interest to children.

Can I make recommendations for books?

I will always accept suggestions!  Sometimes parents come across 
books which I have not seen and often I will incorporate those books 
into the collection.

Information was taken from the SHS Library Media Center,