We did "Blind Date with a book". We wrapped the books in brown paper bags and wrote the barcode and some key terms on the front of the book.
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Each student that borrowed a "Blind Date" book also got a little love heart chocolate. We had over 80 borrowings, although we haven't measured if they actually read the book in full!
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An affirming exercise was the "Library Lovehearts". Throughout the day the students could write us a love heart. These hearts were then turned into a wall display.
For the staff room we also did a Word Search, some quote cards and a Clickview bookmark.
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The day seemed to be successful with lots of students picking up books to read and weeks afterwards students were still reading their Blind Date books during Wider Reading.
