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April 30, 2013 by Travis Jonker

#Holdshelf: April 2013

April 30, 2013 by Travis Jonker   Leave a Comment

If I run into you at the supermarket, I’ll probably take a look at what you have in your cart. I can’t help it – I’m just curious about the things people choose when the choice is completely theirs.

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Same goes for the library hold shelf. Kids can pick whatever books they want, and I’m curious about the choices they make. Every month I team up with John Schumacher at Watch. Connect. Read. for some hold shelf gawking. I went with a video this month for our shelf:

Here’s John’s hold shelf:

And now it’s your turn. Thank you to everyone who submitted their hold shelf.

via Mary

via Paige

via Tara

via @erinlibrary

via @superbooklady

via @sjaelibrary

Look for more #holdshelf next month.

(Top Image: ‘shopping cart’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/10800393@N06/2793291799 Found on flickrcc.net)

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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