I have HUNDREDS of books in my classroom. I have had very generous family members/colleagues donate books to my library (especially my mother), I have purchased many on sale at bookstores and yard sales through the years and earned free books from Scholastic Book Club orders. I also have many of my own books from my childhood. A large classroom library is a wonderful resource, but it can be very difficult to manage and organize. After 11 years of teaching, I am still trying to organize the "beast" of my classroom library. I recently purchased some new shelving and plan to overhaul my current system this week. I bought frames to place on top of the various shelves I bought, so I made some unique signs for each bookcase. These signs are mainly for my chapter books/novels only. I have to work on a completely different system for my picture books. :-)
I worked hard on these signs and thought I would share them with others who might like to use them in some capacity in their own classroom. I will frame these, but they could be used as hanging signs, labels, etc. Enjoy!
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Book Frame Labels