[CASL-L] Elem: Reader's Advisory Services

[Melissa Thom]

This is awesome Jane!!!  And I def want to give a shout out to Nigel from
BookDepot because he is so accessible and helpful:)

I attached some info about a couple of incentives/programs he has put
together.

Melissa


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On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 12:33 PM Jane Martellino <janemartellino at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Early on, I offered to parents the opportunity to get a personalized list
> for their child for summer reading. The list could be made up of ebooks
> available through school or public library or print or a combo.
> Interestingly, they have all wanted print books which they would purchase.
>  There's a need to support local independent stores which I do frequently
> and have made lists that send the families directly to the store for the
> order.  But the reality is that times are tough and many families have
> experienced financial difficulties BUT still want to purchase books AND
> need low prices.  So, here is one way....
>
> I like to use Pictochart to make a flyer and I hand pick books from a discount
> vendor <https://bookoutlet.com/> and then link each book right to the
> site.  As a school we were able to pick a book for a *One School One Book
> *program from this website <https://www.bookdepot.com/>. Melissa Thom
> recently shared how she is also pleased with these two companies and uses
> them for her book giveaways.  Nigel is fabulous to work with so reach out
> to him at nigel.corish at bookdepot.com  We created our *Battle of the Books*
> list for upcoming 5th graders from the inventory on their site since they
> had so many great titles to choose from and parents could purchase the
> whole set for such a cheap price.
>
> Just another way for us to share our expertise and support families.
> Jane
>
>
>
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