<div dir="ltr">my library counts minutes and our thought is minutes because every child reads at a different rate.  Books, Comic books, magazine, audiobooks and reading aloud to another all count towards their goal.  We let the parent and child determine what is a fair goal.  And their choices have always been fair. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Allison Boyer<br>-----------------------------------<br>Youth Services Librarian<br>Loutit District Library<br>Grand Haven, MI 49417<br>616-842-5560 ext. 216</div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10px"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/1927302?utm_medium=reading_link&utm_source=email_signature" style="color:rgb(24,24,24);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Currently Reading</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10px"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/1927302?utm_medium=cover&utm_source=email_signature" target="_blank"><img width="50" alt="Book Cover" src="https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_cover/1927302" style="margin:10px 0px 5px"></a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:10px;margin-top:5px"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/?utm_medium=gr_logo&utm_source=email_signature" style="border:0px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img width="16" height="16" alt="Goodreads Logo" src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/icons/goodreads_icon_32x32-6c9373254f526f7fdf2980162991a2b3.png" style="vertical-align:middle;margin-right:2px"> </a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_instructions?utm_medium=gyo_link&utm_source=email_signature" style="color:rgb(170,170,170);text-decoration:none;vertical-align:middle" target="_blank">Get your own email signature</a></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Susan James <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sjames@uproc.lib.mi.us" target="_blank">sjames@uproc.lib.mi.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-2762739392629573190WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hello,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Our Children’s Librarian counts each chapter of a book as a “book” read. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Susan James<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Library Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Bayliss Public Library<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@<wbr>mcls.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kristin Hammond<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 07, 2017 1:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">Michlib-l@mcls.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Summer Reading Question<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hello Everyone,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">  I'm just starting out as a Youth Librarian and taking over working on a summer program that has already been somewhat laid out.  I am working on the summer reading guidelines for kids.  I am wondering what you do for the 3rd grade and up kids.   Do you count pages read or minutes read?  I'm debating between the two, but wanted to get other's opinions.  Do you allow audiobooks to count as reading time?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks so much,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Kristin Hammond<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Young People's Librarian<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Comstock Township Library <u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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