"Here was one place where I could find out who I was and what I was going to become. And that was the Public Library."
-Jerzy Kosinski
Welcome to the Teachers' Place!
Programs for Every Grade


See what the CRRL can do for you and your students at all grade levels! Contact your local branch for details.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Kindergarten library card campaign - Library cards for all! Encourage reading & foster the beginnings of lifelong library use.

First grade library tours - arrange an educational, fun field trip to your local branch library.

Second grade storytelling that supports the social studies SOLs - kids hear traditional Chinese and Native American stories.

Grades 3-5 - booktalks - get your students excited about reading for fun as CRRL librarians present lively introductions to the best books for each grade.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Sixth grade - research skills - librarians teach how to use free library databases to retrieve trusted content for research papers.

Grades 7 & 8 - Café Book - kids have fun and learn literature evaluation skills as they read and discuss the best current books for teens.

HIGH SCHOOL

Grades 9-11 - research skills - librarians teach how to use free library databases to retrieve trusted content for research papers.

Seniors - lifelong learning - Students learn how the library prepares them for jobs, college, marriage and the Real World.

Your Tool Box
  1. Get a Library Card

  2. Programs for Every Grade

  3. Classroom Carryout Service

  4. Assignment Alert!

  5. Online Databases

  6. Ask a CRRL Librarian

  7. Homework Help for Kids

  8. Live Homework Help


Just For Your Grade
Gus and Grandpa
by Claudia Mills

Gus is almost seven, and Grandpa is almost seventy, but they have a great time together. Part of a series.


Suggested for ages 7 - 9


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