The Circ Files - May 2007

In keeping with my recently stated pledge of posting the most circulated book in my library, I need to go back about fifteen days and tell you all about May.

May is a busy month. It’s the homestretch when it comes to circulating books in the library. June usually ends up being preempted by inventory, field trips, and closing procedures.

I made a small order to Follett’s in April and ordered a bunch of high interest picture books. When I book-talked them in early May the one that garnered the most attention was Pinkalicious by Elizabeth Kann.

Pinkalicious is about a girl who loves the color, well you probably guessed it by now, PINK!!! She’s obsessed with pink so much that one day she eats one too many pink cupcakes and they turn her body pink. The doctor prescribes a diet of all green’s to counteract her pink-ititis. Eventually she adheres to the all green diet and returns her body back to its normal state.

The First and Second Graders went crazy for Pinkalicious…. and you’d be surprised how many boys are into it too. Order it this summer for your library, it will be a hit when the 07/08 school year rolls around.