November
Share video of the 6 selected books with your students so that they may select the book they’d like to receive in May.
December
Email completed book order forms to Wyoming Reads at wyomingreads307@gmail.com no later than Friday, December 17, 2021. |
February
- Identify Celebrity Readers; How many will be needed?
- Arrange equipment to show “The Good Queen Sue” video
- Library Cards – Print all materials and assemble packets going to each 1st grade teacher with card applications, letters, etc. For planning purposes, it takes about 8 Boy Scouts working together for 4 hours to assemble 850 packets.
- Check the website for newsletters and other advice
March
- Develop other items to put in book bags (e.g., local tickets, gift certificates, summer reading program information)
- Check the website for newsletters and other advice
- Develop draft press releases (see samples) to send to media agencies in your county
- Library Cards – Distribute packets to teachers; teachers send application envelopes home with students; envelopes are returned to the teacher who then forwards to the public librarian. See: Library Card Sample Milestones for more details
April
- Send invitations/reminders to celebrity readers
- Identify group guides (typically 3 groups, with 2 guides per group)
- Library Cards – Librarians prepare library cards and place in packets that will be added to book bags on “stuffing day”
- Late April – “Bag Stuffing Day” – bookplates are added to books and all materials placed in bags; bags have student’s name, teacher and school on a label; completed bags for each classroom are kept together in a box
- Double-check arrangements for buses, street closures (as appropriate)
May
The 2022 Wyoming Reads Celebration will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 |
- Release press releases 1-2 weeks in advance
- Double-check all aspects of the event; make last-minute corrections/changes
- On the big day
- Set up session areas (video, lunch, reading areas, for example)
- Organize balloons, greeters, orientation for guests (if applicable)
- Double-check everything: Have books arrived? Have lunches arrived?
- Students write “thank you” notes (as appropriate)
Late May-June
- Send “thank you” notes to all participants and supporters
- Please send copies of local news articles and photos to John Jorgensen
- Develop “lessons learned” and forward copies to John