Kids that participate in the birthday book program come into the library during the month of his/her birthday and select from an array of new books. The child's name is put on a bookplate in the front of the book and entered into our online catalog. A picture of the child holding his/her selection is also put on the library wall.
We encourage parents that want their child to participate in the program to fill out the form and make the donation at the beginning of the year so we can budget for the birthday books. We keep track of the childrens' birthday months and make sure they come up to the library to make their selection at a time close to their actual birthdays.
The birthday book program is supported and run by our fabulous PTO!
The birthday book form (pdf) can be found in the Digital Backpack on the Mann website in the PTO section: http://www.op97.org/mann/digitalbackpack/