Abc's of book care

ABC's of Book Care
Let's take a trip through the ABC's.
As your library book tells you how to take care of it.....

A A is for ... Always Always take care of me and I will be your friend .

B B is for…. Babies Babies don't know how to take care of me. Keep them away from me if you please!

C C is for…. Carry Carry me home and back to school in something safe .

D D is for…. Dogs Dogs really like me .. for chewing on! Keep them away!

E E is for…. Easy Its easy to see that everyone can enjoy books if they just take care of them.

F F is for ...Fingerprints They sure can mess me up. So wash your hands before reading whenever you can!

G G is for….Glue Glue, paste, and tape just don't mix well with books

H H is for…. Hold Holding me carefully under one arm is a really good idea

I I is for…. Impossible It's impossible for you to not like me when I am so nice and clean and colorful.

J J is for…. Juice Juice is good for you but not for me!

K K is for…. Keep Keep me in a safe place so you can find me when you need me.

L L is for…. Babies Please don't lay me face down. Don't you know that will break my spine?

M M is for ...Marking Marking on my pages makes me ugly!

N N is for…. Never Never tear pages out of a book

O O is for ...Open Open me carefully and treat me with care!

P P is for…. Pencils Please don’t use pencils to mark your place in a book – that is what bookmarks are for

Q Q is for ...Quick! Quick! Catch me before I fall! I'm quite sure I don't want a broken spine .

R R is for ...Remember Remember to return your books on time!

S S is for…. Scribbling Scribbling on my pages makes me so, so sad!

T T is for ...Tell Tell your librarian if you find a problem with a book that you have borrowed so she can fix it.

U U is for…. Use Please use a bookmark to save your place

V V is for…. View View me carefully by turning my pages at the corners

W W is for…. Water Water and wet weather can ruin our books. Protect them from the rain.

X X is for…. X (and not in the right spot) X marks the spot where someone did not take very good care of me. See how I am falling down on the shelf

Y Y is for…. You! You can be my friend IF you take good care of me

Z Z is for…. Zoom Zoom over to your library today and see how much fun books can be!

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