This document summarizes a presentation about books and reading. It discusses how reading is an interactive process between the author, text, and reader. It provides examples of positive and negative feedback on books from parents and reviews. It also summarizes the novel "Here Lies the Librarian" and discusses how the main character Irene Ridpath impacted the community and a boy named Pewee through promoting reading.

1. Let’sTalkAboutBooks!
AndReading.
The Green Spine Book Fair
The Learning Commons, DLSU Taft
January 19, 2016
Zarah C. Gagatiga
Teacher Librarian, The Beacon Academy
Representative for Librarians, Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY)
http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com
@thecoffeegoddes / zarah815

2. Poetry:BookTalkbyZarahGagatiga
You can just imagine
How lonely I’ve become
The day you received
Your brand new Playstation
You played with it
Almost every hour
You left me in a shelf
Alone, cold and far
I miss your eyes
That read, skimmed and scanned
I miss your mind
That knows and understands
I miss your hands, your arms
And the warmth it gave
When you cuddled me close
In a comforting embrace

3. BookTalkByZarahGagatiga
It is clear to me that you’ve
finally found
A hi-tech friend, digitally
enhanced
I look at you and I wonder
Will you ever read me again from
cover to cover
A Young Reader On Books and Reading

4. ReadingisAnInteractiveProcess
Feedback from a parent
From Smart Parenting:
This well-illustrated book features a simple
story about a boy who envies the toys and cool
gadgets his classmate brags about, which are
gifts from his classmate’s father. He wonders
what gifts his own father has for him, and
eventually realizes how precious they actually
are — the gifts of time, laughter, and presence.
Book Review: Books to Read for
Father and Son Bonding

5. ReadingIsAnInteractiveProcess
Not all feedback are positive.
Sa lahat ng oras ay pinapaalalahanan niya ako:
"Huwag magkulang sa pagkalalaki!
Ipaglaban ang iyong sarili
Kapag pinepeste ka ng sanggano sa eskwelahan!"
“The translation is obviously not
child-appropriate and well, gender-
insensitive”.

6. ReadingisBuildingARelationship
Reading is a personal experience
between the author and the reader.
In between them is the text. In
meaningful engagements with the
text the reader is moved and
reaches out to another to share
this experience of making meaning
or finding one.
Reading becomes a discourse.
Reading becomes a social “event”.
TEXT
READER AUTHOR
Thing 10: Social Reading - When reading
becomes is social event, there is an app for that!

7. BeAReadingChampion!
Here Lies the Librarian by Richard
Peck
a. What is your initial reaction to
or thoughts on the book's title?
b. What is your take on the death
of the old librarian and the coming
in of younger, newly graduated LIS
professionals?
c. How were these young LIS
professionals presented and
described in the novel? What do you
think is the author's purpose for
describing them as such?

8. StartWithYourSelf:READ!READ!READ!
d. How did Irene Ridpath made an
impact in Pewee's life?
e. How were you affected and
effected by the book, in general
and by the characters (mention one
who you liked or otherwise)?
f. What are your take away or
insights after reading the book?

9. ChampionReading!

10. ReadingisLove.