21 Thought Salute to Classroom Libraries

21 thought salute to reading, after finishing the remarkable March: Book One by Congressman John Lewis:

1. I had never known the history or the person in that book, but reading corrected that
2. everyday, reading reveals gaps in my education
3. everyday, reading plugs gaps in my education
4. graphic novels tell as powerful a story as any genre
5. sometimes I can't imagine a story told any other way except through the graphic novel
6. my students haven't been picking up graphic novels anymore than text-only novels
7. actually, I wish more students would try graphic novels
8. one way I can assist tis o provide the access and continue to build my classroom library
9. how would kids come to good books if we didn't provide the access
10. some schools don't have any libraries--the funding was cut
11. in most schools, classroom libraries are left to teachers to build--our family funding is cut
12. often, only English teachers build those libraries or create those book floods
13. I wish all classrooms provided access to good books
14. providing access often means spending our personal money
15. books often disappear from my classroom library
16. disappearing books are often the most-loved books
17. disappearing books might mean a kid loved it so much he/she couldn't let it go
18. disappearing books might mean they lost it, forgot about it, or loaned it to another
19. I've had several students who shared books they've loved with their parents to read
20. I will keep building my classroom library with good books 
21. all of the above will continue