For Top-Notch School Libraries — The Best & Rarest Books
Dear Values-Driven School Leaders, We honor you for pursuing unrivaled resources of rare, top-notch youth literature for your school. We can help you unearth the best of these now-scarce gems for your students and teachers. Because you...
However, there is currently a unique challenge…
…You are trying to truly teach…truth & virtue, depth & breadth.
…You rightly see students as more than only impersonal data holders.
…You also respect the heart of the learner: the epicenter of stirring ideals and the seat of personal greatness.
…You know that wisdom, ideals, high culture, and character are crucial to your students' personal success and national health.
Therefore, the highest quality resources should be in their hands…and hearts.
(Our services are explained here, or you may quickly scroll to Services/Fees chart below.)
Due to dramatic cultural changes, however, it's now essential for classical/values-driven school leaders to proactively seek the best literature for school libraries, since most books published today arise from a very different worldview. They differingly see the nature and content of education, and, importantly, the seat of learning in a child.
Thus, it takes special effort to locate the high-impact "living books" of yesteryear. These have heart-stirring quality in both writing and art--even in richly academic topics--because they see the student first as a heart to be inspired, and secondly as a mind to be informed. "Living books" spark character, teachability, patriotism, and respect for classic truths. They also achieve high levels of learning....and generate a life-long love of reading!
These older books are now seldom found in publishers' catalogs. Instead, they were mostly produced in the “Golden Age of Children’s Literature” (1930s-60s). Like classical gems, these "living books" grow better with age, still delectably drawing youths into topics of sweeping breadth and depth through gorgeous writing and art. Such literary treasures embody your ideals!
1) LET’S GET YOU STARTED! Build-a-Library
No matter that "living books" are hard to discover and obtain! You needn’t research or hunt. Put my 26+ years of pioneering library work (and education/history authorship) to work for you.
Let’s incrementally build a library for your school to bless your students and teachers, and distinguish your school in the community.
Because classic education is synonymous with outstanding literature–it's an essential pillar—I can best build your library while frugally targeting the budget, due to my long-developed expertise and network of obscure sources.
Sparing you specialized staffing needs, we can also send the rare books to you already labeled, barcoded, and databased, if you wish, ready for your students to relish and your teachers to harness!
2) Borrow-a-Librarian (Specialty Resource Recommendation Service)
Teachers diligently labor to provide crucial, broad, and foundational curriculum to entire classes.
But, teachers also harness librarians to cultivate each student’s unique giftings. (Personal development + Solid curriculum = Masterful education.)
So, mobilize my special expertise: instantly naming “just right” books to foster and inspire. “Just right” books also engender a love of reading. It has been my great joy to witness this dynamic, ceaselessly!
Even teachers require “just right” books to complement their plans or overcome a student's challenges or character needs. I can provide impactuful titles on any subject.
Be it courage, medieval locks, or naval architecture in colonial America, there is a retro living book for that…by a passionate author, respectfully published with creamy paper, generous space, and tender illustrations!
Naturally, if you want us to acquire/prepare any of the specially recommended books, just let us know.
Harness Our "Living Books" Web Platform for Your Library Database/Services
Why Our Services?
Most library software is based on ISBNs, but most "living books" were published prior to ISBNs. Voila! Instead, you can use our vast, hand-made, "living books" database (on 25,000+ retro book gems) which features values-driven descriptions & yummy book-cover art to encourage reading.
How? You can notate your books right inside our online library/database site (or we can do it for you)...and have full lending functionality too! Your school's library will be a unique "branch," with special features for schools/teachers, and web access anywhere. Side benefit: your webpages will be updated each time we add/enhance book info...which is daily! You're up and running quickly and aptly.
Please let us know how you wish to proceed (see chart below). We will delightedly serve your students. Thank you!
Contact: Michelle Howard/Living Books Lady | 526 W. 14th St, Suite 161, Traverse City, MI 49684
LivingBooksLady@speedconnect.com | www.LivingBooksLady.com | 231-649-0397
(It has taken Michelle over 30,000 hours to create database; she augments constantly. Also contains top-notch themed reading lists on topics in many subjects.)
Michelle Howard
University of Alabama, Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude
Michelle is a veteran educational author, columnist, speaker, consultant, and pioneering librarian (Children's Preservation Library & Living Learning Libraries) who founded/operates the first-known “living-books” library (in Michigan), and the largest-known “living books” library (in Florida). She also wrote an 11-part award-winning curriculum (TruthQuest History) which leads students (Gr. 1-12) through a deep probing of worldview in American, Ancient, and European history, while also immersing them in all spheres of the culture for cause-and-effect. TruthQuest History incorporates her vast living-books knowledge through specific book recommendations on each particular topic. Michelle spent many years educating all four of her children: three adult sons (a Hillsdale College graduate & honor student, and a Houghton College graduate), and one adult daughter. She now has seven grandsons! (A full curriculum vitae is on About page.)
Proven Expertise No need to “reinvent the wheel,” or hire someone in each school to learn what we’ve already built.
Shared Mission We’ve been investing in values-driven education for over 26 years.
Economic Efficiency We can maximize your budget, by sparing you from procuring inferior resources.
