Bookcase Credibility
A Love Letter to Kenwood English Teachers and Their Books
Thanks for reminding us to ground ourselves in what we love: stories, people, and books.
Mrs. Barr
Who is crushing the sci-fi classics? This dog lover right here. Her bookshelf is small, but mighty, like Sarah Vowell (see her tucked in at the bottom there?). You can find this momma exploring the answer to life, the universe, and everything on this bookshelf.
Mrs. Cooper
I genuinely expected to get a view of Cooper’s book-hoarding room, but the pile in front of this shelf indicates piles elsewhere. Also, is that a shelf in front of a shelf? Does that mean there is secret book bounty to be found? Not so secretive is her writing. Check out that book promotion stance. Buy Birds Like Me, it says.
Mrs. Glenn
This is a bookshelf that speaks to humility, hilarity, grace, and the messy stuff of motherhood. It’s devoted in equal parts to herself and to her children, unless those are her Wimpy Kid Diaries. Teacher-authors encourage kid-readers. Look at those loved spines! And the piles on top show this shelf to be a high traffic area.
Mrs. Eichelberger
Another dedicated literature enthusiast sharing bookshelf space with her children! A good mix of classics and new literature, this is someone who values displaying literary diversity. And check out the greenery! This eco-shelf knows how to bring in the outdoors.
Mrs. Levy
This little house-shelf is built out of book love. Mommy-readers make future-leaders. And taco eaters, like that dragon.
Dr. Lobo
This shelf is clearly much larger than it appears. The books wedged in all places show the need to keep everything, but for what? For reference? For love? For obsession? And what might be in the expanse beyond the selfie borders? A mystery that might never be answered.
Ms. Marshall
When you’re in lockdown with a little one, who needs shelves? Piles are much more accessible from that tiny height, and you spend most of your time down there anyway. Is Simba about to reclaim Pride Rock? Or is this your own mountain to be reclaimed, Book Rock!
Mrs. Scott-Cerezo
Such austere and contrasting bookshelves. They speak of both power and humor. Of knowledge collected and stored, contained in bound volumes. The other shelf, a study in our humanity. I hope you’re updating that dictionary!
Ms. Single
A shelf of accolades and personal progress, because this is a person who knows practice makes practice. From conditioning to sanitizing to social issues (all represented in the display book of choice), this shelf understands what we need in this time and place.
Ms. Taylor
The lighted smile of this tall bookshelf is as bright as its owner. Even the featured John Snow (top shelf!) would have to lighten up a little bit. Looks like second from the top is strictly drama, and I wonder what plays this theater bug values most? John Snow might know nothing, but we know this shelf contains the heart of performance.
Ms. Thompson
What’s an American Tragedy? Not this bookshelf. Compact, but packs a wallop with a little sprinkling of everything. Thumbs up to this moving Bluebird!
Mrs. VanMeter
These shelves are wide and infinite, not bound by the spatial constraints of traditional cases. The reader herself is not bound by genre, tastes infinite and guided by the willingness to read what is good. Still, there is something so organized about the collection. It’s cleanly tended by loving hands.
Ms. Walker
Who needs a bookshelf when you are holding your three most powerful words on one cover? This learner is ready to read!
Mrs. Williams
This bookshelf is made for fiction! Asymmetric, genre-fied, piled, and loved. This is a shelf made for quick locating and regular use. Some spines aren’t even facing out because this book-lovers knows their place.
Ms. Jannotti
The seat might be big enough for two to squish in, but the shelving is this reader’s alone. Sloppy, genre-fied, and consistently picked over and added to. This reader is diving back into the graphic novels that seem timely while the little reader is finding new favorites in the big books.
Ms. Blackert
All reading time is outside time in this weird time, and outside book shelving can be an issue. Piles of the books you return to can be exactly what we need. Isn’t it funny how Rowling sneaks her way into all dark places, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Mr. Powell
Our fearless leader, pointing at a fearless shelf. Contained therein are the multitudes that call to preschool girls: Pink, Pop-Ups, Paw Patrol. And Frog and Toad? Is this shelf his or his lovely daughters’?
Mrs. Burke
Sometimes, instead of a shelf, the books grow legs and take over the couch where they are read and loved as they should be. This reader knows what she wants and is leaning in to read about it.
Ms. Muse
This shelf is full of humor, love, and mystery, like its owner. It shows a reader immersed in her subject, but with a bonus passion for puzzles.
Ms. Magnuson
Flowers? Check. Travel? Check. Seuss? Check. This shelf has got it covered, as any librarian’s shelf should. It’s not overloaded with showy classics, and is filled with books of necessity and personal meaning. Is that two Grinches? Not on this shelf of love and laughter.