Join me as I delve into the divisive issue of classroom libraries and our role in supporting them as school librarians.  Challenge the recommendations for teachers in creating a library of their own.  Recognize the struggle for school funding and how librarians and teachers can team up to support our shared goal of growing readers.  Colby Sharp’s classroom tour NTCE’s Statement on classroom libraries Scholastic’s The 11 Essentials for an Effective classroom library Love them or hate them Pernille Ripps’ Questions to Assess our Classroom Library Before Back-to-School Jim Bailey’s A classroom library: If you build it, they will read