At Elizabeth Ide, we have an orange tape section. That means the spine labels are made of orange tape. It is a section where we put our easy-to-read books. They have words which our beginning readers can recognize or figure out. There are very few words on the pages and there is lots of repetition. 
It is very satisfying at this time of year because more and more kindergarteners are looking for this type of book. First graders have been guided to them since the beginning of the year by the I.M.C. staff and by their wise teachers. Many of these books are of interest to second graders and they still read them. Unfortunately, some of them self-promote themselves away from this section of the library. Just because a book is easy does not mean it is bad to read it. We hope students will choose a variety of books, some comfortable and some challenging.
We also really hope that parents and older siblings will read to and with our students.
