ANN HARRIS

GRADUATION YEAR

1998

CURRENT POSITION

Librarian
Tom Green Elementary
Buda, Texas

CONTACT INFORMATION

307 Red Bird Lane
Austin, Tx 78745

harrisa@hayscisd.net

LIBRARY WEB PAGE

http://www.hayscisd.net/schools/tomgreen

(Click on Library and Cyber Library)

DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT YOUTH/CHILDREN'S SERVICES

"I believe there is a book that will make every student a reader. It shouldn't be about page numbers or overt curriculum tie-in."

Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Jingle Dancer and Rain Is Not My Indian Name in an interview. Teacher Librarian, October 2001.

This is pretty much my philosophy, too. So it's not just about protecting the district's and taxpayers' investment of books, but also about exploiting this opportunity, to hook the children really deeply! Then they can't live without books, information, and the excitement of ideas. Or maybe they can, but they won't be happy. Isn't that literacy, in the best sense?

PHOTO

Amada Irma Perez and our principal, Rebecca Garza

Mrs. Perez is the author of My Very Own Room/ Mi Propio Quartito, a bilingual book in Spanish and English. This book received the Tomas Rivera Award for exceptional literature for children. Mrs. Perez is a warm, exciting author who spent time talking to our children about the process of writing. She is a third grade teacher in Southern California.