Dear Parents,
The New Berlin Elementary Birthday Book Club is a wonderful way to honor your child on his or her
birthday. This year our school is celebrating treat-free birthdays, so purchasing a Birthday Book is a
lasting alternative to celebrate your child’s special day. This is how you join the Birthday Book Club:
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Send cash or a check for $15.00 so your child can choose a book from the special “Birthday
Bookshelf” located in the library.
OR, purchase one of the books listed on the back of this page to donate to the library.
Complete the donation form below and send it with the money or book to the school office.
A book plate will be placed inside the book with your child’s name, the donor’s name, and the child’s
birthday. Also, your child will be the first student to check out the book from the library. At the end of
each month, a picture will be taken of that month’s Birthday Book Club honorees to be published in the
local papers. Your gift of a book will stay in the library to not only be enjoyed by your child, but by
many children for years to come. It will also become part of a growing collection at New Berlin
Elementary; to date, over 110 books have been added to the library thanks to gifts like yours!
Donating a book is also a great way to honor or remember someone on another special occasion. For
example, you may choose to honor a grandparent or a special teacher. Simply fill out the donation form
below, substituting the appropriate information.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns in regards to this information. Thank
you for considering a donation to our library’s Birthday Book Club. The great thing about donating a
book is that it is a gift that will be opened again and again.
Sincerely,
Kim Dykstra, District Librarian
488-6054 ext. 411, kdykstra@cusd16.k12.il.us
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DONATION FORM_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Please check one:
 I have enclosed cash or a check in the amount of $15.00 for my child to choose a book to donate.
Checks should be made payable to New Berlin Elementary School with “Birthday Book Club” in
the memo line.
 I have enclosed a book from the back of this page to donate to the library.
Child’s (or honoree’s) name_____________________________Teacher___________________________
(as you would like it to appear on the book plate)
Name of person making donation__________________________________________________
Date of birth or other occasion _ _/_ _/_ _ _ _
Donor’s Phone Number__________________
Please return this form along with the book or money to the New Berlin Elementary School office. Thank
you for celebrating your child’s birthday in this way and helping the library grow!
New Berlin Elementary
Birthday Book Club Wish List
When purchasing a book for the library, please look for a “hard cover” or a “library bound” book rather
than a paperback book. Thank you for your donation!
Author
Title
Type of book
Angelberger, Tom
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Fiction Book
Barrows, Annie
Ivy and Bean No News is Good News
Fiction Book
Carle, Eric
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Picture Book
Kline, Suzy
Horrible Harry and the June Box
Fiction Book
Litwin, Eric
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Picture Book
Numeroff, Laura Joffe
If You Give a Dog a Donut
Picture Book
Osborne, Mary Pope
Dogs in the Dead of Night
Fiction Book
Peck, Richard
Secrets at Sea
Fiction Book
Polacco, Patricia
Bun Bun Button
Picture Book
Sierra, Judy
ZooZical
Picture Book
Watt, Melanie
Scaredy Squirrel Has A Birthday Party
Picture Book
Willems, Mo
Happy Pig Day!
Picture Book
Wilson, Karma
Bear’s Loose Tooth
Picture Book