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Superhero Book Week: Using the PYP Learner Profile to Build a Reading Community

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Books can be your hero, and help you to become a hero!  Goals for a book week can vary on a school's needs and the whim of the librarian. It is that time of year when arguments in the playground and in the classroom were on the rise, just like the rising temperatures in Singapore. So for Book Week it was decided we would focus on the PYP learner profile. With three teacher librarians thinking, we named 5 different superheroes that were inspired by the Singapore ' graciousness ' characters that are found on public transport. A couple of hours in Adobe Illustrator and viola - our heroes!       Our book week engaged all members of our community; with the goal of all members share the belief that words have power. As teacher librarians, we read aloud a variety of books, like the 'Wooden Camel" which highlighted not only the power of imagination but we chatted with our students to help deliver the message of empathy for a boy whose family had fallen on h