Library General Information

Scholastic Book Fair

Overbrook's annual Scholastic Book Fair is coming up! The book fair will be held in the library starting Friday, April 11 and ends on Friday. April 18. See link below for times.

Overbrook Book Fair Info.

Families, teachers, and the community are invited to attend the Book Fair featuring a fun theme: Take a Reading Road Trip. Scholastic will offer specially priced books and educational products, including new releases, award-winning titles, childrens classics, interactive software, books for adults, and current bestsellers from over 100 publishers. Book Fair customers may help the school build classroom libraries and improve childrens reading skills by purchasing books through the Classroom Wish List and One for Books programs.

Summer Reading

The Overbrook library media center supports and enriches the curriculum with a collection of materials that meets the needs of the students and faculty it serves.

The current collection includes more than 11,140 books, audiotapes, periodicals, CD-ROMS, and videos/DVDs. Our computerized Follett system for circulation and cataloging of the Overbrook School Library collection provides an online catalog networked to all classroom computers for ease of access. For further research needs, the library also has access to the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL), a reference guide that provides full texts and abstracts from magazines and periodicals.

Overbrook has over 3,000 Accelerated Reader Tests - http://www.overbrook.edu/oncampus/library/readlist.php

NEW! Updated Accelerated Reader Tests!

Library Mission

• To connect with Overbrook students as individuals by providing resources and instruction for differentiated learning styles and ultimately facilitating self-motivated, life-long learning.
• To provide a peaceful area to read, write, and reflect.

Check–out Information

• Each student is assigned a number that is used to checkout library books.
• First through third graders may checkout two book per week.
• Fourth and fifth graders may checkout three books per week.
• Six through eighth graders may checkout four books per week.

Overdue Books

• Student with overdue books may not check-out until materials are returned.

Lost or Damaged Books

• If a book is lost or damaged, the student is responsible for paying the replacement cost of the book.
• All fees must be cleared before the student checks out another library book.
• Send damaged books to the library for repair. Please do not mend books at home.

Library Volunteers

• Volunteers are a valuable resource and are always welcome in the library media center. Please let the librarian know if you, or someone you know, would be interested in being a guest reader, presenting a special program, or lending a hand in the library.
• Or fill out a volunteer form on-line.