Book Swap

I was in a school a little while ago where they did a book swap.  

The gist of it was students brought in books from home that they were done with (it was done in an elementary school so all the books were picture books).  The classroom teacher would record how many books each of his or her students brought in and they would all be collected to one place (like the library).  Then, once all the books had made their way there students would be called to the library and everyone would get to pick out new to them books (based off of how many they brought in). 

It seemed to go over really well.

And, in one classroom one of the students brought in enough books that they made sure each of their classmates got to pick at least one new to them book.

A great way to encourage reading!