Ladybugsteacherfiles.com Website Review

am i right? i've been working really hard to convert some of my previous not-big-fans-of-reading into voracious readers this year and one of my favorite tools to help with this has been our book request form...and i wanted to share it with all of you. i leave the form in the clas*room library where my students can request new books they've been anxious to read...or the next book in a series (can you tell we read the lemonade war together this year?). i order all the books i am able to with our scholastic bonus points. and some i order on amazon prime (if they are at a reasonable price and my students are dying to get their hands on a particular title because, well, two day shipping!). then i pencil in the date the books are expected to arrive (to avoid the endless, are the books here yet?? questions each day).  first, it gives keeps my hungry readers well-fed...i don't want any lapse between books and this helps nicely if we don't currently have something a student is looking for in our library. or if they are really taken with a new genre or author.  second, (and most importantly) i love that it gives my students a voice in our clas*room library. they choose the books they want to enhance our library. and their opinions matter. seeing a clas*mate ask for and enjoy a new book instantly engages the other readers and they as i wrap up my sixte*nth year of teaching, i have been reflecting on all the things i do to lower my stress level. because teaching can be one of my biggest stressors is feeling overwhelmed by the sheer amount of things to manage: tons of paperwork, stacks of materials to organize, hundreds of papers to grade...and an constantly over-flowing email inbox.  here's my biggest problem with school email: there are so many things that cannot be addressed immediately.  i click through my mail, i read, and i think.. i'll tackle that one later. or, i can't even think about this right now!.  or, i can't delete this until next trimester when we go on that