The Montclair Information Center Birthday Book Club offers students an opportunity to share their birthdays with all Montclair students and staff.

When and how can students join?

Students may bring $5.00 (cash or check) to Montclair to the Information Center. At that time they may pick out one of the new books.

What happens next?

The Information Center staff will place a bookplate in the front of the book with the student's name, birthday, and teacher name. The student's name will be announced. The student will be the first one to check out the book. When it is returned, it will become part of our collection for all students to enjoy.

What if a student wants to donate a book purchased from a local bookstore?

Unfortunately, this is not an option. With our centralized, computerized catalog and circultion system, donated books take several weeks to be processed into the system. This defeats the purpose of recognizing the student on his/her birthday. Also, there are curriculum standards as well as binding quality to be considered when selecting books for a public school Information Center.

$5.00 does not cover the cost of a library-bound book -- does it?

No. The $5.00 amount is really a small portion of the actual cost of a library-bound book these days. We set the price so that all students would feel comfortable donating a book in their own name. (You would be very surprised at how many of our Birthday Book Club donations are paid out of saved-up allowances!!!)