To describe DawnAnn Bullough’s Wasatch Elementary Library as eclectic does not encompass the collection of artifacts displayed on and around her shelves. Giant bugs adorn the insect section, a trike and wagon indicate travel, and a huge brain in a jar reminds students “Your brain on books”. (It’s huge!)

DawnAnn says it’s not just the reading she loves about her job, but the teaching moments in the reading too. As she reads from Palace Beautiful by Sarah DeFord Williams, she tells her students that she was a struggling reader. She explains that good readers are PART of the story, posing questions, looking for connections. The students know and recognize the setting from Palace Beautiful because it takes place in their neighborhood.

DawnAnn wants students to feel welcome and comfortable. She has study hall @ 7:00 A.M. to help make sure students are ready for their day. In April, she holds Library Week. The kids chose a favorite story book character and become that character. Students and Parents attend an evening adventure filled with unusual people and beasts.

DawnAnn is from Ohio. She majored in dance. In order to get her secondary degree she traveled in a dance troupe to Europe. She married, had children, and started volunteering and subbing in her childrens’ classrooms.

As a library technology teacher, DawnAnn is careful and sensitive about each kid. She serves the community and supports the teachers by instructing the students in research skills. She hopes that her enthusiasm for books like Little House on The Prairie and The Wizard of Oz series helps encourage students to Read and Grow their brains!