» Library San Diego French-American School

Located in the lower school school building, the library is open from Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. The collection counts more than 13,000 books in French, English and Spanish, as well as a multimedia collection (DVD, audio books…), and French magazines. The library catalog is available online via the secure parents section of the website.

All students come to the library with their teachers on a regular basis to listen to stories, conduct research projects, or borrow books. The schedule and borrowing rules are explained by each teacher at the beginning of the school year. Through the library, parents can subscribe to magazines and buy books from the following publishers: l’école des loisirs, Milan, Bayard, and Scholastic. Book donations are welcome, as long as they respect the following criteria: children’s books only, published after 2000, in excellent condition and preferably in French.

The library is open to parents on Wednesdays from 8:30 to 9:30 am, as well as Mondays and Fridays from 2:30 to 3:00.

Parents may borrow two books per child per week. Books lost or damaged will have to be replaced.

CLICK HERE TO SEARCH THE LIBRARY CATALOG

CLICK HERE TO SEE AVAILABLE MAGAZINES & BOOKS SUBSCRIPTION & OFFERS

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS

Scholastic USA: When you go online, you can see all the flyers for the month as well as other catalogues. Sign up at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and enter the one-time Class Activation Code GRR7D. Once you have registered, you can sign in every month to place your orders. You can still fill out the paper form and return it with a check, but it’s not as convenient, and ordering online gives the school extra bonus points.
Scholastic Canada: Pick the books you want in the monthly flyer online https://canadaclubs.scholastic.ca/s/rco-ca/en/browse-all-flyers?appesp=CRC/intraapp/20190901//txtl/BrowseAllFlyers/WhyReadingClub, read the book notes in English here www.scholastic.ca/clubs/lecture, and order by phone (1-800-387-4944) or by email (custserve@scholastic.ca) using the school account number 5685112..

All your orders encourage your child to read and help the school acquire more books for the library.

Thank you !

Anne Ricart, School Librarian

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Anne Ricart,
School Librarian

Mrs. Anne Ricart came to the United States for the first time as an exchange student when she was 18, lived with an American family for a year and graduated from the high school she attended. Back in France, she majored in English with a minor in French as a Second Language (Français Langue Etrangère) from the Université de Provence and spent another year in the States, this time as a French teaching assistant in a small college. She then obtained her Professional Secondary Teaching Credentials with an emphasis on Information Science. After 4 years as a school librarian in France, she was hired by the Lycée Français de New York where she worked for 5 years. She is now married to a Californian, and perfectly at home in San Diego where she joined the SDFAS team in 2006.