“Let children have tales of the imagination, scenes laid in other lands and other times; heroic adventures, hairbreadth escapes, delicious fairy tales, even where it is all impossible, and they know it, and yet they believe.” ~ Charlotte Mason
MISSON
To give children a lifelong love of reading and learning through sharing stories and providing books that point to goodness, beauty, and truth.
ATMOSPHERE
Books and children are the heart of the library. Inspired by the philosophy and methods of British educator Charlotte Mason, Miss Stuart works to create and atmosphere free from artificial distractions and screens. Stories are at the heart of every library lesson because in the works of Kathleen Kelly, “When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.”
MISS STUART
A Percy Priest alum, Miss Stuart’s favorite childhood games were school and library and so it was no surprise when she earned a B.A. in Elementary Education from the UT-Chattanooga and her Master’s in Library & Information Science from the University of Tennessee. Inspired by the beauty of the everyday and the power of story, she takes great joy in sharing books with Percy Priest students and families.
Miss Stuart is a professor at New College Franklin where she teaches various children’s literature courses. When not at school, she is probably hiking with a friend, reading in a patch of sunlight, trying to justify eating waffles and bacon for the fifth night in a row, or rewatching a Nora Ephron movie.
POLICIES
- Kindergarten students may check-out 1 item at a time
- 1st-5th grade students may checkout up to 4 items at a time
- Students may keep books for two weeks and renew them 2x