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Top Ten Tuesday: Books To Pull You Out of a Reading Slump
The books that get me out of a reading slump are quick, easy and romantic young adult novels. I love stories that I can fall into easily and enjoy the world for a little while to escape my own – I don’t want to think too hard, get too stressed…
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Director’s Thoughts #17 – Library Card Sign-Up Month
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month and my library hasn’t really done anything specific to celebrate in the past. Usually, in September, my staff is exhausted from Summer Reading and then gearing up for the school year. So this year, I started planning for September in January, that way we…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Blogs/Bookish Websites
Nerdy Book Club A passionate group of people share their love for reading – focused more on teachers and school environments, but I always find valuable information on their essays written by authors, teachers, librarians and more. MG Book Village A fairly new place for people who love middle grade…
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Tips & Tricks for Booktalking
Yesterday, I posted about the disservice of labeling books “boy” or “girl.” Today, I’m going to give you some tips and tricks for booktalking great books to kids – hopefully pushing beyond stereotypes and focusing on pairing children with their right book at their right time. Because it’s not our…
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Gatekeepers’ Disservice When Defining Books as "Boy" or "Girl"
This is not a new topic in the kid lit world and honestly, I’m not sure I’m going to bring and new or surprising ideas to the topic, but I definitely think it’s something that really does prevent kids from experiencing some amazing literature! Let’s start at the beginning –…
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A Trip to Target (Or How I Ended Up Adding 8 More Books to My Personal Library)
I was scrolling through Twitter yesterday and came across Peter H. Reynolds’s tweet stating, “Rumor has it: Target has 2 autographed copies of my book “The Dot” in every store in USA. If u happen to find one: post a pic of yourself holding the book inside @Target – I will…
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Happy Birthday, Harry!
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First Line Friday – Circus Mirandus
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KidLit Women Podcast
For Women’s History Month this past March, Grace Lin and Karen Blumenthal charged women in the children’s literature world to create “31 days of posts focused on improving the climate for social and gender equality in the children’s and teens’ industry.” Each essay was posted on Facebook with many days…
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Let's Talk Opinion, Shall We?
We’ll start by reading this opinion piece published on Forbes.com on Saturday, July 21, 2018, Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money. (EDIT: It looks as though Forbes.com has removed the article from their website! 7/23/18) It is Panos Mourdoukoutas’s opinion that local libraries are no longer needed in…
