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The Nerdy Book Club
I love seeing blog posts from The Nerdy Book Club – always insightful little tidbits from school teachers and librarians about books, kids and more. Today’s post ponders the question “What are you reading?” and why such a simple question can open the doors to a full-fledged conversation with youngsters.…
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Read for the Record
Today is Read for the Record Day, a national campaign created by Jumpstart as the world’s largest shared reading experience to promote reading to preK children and to highlight how many children are not prepared for Kindergarten when they reach their first year of school. Last year 2.2 million children and…
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Screen Time – When, What, How Much?
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) just released a new report on screen time for young children. And although it definitely is a change from what was originally suggested, there are a lot of similiarities, but with the ability to adjust your time in front of a screen as a…
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Director’s Thoughts 10/19/16
Where do I even begin? This past month has flown by and I finally have fewer meetings and more time to actually start working on plans for next year. Coming from a children’s librarian position, we would plan a few months out for upcoming programs and as the days would…
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Happy National Boss’s Day!
Today is National Boss’s Day and what better way to celebrate than with Boss Babes A Coloring & Activity Book for Grown-Ups created by Michelle Volanksy. This fun activity book is filled with mazes, puzzles, coloring pages, word scrambles and so many more activities just for adults! What makes it even…
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Halloween Giveaway
Make sure to submit your entries for my Workman Publishing Halloween giveaway, open until Sunday! Check out yesterday’s post to learn more about all the great books you could win! A Rafflecopter Giveaway
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Workman Publishing Halloween Giveaway
I’m so excited to be working together with Workman Publishing (they have some absolutely amazing titles coming out on a regular basis – check ’em out!) to bring you my first ever Book Giveaway, just in time for the Halloween season! There are some amazing books that you could win in…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/10/16
It was a great week in reading! I finally was able to sit down over the weekend and finish up The Evil Wizard Smallbone by Delia Sherman which had a great surprise toward the end that I wasn’t expecting at all! I also got a chance to start A Fierce and Subtle…
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How Can We Teach Children Empathy?
Empathy, in my humble opinion, is one of those things that is vital to a caring, respectful and well-balanced individual. Empathy, or “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another” is severely lacking in a world where shooting unarmed individuals, massive terrorist attacks and outright violence is astoundingly…
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CYBILS Nominations Open
I was given the distinct pleasure of being a CYBILS judge last fall and although I spent a lot of time reading a lot of nonfiction titles – it was an amazing experience to be a part of! I would have loved to be a judge again this year, but…
