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Why We Need Diverse Books
I don’t know if you’ve grabbed the tissues and seen the video on Facebook of the little girl receiving an American Girl doll yet. At first, I thought it was just another gift giving video, but this is an absolutely beautiful story of a young girl who does receive an…
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Best Decision I've Made (How to Prevent Burnout)
I’ve been feeling the stress of summer reading planning for a little while now, we’re starting to use new software which will allow patrons to register and record their summer reading online, we’re installing a brand new self check out stations and we’re missing a few of our staple employees…
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School Visits… Or Why I No Longer Have a Voice
School visits invariably exhaust me and crack me up! We don’t get into the schools as often as I’d like, but we are able to see the kids for about 30 minutes in May to promote the summer’s upcoming reading program. How do you entertain, educate and encourage 80+ kids…
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National Readthon Day
Today is National Readathon Day, the second annual event hosted by Penguin Random House and the American Library Association. I’m apparently not a very good blogger because I didn’t pay attention to this until this week and haven’t had time to check out the website with great ways to throw…
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What does reference mean anyway?
I primarily work at our children’s reference desk while at the library. Although sitting there waiting for someone to ask me a question is not all I do. I plan a lot of our programming, assign call numbers to new books, select new additions to the library, shelf read, weed…
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Summer Reading is coming…
Whether I’m ready or not, summer reading is indeed, coming. I’ve got WAY too much to do before it gets here, but it’ll be here before I know it. I am always more than jealous as friends begin making plans for 1/2 day Fridays, summer vacations, and relaxing when all…
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Bout of Books Twitter Chat
I just started getting involved in the Bout of Books this year. Basically it’s a week long event where you spend time reading (something I do every week as is). But, what I really like is that I am connected with readers from around the world and if you want…
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Bout of Books – Round 2
I had a great time participating in Bout of Books in January and with summer coming I want to try and get as much reading done now as I can, so here’s for Round 2 for Bout of Books ~ May 9 – May 15! I’ve got a lot of…
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"That's a Baby Book!"
One of the saddest things I hear far too often is, “That’s a baby book, go find something more appropriate.” This is said to kids in my library at all ages and stages, but it often happens with those kids who are reading easy readers and beginning chapter books, but…
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A to Z Challenge Survivor
I survived the Blogging From A to Z Challenge of 2016! Although it was a lot of work, I am so glad I got a chance to participate and really focus on writing a number of posts for future dates. I wrote all of the posts in advance, the first…