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Early Literacy on NPR
NPR is in the midst of a three-part series about literacy in America – yesterday, focusing on access to books and today, focusing on simple ways parents and caregivers can help their children be ready to enter school ready to learn and succeed. As for tomorrow, I’m interested to see where…
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Boys Books vs. Girls Books
I just read this article, “‘Where Are All The Boy Books?’ You’re Buying Them” that was posted last Monday by Kelly Jensen on Book Riot. It takes a look at the 2014 Top-Selling Children’s and Young Adult books on Amazon and found that there are a number of “boy” books…
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Not Only Storytime, Early Literacy Training
Today, I’m spending the day at a training to become an instructor to provide training for early childhood providers as well as parents. We’re focusing on the Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards for Infants – Kindergartens as well as the Pennsylvania Core Knowledge Competencies for Early Childhood & School-Age Professionals. These…
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Holiday Early Literacy Extras
The holidays are just about here and although there has been a lot of talk as to whether or not holiday programming has a place in the public library, I’ve thought of some great ways to encourage early literacy at home during the holidays, yes it’s Christmas focused, but that…
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NPR's Book Concierge
It’s that time of year as librarians, bloggers, websites, organizations and more create their “Best of the Best” list for the past year. While I would love to post about all the different lists that are available, sadly, I don’t have the time, so instead, as I find lists that…
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Bibliotherapy for Teens
Over the past month or so, there has been a lot of talk about bibliotherapy for teens, specifically in an article published in School Library Journal, dealing with “tough” topics including depression, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD and more. It’s a wonderful way to connect kids to realistic characters that are dealing with these…
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Kid & Family Reading Report
Last week Scholastic provided a sneak peek of there Kid & Family Reading Report which is due out in January. The brief sneak peek shows information, that I feel. Makes sense about kids today,but I’m interested to see more when the actual report comes out. “70% of kids ages 6…
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Weeding – no, not the kind that happens with plants
We’re currently in the middle of a a large weeding project at my library because it’s one of those things that is (a) something that has to happen all the time, (b) desperately needing to be done in a number of areas, and (c) is something that takes time and…
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How I Became a Librarian
I was recently reading the blog, Letters to a Young Librarian and came across a blog post about how the blogger became a librarian and realized I probably never shared my story on my blog. So without further ado, here it goes… I didn’t learn to read at an exceptionally…
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Busy, Busy, Busy
It was a busy holiday weekend with family and friends driving and flying from around the country and across the Atlantic. We had a wonderful time with extended family, but it’s now back to the daily grind. I’m working on my programs for this month including a teddy bear picnic (to promote…