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Choosing to Read: Connecting Middle Schoolers to Books
Choosing to Read: Connecting Middle Schoolers to Books by Joan Schroeder Kindig is a wonderful professional resource for teachers, librarians, and even parents interested in middle schoolers and their reading habits. Like many other professional resources I have been reading recently, Kindig argues that a reader’s choice is the most…
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Kids Say the Darndest Things
As probably most of you know, kids have some of the funniest things to say. I have a friend whose kids, I believe, are the FUNNIEST kids on the planet, she is constantly posting their conversations and I find myself laughing out loud every time. I’ve been so busy with…
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Book Love: Help Your Child Grow from Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader
Book Love: Help Your Child Grow from Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader by Melissa Taylor is a quick resource guide with some great ideas to do just what the title says, to get a reluctant reader to become an enthusiastic reader. Under 150-pages, I read this book from cover to cover…
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Spread the Word to End the Word
Spread the Word to End the Word is a campaign that I promote every year because it is so important to me. My parents are both professors of Adapted Physical Activity, teaching students going into majors such as physical education, special education, therapeutic recreation, among others how to adapt physical…
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Public libraries as co-working spaces?
I found this article, “Why Libraries Should Be the Next Great Start-Up Incubators” written by staff writer, Emily Badger for The Atlantic Cities just the other day and found it an interesting concept and I am eager to see how the idea works. Arizona State is planning to create a network…
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Author states, libraries are “no longer relevant”
I’ll admit, I played hookey on Friday. The weather in my area was about 55 degrees (in February!) with the sun shining brightly, so my boyfriend took me to the zoo for the afternoon! It was the perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. But, on Thursday, I did come a…
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Cream or Cookie?
Well, I watch the Super Bowl mainly for the commercials and the half-time show. I’m not a huge football fan, although someone has posted on Twitter yesterday that the Super Bowl is like the Newbery and Caldecott Awards for sports (which I though was hysterical). Oreo Whisper Fight commercial Anyway, if…
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Youth Media Awards or BEST Day for Children’s Literature/Media
The Youth Media Awards are announced every January at 8:00 am, when most sane people are getting ready for work, commuting, or just beginning work. This year because the American Library Association Midwinter Conference was held in Seattle, the awards were announced at 11:00 am EST. For most of the…
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Kids & Family Reading Report ~ 4th Ed.
The percent of children who have read an ebook has almost doubled since 2010 (25% vs. 46%).Scholastic published their Kids & Family Reading Report, 4th Edition today with results both expected and surprising. Check out Scholastic’s website for the full report. A few highlights: The percent of children who have…
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Librarian… one of the least stressful jobs in 2013?!?!?
As per usual, people outside the library field really have no idea what a librarian actually does. CNBC posted the 10 least stressful jobs of 2013 and you guessed it – librarians made the list. Now the acutal list seems to have come from a company called CareerCast. Clcik here…