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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/4/17
I’m getting ready for vacation, so I took some time to request some titles from NetGalley to have some digital galleys to read while traveling. Digital books are not my favorite to read – I just love reading a real book, but when I travel, I don’t have enough room…
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Book Review: The Incredible Magic of Being
Julian’s stressed out family affects him, but he remains ever optimistic that he’ll be able to name his very own comet and be able to live forever. He’s even more excited that the family is moving away from Washington DC’s light pollution, to Maine where his mom and Joan plan…
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September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month
If you don’t have a library card, September is the time to get one (although, I wouldn’t wait just for September!) But, September is National Card Sign-Up Month and the Teen Titans are this year’s Honorary Chairs, which I think is a great choice as superheroes are super popular among…
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Hurricane Harvey Relief – #KidLitCares
After seeing the heart wrenching photos and stories coming out of the Texas area from the effects of Hurricane Harvey, it’s hard to figure out where to send my support. I think that this Mr. Rogers quote is one that helps me put these horrible situations into some perspective. And…
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Emergency Preparedness
Sadly, there was an active shooter in a public library in Clovis, New Mexico on Monday afternoon. I believe this is the first time there has been a shooting in a public library and honestly, I’m shocked it hasn’t happened before now. Public libraries are just that – public which…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Hidden Gems in the Middle Grade Mystery Genre
Mysteries are some of my favorite types of books to read. Here are ten middle grade mystery titles that you may or may not have heard of – enjoy! Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald Greenglass House by Kate Milford The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/28/17
This week I got a chance to read The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris and Sparrow by Sarah Moon and started reading Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork, which I can’t wait to finish because only a few chapters in, I’m already invested in the story and can’t wait to see what happens.…
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Don't Mess with YA Book Twitter
This is one of those crazy stories you just can’t believe, but it’s true! This week The New York Times Bestseller list for young adult titles bumped The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas from the top spot for a debut novel, Handbook for Mortals… awesome right, because anything that can bump…
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Back to School – Middle Grade Edition
Back to school is always exciting and slightly scary time for kids and you can find gobs and gobs of picture books discussing the new school year, but it’s a lot more difficult to find titles for middle grade students getting ready for a new school building, a new school…
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Director's Thoughts #13 – Program Evaluation
I’m finalizing our strategic plan that will begin officially in January and our next project to take on is program and service evaluation. It’s definitely a time-intensive, difficult project because people feel strongly about programs and services, what we should keep, what we should get rid of, what we need,…