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Middle Grade Gets Real – 25 Titles About Tough Topics
There are arguments that kids shouldn’t read about tough topics – topics that include death, adoption/foster care, childhood illness, substance abuse, disability and more. But, how do kids learn about these topics if they don’t see them in their daily life? Or, how do kids feel less alone if they…
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Girl Scout Visit – Yoga
I had a visit from a Girl Scout troop this week and was requested to provide a short yoga/book program for the girls. I was well-prepared and created an entire lesson plan the week before, but about an hour before the girls came, I switched everything up and I’m so…
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Library Card Drive
I spent a few hours last night at our new community center talking with residents about the library and signing up residents with library cards. Many of the people I saw come through the doors were people I see in the library on a regular basis. I gave them updated…
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(Unofficial) Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books for Vin & Leo… or Funny Picture Books
I get the chance to hang out with some pretty awesome kids at the library, but two of y favorites are Vin & Leo, brothers who come at least once a week to the library for storytime, playtime, or to check out some new books. So, on behalf of a…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/27/17
It was a super busy week with late hours at work and Saturday hours as well which left me close to no time to spend reading. I finally got a chance to start The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig this weekend and I’m already in love! The story reminds me…
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25 Titles about Underwear and the Bathroom
As I’ve said in the past, I’m not going to get political on my blog, but as situations arise, I’m using my blog to process my own thoughts and feelings, so by the suggestion of my boyfriend – here’s a booklist about the bathroom (and some underwear books thrown in…
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Uncommon Partnerships – Government Access
We’re lucky to have a very strong connection with our local government access channel. They help us by filming large programs and running them on our government access channel at a later date. They also help us by creating Public Service Announcements for our summer reading program and for other…
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Director's Thoughts #6
While many people had a long weekend, ALL my staff was at work on Monday for a staff training day. We have, what I would consider a medium-sized library with almost 50 people on staff (most of whom are part-time or very part-time). We haven’t had any sort of large…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Loved Less Than I Thought I Would
I chose to focus on series, either the first or subsequent books that I just couldn’t get into. Trilogies are m kryptonite – I’ll love the first one and then I’m usually disappointed with book two or three. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares Eragon by Christopher…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/20/17
I didn’t get to quite as many books this week, but I enjoyed the ones I did get to read! Wish is a sweet story about family and friendship found in unexpected places (and a small spoiler alert – although there is a dog on the cover of the book, the…