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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Picture Book Releases For The Second Half Of The Year
Nanette’s Baguette by Mo Willems (October 25) Quit Calling Me a Monster! by Jory John (August 23) We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen (October 11) The Magic Word by Mac Barnett (October 4) The Mixed-Up Truck by Stephen Savage (July 5) The Not So Quiet Library by Zachariah Ohora (July…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/13/16
So, as I mentioned two weeks ago, my mom was visiting last weekend and I was so busy with her, I forgot to post an update last Monday, so here’s my two week update. I read The Firefly Code by Megan Frazer Blakemore which was really interesting – I believe another…
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Family Storytime Theme: Fire-Breathing Dragons
Opening: “Hello” with sign language Hello, friends. (x3) It’s time to say hello. Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet) Early Literacy Tip: “Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don’t be dull, or flat, or boring. Hang loose and be loud, have fun and laugh…
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Level Up: Pairing Video Games with Children’s and YA Books (Assassin's Creed)
Each Thursday this summer, I’ll be posting a video game and corresponding book list. This is just a fun, personal project that was actually the brainchild of my boyfriend who thought that A) it sounded awesome and B) that there are a lot of parents who would love to have…
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When School Administrators Think They Know Best
Many authors enjoy being placed on the banned book list, not because their book is challenged, but often because it means their book gets into more hands when people become curious as to why it was banned. But, I also think that it must hurt when adults don’t understand or…
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Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Reasons I Love the Book World
I love books, that’s easy enough. I love my job. I wanted to be a librarian from the first time I visited a library when I was little. Even those days when I go home and pour myself a glass of wine because it’s been one of those days, I wouldn’t have it…
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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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Level Up: Pairing Video Games with Children’s and YA Books (Minecraft)
Minecraft (Everyone 10+) Minecraft is considered a sandbox video game which means that players have freedom to choose what they do and where they do it with no specific goals that must be accomplished. Its main focus is on building with blocks mined in-game and interacting with creatures within the…
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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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Top Ten Tuesday: Beach Reads Week
Summer’s almost here and for most people that live in this area it means traveling “down the shore” for weekends and week-long vacations. Vacations are a distant memory and goal for the future as summer reading will be here in a few weeks and I’ll be at work answering reference…