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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/30/16
I’m so proud of myself this week! I read all three books that were on my list from last week. Nothing But Trouble by Jacqueline Davies is a fun story about two girls who couldn’t be more opposite and yet become friends and co-conspirators to increase class spirit in a…
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Flannel Friday: Colorful Butterflies
These butterflies were so easy to make – our Ellison die-cut machine is a wonder with felt, making flannelboards a lot easier when I can find a template for the pieces I need. And I figured out that a little bit of puffy paint can make your flannelboards just a…
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Toddler Storytime: Naps
Kids may despise napping, but when I asked who likes to take naps, every parent raised their hand. This was a fun storytime to do with the kids – they loved learning the Spanish words for colors and giggled as the toddler in No Nap! Yes Nap! ran away from his…
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School Visits… Or Why I No Longer Have a Voice
School visits invariably exhaust me and crack me up! We don’t get into the schools as often as I’d like, but we are able to see the kids for about 30 minutes in May to promote the summer’s upcoming reading program. How do you entertain, educate and encourage 80+ kids…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Feel Differently About After Time Has Passed
I chose to stray just a little from this week’s topic because my feelings towards books usually stay fairly similar from when I read them and as time passes. As I’ve said before graphic novels aren’t my favorite format for reading, but I’ve read many graphic novels that I really…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/23/16
This week instead of reading, I spent a lot of time getting ready for a work happy hour hosted at my house. Between cleaning the house, mowing the lawn and cooking/baking, it left me with a lot less time to read than I wanted to, but I did get to…
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National Readthon Day
Today is National Readathon Day, the second annual event hosted by Penguin Random House and the American Library Association. I’m apparently not a very good blogger because I didn’t pay attention to this until this week and haven’t had time to check out the website with great ways to throw…
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Flannel Friday: 5 Little Kites
5 Little Kites One little kite in the sky so blue, Along came another, then there were two. Two little kites flying high above me; Along came another, then there were three. Three little kites, just watch them soar, Along came another, then there were four. Four little kites, so…
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25 Children's Books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
I’ll be honest, I had to do some research to really understand what countries, heritages, cultures, and religions Asian Pacific American included. The Asian Pacific American Heritage Month website created in part by the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of…
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What does reference mean anyway?
I primarily work at our children’s reference desk while at the library. Although sitting there waiting for someone to ask me a question is not all I do. I plan a lot of our programming, assign call numbers to new books, select new additions to the library, shelf read, weed…