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Resource Sharing: Let's Get Busy Podcast
I’m convinced that there are certain people in the kid lit world that have either learned how to stop time… or they just don’t sleep! I’m talking about people like Mr. Schu, Colby Sharp, the Joint Chiefs over at Storytime Underground and I’m officially adding to the list Matthew Winner.…
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NPR's Book Concierge
I was excited to see that NPR published their 2015 Book Concierge, but on taking a closer look there were some genres, themes, and concepts that were glaringly missing, in my opinion. Now, I can’t talk for the entire list, I merely focused on the kids books and of the…
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Job Competencies
I walked into the library expecting a very different day and was surprised that I had an all-day workshop about Job Competencies in the library. Needless to say, I ended up in an all day meeting, but not all was lost. I learned a lot about a specific library’s model…
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AAP Book Buzz
I spent my day off at the AAP Book Buzz at the Free Library in Philadelphia. I was talking with my mom over the weekend an explained that publishers get the chance to highlight upcoming titles for the next season. And she asked, “Isn’t that boring?” At the same time…
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Ninja Picture Books for National Ninja Day!
So December 3rd is National Ninja Day… I’ve never heard of if before today, but here it is! And if I had heard about it, we would definitely put together an AMAZING storytime program all about ninjas, but since I didn’t get that chance, here’s a great list of ninja…
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Star Wars Party
Have you ever had one of those programs that you started planning and after it was over it looked nothing like the way you planned? That was our Star Wars party. When I originally began planning the program I talked with my supervisor and we decided on reserving our large…
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Arts & Crafts Thanksgiving Weekend
I took the day off yesterday and created these adorable creatures! I found a lot of great ideas on Pinterest and online and created my own pattern and went to town! Many of my bookclub friends have had babies over the past year and I thought it would be sweet to…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
From Literacious (and Sandra Boynton!)
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Five Thanksgiving Picture Books
I always seem to find it difficult to find great Thanksgiving books, but these five are AWESOME! Enjoy spending time with family and friends! Gracias ~ Thanks by Pat Mora Thank You, Thanksgiving by David Milgrim Run, Turkey, Run! by Diane Mayr The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz The Thankful Book…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things I'm Thankful For
In no particular order, the top ten things I am thankful for this year! Family – My family is my world and even though we’re spread out across the country, I would do anything for them. Friends – I have friends too that are spread across the country and although…