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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Celebration
Last night we celebrated 26 kids (and their families) who completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program. I like to create a program that is extra special for these kids and all they have accomplished. Last night we started off the program with a read aloud of Barry the Fish with…
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Reader's Advisory
I love Reader’s Advisory, I read a ton of books and get so excited to share them with the kids in my library. I love reading something and know exactly who I’ll recommend it to, other times I get the chance to talk to someone and pull out a book that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Of Your Auto-buy Authors
As a librarian, I have very strict rules about books that I purchase for my own library. If I bought every book I wanted, my house would soon be overrun with books! So, I always have to read a book before deeming it worthy of being added to my personal…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?
I started off the week with a light read called, Clayton Stone, At Your Service which was a fun, adventure story about a young boy who finds out his family works for the secret service. It’s not necessarily an earth-shattering story, but a quick story, perfect for a reluctant reader. The…
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Superhero Academy
Last night was our last BIG program of the summer. Don’t get me wrong, the kids can records books and hours until the 28th and we still have a number of programs happening until then, but I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Our Superhero…
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Literacious Updates – Find Programs Easily
i just want to let everyone know, if they haven’t discovered it yet, that I’ve been working on my blog to make it easier to find all the programs that I’ve written about here. To find this information, click on “get IDEAS” where a sub-menu will give you options for…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I've Read The Most Books From
This was a lot more difficult for me than the past Top Ten Tuesday topics (trying saying that 10x fast). Anyway, I tried to remember books from when I was growing up and what I like to read now. A few authors I omitted, because I want to use them…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/10/15
I’m really proud of myself for getting so much reading done in the past few weeks and this week I was able to read four more books. Project Alpha is reminsicent of The 39 Clues series – with a fairly fast-paced storyline and characters you’re rooting for. This series will definitely…
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Read Alouds at Camp
Today I had one of those great experiences as a librarian that makes me love my job and right now, it was definitely needed as we still have a few more weeks of book recording and a handful of programs still to go! I went to a summer camp that…
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Wacky Wednesday Book Discussion: Fortunately, the Milk
Yesterday, we had our final book discussion for our rising third and fourth grade students. The library has been really quiet this week, I think a lot of families are on vacation so I ended up with ten kids in my book discussion, nine of which had read the book!…