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Ways to Get Involved: Conferences, CYBILS judging & KidLitCon
There are probably about a billion ways to connect with the community of people who support, love and promote children’s books. Three ways that are happening soon include presenting at my state conference, volunteering to become a CYBILS judge for 2015 and attending KidLitCon in Baltimore, MD from October 9-10. I’m…
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Book Review: When Lunch Fights Back
When Lunch Fights Back: Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses by Rebecca L. Johnson is the fascinating story of a number of animals that have really cool defenses that prevent from, basically, being eaten for lunch. As soon as I opened the book with dripping colors and splotches all over the pages,…
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Book Review: Book Scavenger
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman is my favorite type of story – focused around books and a treasure hunt! Emily moves to San Francisco with her family and meets James, a next door neighbor who loves puzzles as much as she does. She’s excited to be in the hometown of…
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Book Review: The Case for Loving
The Case for Loving: The Fight For Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko is a informational text written in a picture book format about interracial marriage during the 1960s in Virginia. A very basic story with dates and simple to understand vocabulary for elementary school students, The Case for Loving shares an…
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Book Review: The Totally Secret Secret
The Totally Secret Secret written and illustrated by Bob Shea is the story of two friends who play together everyday. But, everyday they play the same thing, ballet. One day, Sparkles the Pony has a secret that he is afraid to share with Ballet Cat, a secret that would make…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/31/15
I got through a good number of books this week! I really enjoyed Currents by Jane Petrlik Smolik, a story interwoven between three young girls in the mid 1800s. I have always loved historical fiction and this book was really interesting! The next book I read was called The Education of Ivy Blake…
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Flannel Friday: The Acorn Song
I just came across this adorable acorn song from Jbrary (who else?) and I’m so excited to use during my storytime this fall. I had a few minutes (and just the right felt and puffy paint) to make an adorable acorn for our flannelboard when we sing this song. And…
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Series Books – a resource to make you a little less crazy!
I don’t know how familiar you are with the series in your library, but I always cringe when a kid asks me what the next book in the Warriors series is. Sometimes finding the next book is easy, while other times it’s nearly impossible! But, I found a tool provided by the…
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Storytime Planning, so much more than just books!
Our fall session for storytime begins at the end of September, but with Labor Day weekend coming up and fall programming beginning soon after, I know I have to get in gear and started planning for my storytimes. This fall I’ll be offering a toddler storytime for children ages 2…
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Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Escape
This week we offered a scavenger hunt as one piece to our three-part series culminating in a Skype visit with Chris Grabenstein. The best part? We used Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Escape on Chris’s website and had to do very little prep for an awesome night of fun! We ended up…