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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!…
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Update
We’ve had a 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program for about two years now. I created most of our information with great tips and tricks for parents/caregivers to use in their daily lives to encourage early literacy skills. Our original log had 10 different log-in papers (one for each 100 books)…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Fairytale Retellings I've Read
I absolutely love fairtale retellings and fractured fairytales. They’re some of my favorite stories. Below is a list of books I’ve read and there’s a bunch more on my TBR pile. I’m going to try and write up 140-character or less (a la Twitter) descriptions of each book. Find something…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 8/3/15
I got a lot of reading done again this week and I hope t finish up the last book today. I thought I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest was an amazing, fast-paced read described as a cyber-thriller and one I couldn’t put down. A Little Bit of Spectacular by…
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ProgrammingLibrarian.org
I’m not sure how this resource remained hidden from me for so long! I literally just found out about it this week! Programming Librarian is an initiative of the American Library Association Public Programs Office and offers programming ideas for all different types of libraries, ages of patrons and topics.…
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Raising Bookworms
Brightly, is a resource to help parents and caregivers raise lifelong readers. Although partnered with Penguin Random House, Brightly provides book recommendations from all publishers for children (and adults) of all ages. Check out their Ages & Stages section to find booklists for certain age levels as well as popular…
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Science of Superheroes ~ Flight
Last week was our second “Science of Superheroes” STEAM program focused around flight (and of course, gravity!). We started the program by reading aloud the first chapter of The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich by Greg Trine. This is the first book in the Melvin Beederman series and I love getting…
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Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #6
This was my last storytime of the summer! And I am excited to have a little bit of a break – focus my attention on finishing up all the summer programming and gearing up for the fall. This storytime went really well, the kids loved all the books, especially Hooray for…
