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Book Review: The Night Gardener
Let me start by saying, I am not a huge fan of scary things – I don’t like scary movies, haunted houses, or creepy books, but when this book kept popping up again and again, I knew I’d have to read it. Irish siblings, Molly and Kip are in need…
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Story Time Theme: Writing
This week we chose to focus on Writing as an early literacy skill in story time. In both of my classes, the kids were bouncing off the walls and the stories didn’t go as well as I had hoped, but we definitely had fun dancing to Stop & Go by…
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Book Review: The Fourteenth Goldfish
I was so excited to get my hands on a copy of this uncorrected proof while at ALA in Las Vegas this year. The Fourteenth Goldfish will not be on sale until August 26, 2014, which means this review is based solely on the advanced read’s copy (ARC) and information…
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Book Review: Absolutely Almost
From the author of A Tangle of Knots comes a true coming-of-age story about the importance of knowing who you are and understanding that it is essential to stand up for yourself. Albie is familiar with the feeling of being almost – almost good at sports, almost smart in school,…
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The Great Greene Heist
If you’re looking for a cast of characters that can show off diversity with a great story, then look no further than The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson. Jackson Greene has sworn off scheming up any more heists, especially after the last one lost him his best friend. That…
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Take Apart Day
This is not a new program, I’ve seen it come across on a number blogs (especially for this year’s summer reading theme), but we heard about it from another local library and thought it was a fantastic idea! We gathered up old household appliances, old computers, and a couple things…
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David Lubar Author Visit
Last night, children’s and young adult author, David Lubar came to visit our library where 75 excited patrons got the chance to hear him talk about how he became a writer, great tips for beginning writers, asked some wonderful questions and got books signed by the author himself. This was…
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Story Time Theme: Reading
I really enjoy having a three-day weekend, I feel like I can get things accomplished at home, run errands, and still have time to relax and hang out with friends. Fireworks, a great cook-out, some pool time and a trip to Home Depot made for a great weekend (and I…
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Slime Science Workshop
Our slime science workshop was definitely a lot of fun – so fun in fact, that I took it with me when I visited summer camp today and we had fun there as well! I started each program reading the story The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School by…
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Story Time Theme: Singing
As I mentioned last week, I’m focusing on the five early literacy skills during my story times this session. I’m choosing one skill for each week, which is really allowing me to focus on the skill and educate the parents as well as fun with the toddlers. Last week we…