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Miss Laura, Children’s Librarian (aka teacher, singer, theatre “expert”, princess)
I must be in a reflective mood this week, but here goes another post about how much I love what I do! Graduate school does not prepare you for the crazy things that you might be doing (especially as a children’s librarian). Thankfully, I started volunteering/working in libraries when I…
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Proposed Elimination of IMLS
Time to jump up on my soapbox again… Representative Paul Ryan, “the House Budget Committee Chairman denounces the critical role that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) plays in supporting civic engagement, literacy and lifelong learning in more than 123,000 libraries nationwide.” His recommendation? The federal government should…
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Yoga Story Time, Daisy Troop Visit, & Play Practice
… or just another day as a children’s librarian! This is the type of day that makes me absolutely LOVE what I do for a living. I began my afternoon (late shift) with a 45-minute yoga story time. We used the same “sock” theme as yesterday, but incorporated some yoga…
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Story Time Theme: Socks
Our next story time session has begun and with it, a new schedule which means I’m doing back-to-back toddler story times on Tuesday morning. Because it’s the first day of the month I also had to run statistics reports this morning, so needless to say, I’ve been very busy! The…
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April is… National Poetry Month
After combining a number of ideas we found online a co-worker and I created this AWESOME display for National Poetry Month. We combined a homemade calendar of mammoth proportion (4 posterboards and crepe paper) and created our very own pockets for poems and added a whole bunch of eye-catching (new)…
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“Ten Best Sentences”
The American Scholar posted their list of the 10 Best Sentences ranging from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Charles Dickens and while all are very interesting and debatably the best, I would love to see a similar list for children’s literature. What would be on it? Most likely something from Dr.…
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Children’s Choice Book Awards
Kids and teens can vote for the 7th Annual Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards from March 25 through May 12th for their favorite author, illustrator, and book of the year. This is the only national award created where winning titles are selected by children and teens. Vote by visiting…
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Dewey the Cat or otherwise titled Library Pets
Let me start off by saying, my library does not have a library cat (although that would be kind of cool). We actually have a turtle and for all of you thinking a turtle doesn’t seem very interactive, well then, you’ve never experienced a turtle in the library before! When…
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Libraries: Not Just for Books
I spent the afternoon yesterday at Longwood Gardens – a beautiful space with some amazing features including North America’s largest living wall! That got me thinking about how I could incorporate more science with a focus on planting and growing into the library. I’d love to create an outdoor classroom…
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The Summer I Found You
I was looking for a light, easy read after (finally) finishing a book that I kept reading in the hopes it would get better, it didn’t really get better. The Summer I Found You was a perfect choice – a “chick lit” book with a little more substance than the…