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Cloudette
Tom Lichtenheld is probably one of my favorite picture book authors for an older audience (including adults!). His books have a humor that young children might not understand, but make me chuckle every time I read one of his books. Other books, Lichtenheld has written and/or illustrated include E-Mergency!, Zero the…
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Tween Programming – Theatre
One of the best ways we have found to get tweens (grades 5 – 8) to come into the library is to provide them with an acting opportunity. At this age, the kids love being the center of attention and providing reader’s theatre plays for these kids to participate in,…
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Multicultural Fair
Tonight the library’s hosting a multicultural fair that incorporates and celebrates the diverse community we are a part of. We outreached to a number of library staff members and community members to help by providing information about the heritage and culture at a table where they can include dress/costumes, food,…
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Fun Friday: Extreme Animals
We had a great time at our Fun Friday program yesterday, 22 kids from 1st – 4th grade came to the library to learn about animals, camouflage and to use their imaginations to create their own extreme animal. We began with finding camouflaged animals in the book, Where in the…
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The Killing Woods
During ALA Midwinter, I picked up a number of books that I wouldn’t normally read in the hopes of adding to my reader’s advisory repertoire. This was one of those books – I don’t watch scary movies and don’t like reading scary books, especially right before falling asleep, but after…
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Rosie Revere, Engineer
Another amazing option for this year’s summer reading program – Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts. Rosie like to creates quiet and shy in class, but at night loves to create “gadgets and gizmos.” But when Rosie’s Uncle Zookeeper Fred laughs at one of her inventions, Rosie…
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Philadelphia Library at the Airport
I was walking to my gate on Friday and I cam across the Free Library of Philadelphia… in the airport! Here’s a quick blurb about the idea from the Free Library’s blog. And here’s a great write-up in the Library Journal about libraries in airports (including Philadelphia). I was so…
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Story Time Theme: Nursery Rhymes
Nursery rhymes seem to have been left by the wayside for the next generation of children. Nursery rhymes have existed for centuries for a very specific reason – they are a great tool to help children learn early literacy skills. So with that in mind, I created a story time…
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People Magazine Advertisements & Books?
I had to travel over the weekend and during the inevitable delayed layover at the Atlanta airport, I was perusing People Magazine. But not just any People the Collector’s Special about the movie Divergent due out in theatres on March 21st. I’m sure most (if not all) of you know…
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Geronimo Stilton Book Discussion
I spent a delightful afternoon yesterday with seven 3rd and 4th graders as we spent some time talking about the Geronimo Stilton series. The kids had a half day today for parent conferences, so our library took advantage offering a Lego Block Party as well as the book discussion. I’ve…
