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Amazon the new library?
Amazon has recently launched a new “Netflix-like” subscription service for ebooks. And a number of recent articles are posting that Amazon is now going to replace libraries with this service. Including this article from Great Britain, whose author believes that the country could save money by offering an ebook subscription…
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Robot Building – Part 2
I survived our robot building workshop this afternoon! It was a lot of controlled chaos, but I think the kids and many of the parents had a really great time building, exploring, imagining, and just having a really great time together. We ended up with over 100 people for this…
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Robot Building – Part 1
I’m not sure that anyone who isn’t a children’s librarian understands the feelings of being smack in the middle of summer reading with programs happening on a daily (sometimes hourly) schedule, reference questions flying at you a mile a minute, and kids and parents, nannies, grandparents, and tutors in every…
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Summer Camp Outreach
Every year the library partners with the local Park & Recreation Department to bring a library program out to the summer day camp. This year we’re focusing our services on children ages 5 – 8, which is a little easier than offering a 30 – 45 minute program for the…
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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…