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Children’s Book Discussions
I have been working for the past few weeks on getting many of my book discussions finished before the onslaught of summer reading is upon us. I’ve found that if I have everything ready to go, all I need to do is print out the questions, review the story and…
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Summer Reading Prep…
or ” How to Try and Organize My Life for the Next 3 Months” All of our major spring programming has wrapped up, which is awesome, but after a short reprieve, I am now facing the summer reading kick-off countdown. And I have WAY too much to do in the…
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High School Literacy Night
Last night I got the distinct pleasure to be part of a new annual event hosted at the local high school recognizing students who excel and enjoy both reading and writing. The high school English department and school librarian put together an amazing evening filled with great activities, speakers and…
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“A Market-Driven Solution to the Need for Diverse Books”
First Book (an organization that provides access to books for children in need) announced today that they aren’t just supporting the need for more diverse books in the publishing world for children and teens, but they’re also “putting our money where our mouth is and pledging to purchase 10,000 copies…
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“Read, Kids, Read”
There’s an opinion piece in today’s New York Times by Frank Bruni about how little children in today’s society read. Although there is nothing new in this statement, it can be very disheartening, especially because of the great literature that is being published in both the children’s and young adult areas. …
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The Shadow Throne
It’s been awhile since I posted a book review, but I finally got a chance to finish this trilogy! I absolutely loved The False Prince and plan on using it as a suggestion all summer long for summer reading. But, I personally, don’t find trilogies to be very strong. I…
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Fun Friday Theme: The Orchestra
This is our last Fun Friday program before the school years ends and I know the kids are getting antsy for the end of the year, the nice weather, and summer break, so I tried to create a fun (and very loud!) program about the orchestra. I borrowed parts of…
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Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade
I’ve finally begun working on my New Year’s resolution to find more books for beginning chapter book readers (i.e. early elementary school). Princess Posey definitely fits the bill – in length of chapters and the book in its entirety, in vocabulary, and in content. The first in the series is…
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Story Time Theme: Green
This was our last week of story time before summer. We tend to end rather early in May because kids get really busy and we do too! We visit a number of schools gearing up for summer reading during the month of May and having a more open schedule allows…
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Simple Middle School Programming
For some libraries, getting middle schoolers to frequent programs can be very difficult! In our library we are fortunate to have a solid group of kids that come to regularly scheduled programs for the middle school age group (grades 5 – 8). During the summer, it’s usually around 40, but…