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Sensory-Friendly Story Time Theme: Sing-a-long Books
I was finally able to get back out into the community this week and stop by four classrooms of young children with disabilities. The kids I see are 3 – 5 years old and have a variety of disabilities from autism spectrum to vision, language, intellectual, or some combination of…
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Public Libraries – Books for All!
It’s been one of those days where I started the morning with a dentist appointment that started late, which made me late to a meeting, then I came back to the library for a second meeting and am now waiting for a third meeting to start. It’s one of those…
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Paper Covers Rock
Paper Covers Rock written by Jenny Hubbard reminded me of another book I read called The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LeBan. It has a similar feel with a male main character at a boarding school where secrets are being kept about a horrible situation that has occurred. Without giving too…
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“Imagination: The Forgotten 21st Century Skill?”
While I was contemplating what to write about today, an article about imagination just popped up on Twitter feed – and there was my answer! “Imagination: The Forgotten 21st Century Skill?” was posted on the Scholastic website by Brian Smith, a kindergarten teacher. In the article, Brian Smith notes that…
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Types of Readers
I’m spending the next few days in beautiful Key Largo to celebrate a cousin’s wedding. While sitting poolside in the 80-degree sunny weather (don’t be too jealous!), I noticed how different the readers in my family are. My parents read to us for years and they themselves are readers too.…
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Hostage Three
Hostage Three by Nick Lake is a thrilling story of human survival in an unexpected situation. Amy is almost 18, still grieves for her mother, detests her new stepmother and has no desire to spend the next 12 months on a yacht sailing around the world with her father and…
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The Raven Boys
I finally had the chance to read Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Boys and I want to start the second book right away. I picked up The Raven Boys for a few reasons, it’s something I’ve been meant to read for awhile now and when I picked it up I was…
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Story Time Planning
I’m always curious when a new session of story time comes around to see how the adults react in story time. I am much more patient with children in story time, than I am with their caregivers. Children, especially the toddlers I hang out with, (2 – 3 1/2 year…
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“How Being a Children’s Librarian Made Me a Better Director”
I came across this article through my email or one of the many blogs I follow and I found it very interesting, partly because I’m currently a children’s librarian and also because (eventually) I would like to move into a director’s position. The article was published in this month’s issue…
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The Key and the Flame
This was my first book by Claire Caterer and it was definitely a fun-filled magical adventure for middle grade readers and it’s definitely left with an open ending for a follow-up story. Eleven-year-old Holly is always being told that she needs to get her head out of the clouds and…