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All the Truth That’s In Me
All the Truth That’s In Me is a story of mystery, intrigue, and suspense, but not in the way I was expecting. Judith returns home after missing from her small town for four years. When she returns, she is unable to speak and her story remains a mystery that only…
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ALA Midwinter Conference
I am so excited about the conference this year! It’s in my backyard, making it very easy for me to get to and as part of the Emerging Leaders program, I’ll be very busy with workshops, programs, and parties. I’ll also be live blogging from the event for the ALSC…
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Sensory-Friendly Story Time Theme: Down on the Farm
Today was our first try at providing a sensory-friendly story time at the library. Unfortunately, no one showed up. I’m not giving up though, sometimes this happens – especially for a brand new program targeting a specific part of the community. Many families that have children with disabilities do not frequent…
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Rooftoppers
Have you ever read a book that makes you pause because the writing is so beautiful? That’s how I felt reading Rooftoppers, I only got about 30 pages into the book before I had to post a quote to Twitter because it was so beautiful- “Books crowbar the world open…
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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…