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Little Red Writing
Joan Holub and Melissa Sweet are paired together in this beautifully executed story about writing a story. This is such a fun way to introduce children to writing stories. Little Red Writing takes a familiar story and remakes it to include tried and true rules for writing a story. Our…
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Boxers & Saints
As I’ve said in the past, graphic novels are not my favorite format for reading, but the companion stories Boxers and Saints is a really interesting take on a historical event, that I did not know much about. Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese, wrote about the Boxer…
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Fangirl
I very easily fell into the world of Cath, Wren, Levi and the rest of the characters in Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. Rowell created a very realistic world filled with characters with real life issues that many teens can relate to. Cath and Wren’s mom left when they were very…
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Tea Party Rules
Ame Dyckman has done it again, Tea Party Rules is an adorable story of friendship in the most unlikely place. Cub smells something delicious and before he knows it, he has found a tea party…complete with cookies! When the little girl shows up, she teaches Cub the (many) rules one…
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Story Time Theme – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
This week’s story time author/illustrator was Amy Krouse Rosenthal – another favorite author of mine whose books are funny, poignant, and can help children learn valuable life lessons. Again, I think these books may have faired better with a little older audience (I’m thinking preschool age), but they are still…
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Exciting News…
It has been a couple of crazy weeks in October with programming, story times, new employees and more, but I received some very exciting news a few weeks ago and realized I hadn’t had a chance to share with you. I’ve been accepted to participate in the American Library Association’s (ALA) Emerging…
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Pumpkin Trouble
It’s that time of year! No, not Christmas (yet!), but Halloween and there are some great books out there for the holiday. Kids around here are ready to go trick-or-treating and have been talking about costumes for awhile now. I thought I’d post this great holiday book as it fits…
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Zombiekins
Over the weekend I was traveling and grabbed Zombiekins by Kevin Bolger as an audiobook to listen to in the car. It was a great choice (especially around Halloween)! It’s definitely the perfect book to give to kids looking for something a little scary, but funny too! And it’s definitely…
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PaLA Annual Conference
I was fortunate to spend Monday at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort for the Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference. I find conferences invigorating, exciting, and fun! I love to learn about new ideas, programs, and concepts and seeing so many of my fellow librarians excited about what they do, excites…
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Story Time Theme – Paul Schmid
This week our story time author/illustrator was Paul Schmid. He writes and illustrates absolutely beautiful and adorable stories for little ones. Unfortunately, these stories were a little too long for my crowd, but would most likely work for an older audience in preschool. I did blowup balloons for the kids…