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Boys in School – Too Hostile?
An article posted on Time yesterday discusses the possibility of boys being too hostile in school, that’s right too hostile. I’m sure you’ve see the articles about 7-year olds being suspended for school for playing the classic “Cops and Robbers” game at recess. This has happened with more frequency in…
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Eleanor & Park
This book cover has bee intriguing to me for the past couple of months and I finally got a chance to read the book last week. A story of love found in the most unlikely of places is one that I rarely can put down. This is a universal story…
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Beyond Books… Library lending
My boyfriend sends me links on just about anything, things he’s interested, things he thinks I might be interested in, sometimes random things that I can’t make sense of. But, he’s always really good about sending me links to articles about all things library-related. A few days ago he sent…
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Digger Day
I’ve seen a couple similar posts in the past few weeks and I think most of my fellow public librarians understand – I’ve hit my summer reading wall! I’m thoroughly exhausted and am tired of trying to keep everything in the same theme! Thankfully, last night was our last “big”…
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Spy School
This is another book I read on vacation. Spy School is about Ben Ripley, a awkward, science geek whose dream job would be to work for the CIA. Ben is not surprised to be selected to attend a magnate school with a focus on science, but he is surprised to…
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The Tragedy Paper
I’m back! After a week with extended family in the beautiful states of Tennessee and North Carolina, I’m back at work and reeling at how much I need to get done in the next couple of weeks! Over vacation I was able to read a handful of books that I’ll…
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Summer Vacation
I forgot to let everyone know that I’m on vacation this week, spending time with my family and getting (hopefully) a lot of reading done! Hopefully I’ll be catching up on my posts tomorrow!
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Yes, Let’s
I wish I would have seen this book before I did a camping themed story time this summer! Yes, Let’s with its rhyming couplets and repetitive “let’s” shows how much fun spending the day outdoors can be! The illustrations are also a lot of fun with things to find and…
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Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
Caldecott award winning author, Chris Raschka, again brings his beautiful watercolors to a new book for youngsters called Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle. In a field of children’s book you would think learning how to ride a bike would be a topic on everyone’s mind, but there aren’t…
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Wacky Wednesday Book Discussion #2 (3rd & 4th graders)
Our second book discussion for 3rd and 4th graders happened this afternoon. If you missed out on the first one I did, check out the link here. I had 15 kids participate with all of them actually reading the book. For this book discussion, I chose Frankie Pickle and the Closet…