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Enchanted Library
We “borrowed” an idea we found in a few library magazines and created a HUGE event for our library we call “The Enchanted Library.” It can be difficult to explain, but think of a haunted house, but focused on children’s literature and not so scary. Each year we pick a…
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Vote for Me!
I don’t pretend to be a political person, I’m not even a fan of discussing politics due to the way most people seem to forget how to have a civilized conversation when discussing politics. But due to the fact that election day just happened, I figured I should at least…
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Story Time Theme – Fruit
Last week’s story time was fun and healthy! We learned all about fruit! From the jungle all the way to the supermarket and the kids really liked the stories. The first two were a little long – they might be better for a preschool story time rather than the toddler…
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Wonder Show
Another book I grabbed because the cover art caught my attention. Wonder Show by Hannah Barnaby was a fascinating read and was perfect for the two days I was home from work because of Hurricane Sandy. This book is definitely one to pick up if you love vivid descriptions and settings…
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Hurricane Sandy Update 2.0
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those who have been affected by Hurricane Sandy. Thankfully we were able to have power the entire day/night and today and I got to the store to find dinner food to feed all my friends without power. We didn’t have access…
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Hurricane Sandy – Update
Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on what seems to be the entire East Coast and the Philadelphia region is no different! My library was closed today and is planning on being closed tomorrow as well – rather be safe than sorry and all of our programming has obviously been cancelled…
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Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms
Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms is a captivating mystery filled with magic tricks, nosy triplets and a small boy who is much older than he looks. This story also has a number of funny, wacky parts that made me laugh out loud. Stuart Horten, whose name can be shortened to “shorten”…
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Family Place Library Training = Exhausted
So I spent a number of hours today in training to re-create our library into a Family Place Library and as of right now, I am so tired I can barely see straight. But, I got some amazing ideas, brainstormed with some amazing librarians, and met a lot of cool…
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Family Place Library Training
I’m away from my library for most of this week at a 4-day training so that our library can become a Family Place Library which means more offering more services to our families and young children. I’m so excited to learn more about early childhood development and how our library…
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Story Time Theme – Spots and Stripes
This week’s story time theme was so fun! We had a great time with spots and stripes, we began with an oldie, but goodie – Harry the Dirty Dog by, Gene Zion. This is a perfect story to talk about spots because Harry changes from a white dog with black…