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Book Review: Zombie Tag
If you’re looking for a new spin on zombies… this is the book for you. Written by Hannah Moskowitz (a young adult novelist) Zombie Tag is at times a heart-wrenching, hysterical, and scary middle grade story about a 12-year-old boy named Wil. As the story progresses you find out that…
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Book Review: Remarkable
First of all, Happy 4th of July to all my fellow Americans. I hope you got a chance to see some fireworks and have a cookout! I must say, coming back to work on a Thursday is a little weird, but it’s great that tomorrow is Friday already! Over the past…
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“Where are the good chapter books?”
As a reference librarian, I am guaranteed to get some people asking me the most interesting, weird, cute, and ridiculous questions known to mankind. Questions (by adults usually) like, “Can you help me find a book? I can’t remember the title or author, but I know the cover was blue and it was…
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Weathering the Storm
As I was trolling other blogs that I try to keep up with, I found this inforgraphic that I felt the need to share. It was very relevant to me, I just finished a summer course in Public Budgeting and Finance where I was required to write an 8 –…
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Book Review: Promise the Night
Over the weekend I read Promise the Night written by Michaela MacColl. It’s a historical fiction novel about Beryl Markham, the first pilot to fly solo from England to North America. I’ll be honest, before I read this book, I had never heard of her but, after reading about her life –…
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Book Review: Water Balloon
This coming of age novel by Audrey Vernick is a great summer read for middle school girls! When Marley’s parents decide to get separated, she finds herself spending the summer with her dad in a new house, a summer babysitting job she doesn’t want, and friends who seem too busy for…
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Middle School Book Discussion
Part of my library’s summer reading program involves 2 different middle school (grades 5 – 8) book discussions. The first is called “Literary Lunch” and is an hour long book discussion once a week for five weeks during lunch time. The students bring their lunch and the library provides some…
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Book Review: Fallen
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this young adult book. This is a fun, summer reader for kids (especially girls) in 7th grade and up. It’s a romantic story about a girl named Luce Price who is sent to Sword & Cross boarding school for a history that…
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Summer Reading is just around the corner…
I don’t believe the general public knows just how much time and effort is put into planning and executing the summer reading program each year. At my library, we begin planning in November, which means by May, I’m very tired of thinking about summer! Our library provides entertainers and shows…
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Sensory-Friendly Storytime: Monsters
I visit the local intermediate unit in my county once a month to present story time to two different classes of toddlers and preschoolers who are on the autism spectrum and/or have other possible learning disabilities. The classes are usually between 5 – 12 kids and are the majority are…