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The Philadelphia Zoo and Books
I’m going to brag a little about the Philadelphia Zoo. They offer a number of great programs for children of all ages. Many of the programs include not only a craft and information about different animals at the zoo, but they also include stories! Parents, you don’t necessarily need to…
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Spread the Word to End the Word
What word, you may be asking? The R-word, or as others have heard it “retarded.” Why am I posting about this? Well, many of you may not be aware of a book award presented by the American Library Association called the Schneider Family Book Award. “The Schneider Family Book Awards…
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Yoga Storytime for Toddlers
I know what many of you are thinking… yoga AND toddlers?!?!?! We’ve done one yoga storytime last year and it was so popular, we’re bringing it back again! A few housekeeping things before I explain what we do: I am not a yoga instructor, but I’ve done some yoga in…
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Community Outreach – Story Time at the Intermediate Unit
For the past three years, our library has provided an outreach to the county Intermediate Unit offering story time once a month for the preschool class. I visit the classroom on the first Thursday of the month seeing two different classes of children – one in the morning, the other…
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Skippyjon Jones Party
If you have never heard of Skippyjon Jones, I beg you, please run to your nearest bookstore or library and pick up a copy. Skippyjon Jones is a rambunctious Siamese kitten who, with the help of his closet and his imagination becomes El Skippito, the great Mexican sword fighter and…
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The Reading Promise
I cannot say enough about the book The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared by Alice Ozma. Let me start by giving you a little bit of the background, Alice Ozma was named for two very famous literary characters – Alice from Alice in Wonderland and Ozma…
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“Libraries are screwed….”
I just finished reading an article in the March/April 2012 of The Horn Book Magazine written by Stephen Roxburgh about The e-Future. In this article Stephen quotes a librarian named Eli Neiburger by saying that “Libraries are in the business of owning and sharing content. The faster the format becomes…
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The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen written by Eric Berlin was an exciting, and interactive mystery that reached far above my expectations. Winston Breen is a twelve-year-old puzzle maniac – he loves all kinds of puzzles! When his sister finds a puzzle in the birthday gift she receives from Winston,…
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Parachute Story Time
So today marked a big occasion…. I tried parachute story time for the first time during my regular story time. Try to imagine 15 children that range in age between 2 and 3 1/2 years old, with a parachute, puppets, books, and music. I would like to think of it…
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Wake
Wake written by Lisa McMann is the first book in the Wake trilogy. A quick read, the book sucks you right from the beginning. Janie, a 17-year old, gets sucked into other people’s dreams, which makes life truly difficult when you’re still in high school with peers sleeping through class, study hall,…
