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90 degree heat + a broken air conditioner = Madness!
Our air conditioner has been broken for a little while now and because we have to follow procedure, it may still be awhile before it can be repaired. Meanwhile, it’s been over 90 degrees for the past two days and our summer reading program officially begins on Monday. Luckily, we…
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The Last School Visits and Summer Reading
We had a group of 100 third graders visit this past week for a library tour and a quick highlight of upcoming library programs for summer reading. We had already seen them at school a few weeks ago, but they got the chance to come into the library, which for…
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BEA – My Experience!
Last Thursday marked my first time experiencing the fun, crazy BookExpo America! I wasn’t really sure what to expect going into it, but after a lot of planning and figuring things out the day of, I had a great time! My co-worker and I drove to New Jersey to take…
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It's Monday (*Tuesday), What Are You Reading? 5/26/2015
As I expected, I got very little reading done this weekend, but I got to spend a lot of time with family which was so nice, since my family lives about 5 hours away from me. I was able to finish Dangerous by Shannon Hale and ended up being a little…
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Happy Children's Book Week
May 4 – 10, 2015 is Children’s Book Week, the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country! It’s an “annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading” and is administered by Every Child a Reader and sponsored by the Children’s Book Council. The website has a…
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It's a Busy, Busy Day!
Today is a busy day for literature – it’s William Shakespeare’s birthday, World Book Day as designated by UNESCO and Adopt a Library Day! So where do I begin? William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, so many historians believe he would have been born a few days before,…
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Kutztown University Children's Literature Conference
I spent this past Saturday, as I had previously mentioned, at the Kutztown University Children’s Literature Conference. It’s a great place to hear from authors and illustrators about their writing process, how they became writers and their upcoming work. This year’s presenters included Mara Rockliff, William Low, Elisha Cooper, and…
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Book Reviews and Reviewers
I love books, it’s pretty simple and I love talking to other people who love books too, especially the same types of books – middle grade and young adult books. Every year, I attend the Kutztiwn Children’s Literature Conference held at Kutztown Univeristy. They bring in 3-4 authors and illustrators…
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Don't Let the Pigeon… Party
Yesterday we had a fun Pigeon party at the library for our young elementary school kids (Kindergarten – 2nd Grade)! Sadly we only ended up with 12 kids in attendance, but they definitely had fun! I made this program really easy by using the Pigeon’s 10th Birthday Celebration Activity Kit.…
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To Reference or Not To Reference?
Yesterday, I finally got back to a project that got pushed to the wayside last spring. It happens all the time, we start working on something full steam ahead and something else that is more important takes its place. We began working our way through the reference area in our…
