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Saturday Storytime: Spiders
Just in time for Halloween, or any time of year you want to explore creepy-crawlers, this is the perfect storytime! Spiders are really great at helping the environment and it’s important to teach kids about spider facts. Today, I’m sharing nine spider books both fiction and nonfiction that can work…
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Mathical Book Prize Announced!
“The Mathical Book Prize aims to inspire a love of mathematics in the everyday world in children of all ages. Each year’s winners and honor books join a selective and ever-growing list of new and previously published fiction and non-fiction titles for youth. These titles are as varied as the intersection between…
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#blogbookaday: Baabwaa & Wooliam
Summary: “A hilarious and satisfying tale of literacy, dental hygiene, and friendship from David Elliott and Melissa Sweet that is sure to have readers in stitches from start to finish. Baabwaa is a sheep who loves to knit. Wooliam is a sheep who loves to read. It sounds a bit boring,…
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(Unofficial) Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Titles for Shark Week
I’ve had a number of kids interested in shark books – everything from picture books (for those who frighten easily) to nonfiction titles that show rows of teeth and talk about sharks as apex predators and an important part of the ecosystem. So while everyone watches Michael Phelps race a…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Read In One Sitting
Granted, I probably didn’t read all of these in one setting, but most I read in large chunks and just couldn’t put down! Check out these awesome titles. Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon Weekends with Max and His Dad by Linda Urban Wish by Barbara O’Connor Moo by Sharon Creech Ghost by…
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30 Chapter Books Featuring Black Protagonists
I started this just as a middle grade list, but didn’t want to ignore the littles who are just starting out in the chapter books world, so I featured books for kids from about 1st/2nd grade to 8th grade. Of course, you don’t have to be in elementary or middle school…
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Reading Diversely
I am, primarily, a reference librarian in the children’s department which means that I’m sitting at a desk for most of the day answering questions about the computers, looking for books to use for school reports and endlessly answering, “(Insert child’s name here) has read all The Diary of a Wimpy…
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Top 10 Tuesday: Resolutions I Have For 2016
I have ten resolutions and now am slightly overwhelmed, but many are attainable and I’m really excited to start 2016 off on the right foot! Overall, I resolve to rock. Check out my Top Ten Tuesday: Resolutions I Have For 2016. Blog Goals Grow a larger readership. I have a lot of…
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Elementary STEAM: Popcorn Science
Last week I offered a Popcorn Science class for our Fun Friday program. I actually had two programs – the first for 2nd through 4th graders and the other for Kindergarten & 1st graders. The kids were beyond excited to eat the popcorn, but first I wanted to do a little…
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Book Review – “Piper Green and the Fairy Tree"
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree written by Ellen Potter tells the story of a second grader name Piper who lives on a small island off the coast of Maine. She loves her family, misses her older brother, and tells it like it is which makes her a interesting character…
