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15 Books to Keep You Cool This Summer
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester The Adventures of a South Pole Pig by Chris Kurtz Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett Flora and the Penguin by Molly Idle Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse Frozen Secrets: Antarctica…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Facts About Me
I’ve wanted to be a librarian since I was about 7. There was really no other choice for me to pursue after I finished high school. This is what I’ve always wanted and I’m so lucky to do what I love. My idea of “going outside to play” was picking…
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Level Up: Pairing Video Games with Children’s and YA Books (Sports Games)
Each Thursday this summer, I’ll be posting a video game and corresponding book list. This is just a fun, personal project that was actually the brainchild of my boyfriend who thought that A) it sounded awesome and B) that there are a lot of parents who would love to have…
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Building a Home Library
Check out the Children’s Book Council’s 2016 Building a Home Library booklist created by the ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee and the ALA-Children’s Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, of which I am a part of. These booklists are created every other year and include not only classic stories, but newly published material…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Feel Differently About After Time Has Passed
I chose to stray just a little from this week’s topic because my feelings towards books usually stay fairly similar from when I read them and as time passes. As I’ve said before graphic novels aren’t my favorite format for reading, but I’ve read many graphic novels that I really…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I Picked Up On A Whim
Most of the books I read, I learn about through various blogs, Twitter mentions, and talking with colleagues, but every once in a while I’ll just pick something up as I ‘m assigning a call number to it. Some of these are also ARCs that I received at ac conference…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/28/16
I feel like I’ve been in a reading rut, but I finally got some quality reading done this week and have a few books to hit up before PLA next week! This week I read – Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi, a crazy story about zombie cows, small town life,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed Recently That Weren’t My Typical Genre/Type
Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonI am not a huge fan of graphic novels; I’m a quick reader and I think I don’t spend enough time looking at the art, feeling as though it gets in the way. But I loved Roller Girl! The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other) by…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/22/16
I read SO many books this week! I, unfortunately, got the 24-hour bug as well which left me down-and-out (of work) for two days when all was said and done, but I definitely put the second day to good use, getting a lot of reading done! This week I read:…
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Family Storytime Theme: Colorful Chameleons
This storytime was awesome! I enjoy my Saturday crowds because they are a lot of families that I don’t see during the week and are usually very into participating. The kids LOVED the fish song and (once they figured it out) the “Mmm Ahh” song too! They were also captivated…