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Tips & Tricks to Motivate Readers
Does identifying children as reluctant readers lead them to become more reluctant? Because if you hear something said about yourself enough, you’ll start believing it – even if it isn’t true. I know there are kids that don’t necessarily like to read or would choose to read from a variety…
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Uncommon Partnerships – Government Access
We’re lucky to have a very strong connection with our local government access channel. They help us by filming large programs and running them on our government access channel at a later date. They also help us by creating Public Service Announcements for our summer reading program and for other…
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Director’s Thoughts #1
Yesterday, I spent a few hours trying to get my office organized… my previous director had been in the position for 37 years let me repeat that – 37 years! So needless to say, the office could use a little refreshing and some spring late summer cleaning. Thankfully our building…
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Reader's Advisory
I love Reader’s Advisory, I read a ton of books and get so excited to share them with the kids in my library. I love reading something and know exactly who I’ll recommend it to, other times I get the chance to talk to someone and pull out a book that…
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Kid & Family Reading Report
Last week Scholastic provided a sneak peek of there Kid & Family Reading Report which is due out in January. The brief sneak peek shows information, that I feel. Makes sense about kids today,but I’m interested to see more when the actual report comes out. “70% of kids ages 6…
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Reader’s Advisory for Kids
More often than not, my reader’s advisory questions come from kids who don’t like reading, are uninterested, or at a loss as to where to find a book they might like. When asked, “What is your favorite book?” or “What do you like to read about?” you’ll often receive the…
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It’s the Holiday Season…
It’s that time of year where people are (hopefully) more friendly, patient and kind than usual and although I wish it would happen year around. I love the Christmas season for this reason. I also love finding the perfect gift for someone and the memories I have of Christmas spent…
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Conference Take-Aways
Yesterday our library hosted the SEPLA Annual Conference with the keynote address given by Becky Spratford, author of the popular Reader’s Advisory Blog – RA For All. Becky gave a great speech filled with some amazing ideas about how to bridge the divide between the physical and virtual library worlds. …
