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Story Time Theme: Reading
I really enjoy having a three-day weekend, I feel like I can get things accomplished at home, run errands, and still have time to relax and hang out with friends. Fireworks, a great cook-out, some pool time and a trip to Home Depot made for a great weekend (and I…
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48 Hour Book Challenge
Last year was the first time I heard about the 48 Hour Book Challenge and I haven’t had the chance to participate in it yet. My goal is that next year, I’ll set aside my weekend to try this out. The basic gist is that you said aside as much…
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“The Muscle-Flexing, Mind-Blowing Book Girls Will Inherit The Earth”
“The Muscle-Flexing, Mind-Blowing Book Girls Will Inherit The Earth” is an awesome article written for NPR about a group of people, who in mind have always existed (I was one a number of years ago), but who now are driving the YA book market. As Linda Holmes, the author of the…
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Summer Reading School Visits
Every year (like many other public libraries) we visit each of the schools in our service area to let kids know about our upcoming summer reading program. For the past few years we’ve used a trivia game that I’ve created using PowerPoint slides that corresponds to the summer’s theme and…
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Children’s Book Discussions
I have been working for the past few weeks on getting many of my book discussions finished before the onslaught of summer reading is upon us. I’ve found that if I have everything ready to go, all I need to do is print out the questions, review the story and…
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“Read, Kids, Read”
There’s an opinion piece in today’s New York Times by Frank Bruni about how little children in today’s society read. Although there is nothing new in this statement, it can be very disheartening, especially because of the great literature that is being published in both the children’s and young adult areas. …
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Geronimo Stilton Book Discussion
I spent a delightful afternoon yesterday with seven 3rd and 4th graders as we spent some time talking about the Geronimo Stilton series. The kids had a half day today for parent conferences, so our library took advantage offering a Lego Block Party as well as the book discussion. I’ve…
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“The 10 Weirdest and Most Wonderful Libraries in the World”
My brother sent me a link to this article last week, but in the midst of ALA Midwinter, I didn’t get a chance to read over it until now. Some of the libraries on the list I’ve heard about – like the biblioburro, a donkey that carries books to children…
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Types of Readers
I’m spending the next few days in beautiful Key Largo to celebrate a cousin’s wedding. While sitting poolside in the 80-degree sunny weather (don’t be too jealous!), I noticed how different the readers in my family are. My parents read to us for years and they themselves are readers too.…
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Reading in the Wild
Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer’s Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits by Donalyn Miller with Susan Kelley is a book I would suggest to any reading teacher in elementary, middle, and high school. I first became acquainted with Donalyn Miller’s ideas about reading education when I read her…