Month: January 2012

• Storytime Specials

  About every other month at my library we present what we call a Storytime Special, which is a 45 minute program for 4-8 year olds that includes stories, a treat and a craft centered around a theme. I like to use these programs to stretch stories in different ways, or to give the kids and…

  Miss Julie

  January 31, 2012

  artsncrafts, awesomeness, be the best you can be, classic picture books, different ways to read, early literacy, events, kids, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, music, personal experience, picture books, preschool, programming, videos

  frog and toad, hot dogs, tea party, winter wonderland

• Sharing A Wrinkle In Time

  Click through to see the facebook page for A Wrinkle in Time. My love of A Wrinkle In Time has been documented before on this blog, and because I love it so much, it is one of those books that I can’t share lightly, and I have to be careful not to put it in…

  Miss Julie

  January 24, 2012

  authors, awesomeness, backlistbeauties, books, covers, J fiction, kidlit, largely unsubstantiated, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, OPINIONS!, publishing, reading

• Beginning Readers Storytime: Art Adventure

  After having my Beginning Readers Storytime for several sessions, I began to feel a familiar feeling: boredom. I was bored. I needed something new, exciting, thrilling. I needed to challenge myself. Yet, I am not completely insane. The program was popular and well-attended, and people looked forward to it. I didn’t want to sabotage that.…

  Miss Julie

  January 18, 2012

  artsncrafts, awesomeness, beginningreaderstorytime, classic picture books, different ways to read, early literacy, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, OPINIONS!, personal experience, picture books, programming, reading programs

• 2011 in review

  The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,900 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many…

  Miss Julie

  January 2, 2012

  diagrams & charts = science!