Category: kidlit

• Where Do The Teens Go?

  

  Where do the teens go? (saxophone solo) Where do the teens go? I’ve long had a belief that service and programs in the public library, especially Youth Services (if you define Youth Services as 0-18), is a conveyor belt of sorts. We start with children in lapsit storytime, and our ultimate goal should be to create…

  Miss Julie

  January 1, 2016

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, early childhood, early literacy, kidlit, kids, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, library spaces, library workers, middle grade, outreach, personal experience, preschool, professional development, programming, school libraries, schools, storytime, teens, toddlers

  advocacy, community, librarian, outreach, youth services

• author, author!

  The past couple of conferences I went to, there was some chatter about author visits at libraries—namely, how do you get anyone to care about and come to your author event? (I’m assuming here you’ve found the money already. Top notch authors are almost always going to be quite expensive, so start budgeting now and…

  Miss Julie

  December 3, 2013

  authors, awesomeness, be the best you can be, books, cake, events, folk & fairy tales, kidlit, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries-everywhere, marketing, outreach, personal experience, programming, school libraries, schools, teens, ya lit

  author visit, middle school

• Uncommonly Good Books (and more!) for Common Core Instruction

  uncommonbooks (pdf of slide show)November 1st, ISLMA Conference 2013, Springfield, IL Hi ISLMA friends! I’ll be updating this post during the upcoming week, adding annotations and the new resources I added for the second chance presentation. Thanks so much for coming, and if there’s anything you’d like to add please leave a comment! Here is…

  Miss Julie

  October 31, 2013

  be the best you can be, conferences, folk & fairy tales, J fiction, kidlit, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, nonfiction, picture books, professional development, reading, reviews, school libraries, scifi

  book awards, children’s literature, databases, ISLMA, Kate Greenaway Medals, School libraries, Tomas Rivera, Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children, young adult, young adult literature

• Making Common Core Commonplace: On the Front Lines 2013

  Hi OTFL friends! Thank you so much for attending my presentation, and for the great conversation. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me if you want to talk more– I’d love to help. Just a note–this post will be living organism over the next few weeks, so don’t fret– more information will be…

  Miss Julie

  August 6, 2013

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, books, folk & fairy tales, kidlit, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries-everywhere, libraries…of the FUTURE, OPINIONS!, outreach, professional development

  adult reference, advocacy, community, education, librarian, libraries, library, outreach

• Book Talkin’

  (You need to sing the title of this post to the tune of “Jive Talkin’”) As the school year draws rapidly to a close (seriously, where did it go?) I’ve been reflecting on my first year as a school outreach librarian. I can’t tell you how invigorating it has been to use different skills and…

  Miss Julie

  April 19, 2013

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, books, kidlit, kids, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, nonfiction, OPINIONS!, personal experience, professional development, programming, reader's advisory, reading, schools, teens, ya lit

  books, librarians, libraries, professional development, rarians, teens

• ego, thy name is librarianship

  Anyone who knows me will tell you that I have a bit of an attention problem. No, not attention deficit– I have a need to be, if not the center of attention, at least left of center. Even though I am an introvert at heart who needs significant alone time to recharge and prepare, I…

  Miss Julie

  January 13, 2013

  awards, awesomeness, be the best you can be, books, conferences, early literacy, ethics, kidlit, largely unsubstantiated, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library school vs. real libraries, library workers, marketing, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, professional development, reading, reading programs, stories, storytime, technology

  advocacy, books, community, librarian, libraries, literature, outreach, research, technology

• Review: The Lions of Little Rock

  The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine My rating: 5 of 5 stars I don’t cry at books. It’s happened only a couple of times. I’m much more likely to cry at television or movies, mostly because of the added manipulation of the music and cinematography. For a book to elicit such a reaction,…

  Miss Julie

  October 24, 2012

  books, boundtracks, historical fiction, J fiction, kidlit, middle grade, reading, reviews, Uncategorized

  literature

• Eat or Be Eaten: A Disturbing Storytime for the Older Child

  I’m reading aloud to a group of fifth graders soon, and I knew I wanted to start off with one of my sure fire hits, Gobble Gobble Slip Slop by Meilo So. I’ve read this book with all ages and the repetition, gross out factor, and beautiful illustrations win everyone over. The fat, greedy cat…

  Miss Julie

  September 27, 2012

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, books, folk & fairy tales, kidlit, kids, outreach, picture books, programming, reading, schools, storytime, weirdnesss for the sake of weirdness

  books, dietary choices, eating, fantasy creatures, librarian, libraries, literature, outreach

• 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

• top 11 posts of 2011

  When I first started this blog, I had no grand aspirations. I am passionate about the library field, child development, and children’s literature, and I wanted to have a place to express my thoughts, and I hoped that I would garner at least a dedicated, engaged readership. Fairly early on, I experienced the Elizabeth Bird…

  Miss Julie

  December 31, 2011

  authors, awesomeness, babies, backlistbeauties, be the best you can be, bibliotherapy, books, early childhood, early literacy, ethics, kidlit, kids, largely unsubstantiated, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, library school vs. real libraries, literacy, marketing, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, picture books, politics, preschool, professional development, programming, reading, reading programs, reviews, storytime, summer reading, teens, toddlers, weeding