Category: personal experience
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Book Crave*
I am somewhat of a thematic programmer, but I am also a weirdo who connects books, rhymes and songs the way Thelonius Monk improvises– it makes glorious sense, but not in the way you’d usually expect. I needed a new story time to take out on some preschool visits, and I was blanking on what…
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Space…the library frontier
After seeing this post at ohdeedoh (which is a surprisingly good source of ideas for youth librarians), I decided that my ideal childrens’ department would have to have a wall made entire of felt, a wall painted in chalkboard paint, and a wall with magnetized paint (and a wall of lick-able wall-paper, if it weren’t…
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do you understand me now?
“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” -Robert Browning, from “Andrea del Sarto” That is one of the most famous lines in all of literature, but what does it mean? To me, it means that you should always strive for more than you can accomplish at a given…
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The Giving Tree
The Pioneer Woman wrote a post about The Giving Tree, which inspired me to write a brief little note about how I think the boy in that book is a complete jerk. It is still a lovely story about unconditional love, but that doesn’t change the fact that that boy is awful. He takes, takes,…
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Ready, Set, Go! Storytime Can Help Children (and Parents) Become Kindergarten-ready. – 9/1/2009 – School Library Journal
Ready, Set, Go! Storytime Can Help Children (and Parents) Become Kindergarten-ready. – 9/1/2009 – School Library Journal. A great little post about the importance of storytime. More and more communities lack a sufficient number of quality preschools and daycares to help parents instill in children the skills they will need to succeed in school. It…
Hi, Miss Julie 