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Beginning Readers Storytime: Art Adventure

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January 18, 2012

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…
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2011 in review

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January 2, 2012

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…
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top 11 posts of 2011

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December 31, 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,…
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Review: Ingenue

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December 28, 2011

Ingenue by Jillian Larkin My rating: 1 of 5 stars I really want to like these books. I love jazz, I love the flapper era, and I like historical fiction–but Larkin drops the ball several times. With more research, editing, and commitment to the time period, this series could really…
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Review: Bigger than a Bread Box

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December 23, 2011

Bigger than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love this cover, which is just one of many wonderful middle grade covers that have been appearing lately. So much better than the severed heads and badly photoshopped models that YA covers have been suffering…
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gift books/best of hybrid

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December 15, 2011

I have a new post up over at the BEA Librarian blog about books for gift-giving, which is also kind of my best of 2011 post. Or at the very least, some books I liked a lot.
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Review: The Freak Observer

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December 10, 2011

The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston My rating: 5 of 5 stars I don’t summarize worth a dang, so if you need a summary, find it here. First up, this cover–this cover, people! On the whole, I think that these days middle grade and chapter books get the better covers–illustrations,…
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Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

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December 10, 2011

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3 stars means “I liked it.” I didn’t love it, I didn’t hate it…it was okay. The use of the found pictures seemed kind of forced at times, and not as integrated as they could…
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books to give, books to get

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December 7, 2011

Books to Give If you need ideas for holiday gift giving this year, and want to give a book, I highly recommend going over to Mother Reader’s site and utilizing her “Ways to Give a Book” series. Quality stuff, and if you have to participate in the craziness of STUFF…
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for you, a Thanksgiving Casserole of Randomness

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November 21, 2011

So, here’s a bunch of disjointed notes with very little context from a small notebook I found again recently. I think most of them are from the Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough that I attended in 2008? or 2009? Enjoy! Coffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Kids doing rubic’s cubes Irish–Pat Latin–Mendoza Makes me a Leprecano…
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I’m Julie

Julie sitting on a chair, holding a copy of the book A Wrinkle In Time.

I’ve worked with children and their families for over twenty years. I’m a storyteller, librarian, musician, and advocate. I’m passionate about early childhood education, inclusion, and ethical leadership. These are my stories.

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