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hark! an arc!
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Continue reading →: hark! an arc!I’ve come into possession of several ARCs recently, and normally I don’t give a frak about that kind of thing, and book-bragging fills me with an inexplicable rage, but I really have liked these books so Imma gonna tell you about ’em. However, I don’t do synopses because they bore…
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#ala2011
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Continue reading →: #ala2011I’m winding my way home slowly on the ALA party train, but I wanted to have a post up that people who found my postcards at ALA could comment on. I have quite a few things to write about ALA so I’ll try to roll those out in the next…
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fact and fiction: tiger, tiger burning bright
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Continue reading →: fact and fiction: tiger, tiger burning brightCan We Save The Tiger? by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Vicky White + Dorje’s Stripes by Anshumani Ruddra, illustrated by Gwangjo and Jung-a Park These two titles both address the topic of extinction, and in each title it is the artwork that most strongly pleads the case. In Can We…
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post script
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Continue reading →: post scriptAs much as I railed the other day about the institution of summer reading, today is the first day of the program at MPOW and I am loving talking to all of the kids and getting them excited about coming to our programs and reading. I think my real problem…
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Reading Rockets
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Continue reading →: Reading RocketsI’d forgotten about Reading Rockets. They have a ton of videos up on youtube and a comprehensive website. An amazing resource. Reading Rockets site.
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Summer Reading, pain in my…*
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Continue reading →: Summer Reading, pain in my…*Summer Reading. We spend all year working on it. We can’t escape it. I hate it. I hate summer reading. But…but…it helps kids retain their reading skills over summer vacation! You know why we even have a summer vacation? So kids could spend the summer months helping out on the…
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music! for kids!
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Continue reading →: music! for kids!Hey, check out my guest post over at Little Big. It’s all about kid music that doesn’t suck, and I think it is one of my better blogs posts. It was a joy to do a favor for one of my favorite twitter folk, too. In other news, look forward…
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Book Review: I Spy with My Little Eye
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Continue reading →: Book Review: I Spy with My Little EyeI’m certain that I Spy with My Little Eye by Edward Gibb will become a storytime staple. It follows the classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear formula of guessing what animal comes next, with color being the major clue, with the added treat of peering through a hole die-cut in the pages.…
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Baby Rhymes!
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Continue reading →: Baby Rhymes!These are some of the new (to me) rhymes that I will be using during this spring’s baby storytimes. I adapted most of these from Baby Goose by Kate McMullan, adding the actions in parentheses. Dance to your daddy (have baby dance) Dance to your daddy, my little baby; Dance to…
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I’m Julie
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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