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Tales of the Madman Underground: a love letter

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February 7, 2011

I fall in love with books the same way I fall in love with people– deeply, unabashedly and without any pretense of dignity. This post is a love letter, and like the gushing of any girl newly in love, it may ramble here and there, but I hope you’ll indulge…
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Five Little Monkeys

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January 22, 2011

This is quite possibly the most awesome, catchy, fun version of Five Little Monkeys that I have ever heard. A total winner.
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screen time & baby einstein

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January 22, 2011

Children’s Librarians, how many of you still have Baby Einstein DVDs in your collections? Are they still circulating? Are you aware of the Disney refunds, and have you passed this information along to your patrons?
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2010 in review

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January 2, 2011

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416…
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shortlists!

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January 1, 2011

The short lists for the Cybils are out today! I was so pleased and honored to be a panelist for the Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books category. Go see what made the cut and maybe find some great new reads for January!
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gifts to you from my reader feed

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December 21, 2010

Textbook. Characters from literature, film, ballet, and even songs are dressed in contemporary fashion. I found this via bookshelves of doom. If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger,There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats. Historical ephemera. Often pictures, sometimes audio; always interesting. Bookie Woogie: Three Kids and their Dad Talk…
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five fast ones

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November 19, 2010

Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl by Tedd Arnold The first Fly Guy book was on the Monarch List a few years ago, so I’m well aware that the character is popular with kids. This addition to the series seems to be more of the same, which means it’s well-written and…
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historic

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November 19, 2010

I have a guest post up over at Librarian by Day, about one of my favorite backlist/crossover titles, My Sister The Moon, by Sue Harrison. I got into Sue Harrison’s books after I read Jean Auel’s Clan of the Cave Bear/Earth’s Children series (which is FINALLY coming to an end…
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Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same

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November 17, 2010

It would take a cold, cold person to resist the charm* of Grace Lin’s Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same. Ling and Ting are twins who are, as the title implies, similar but not completely the same. In the first story, The Haircuts, we see Ting get terribly butchered…
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Anna Maria’s Gift

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November 11, 2010

Anna Maria’s Gift by Jamie Shefelman, illustrated by Robert Papp. Summary from the book: In 1715 Italy, nine-year-old Anna Maria Lombardini arrives at a Venice orphanage with little but a special violin her father made for her, but when her teacher, Antonio Vivaldi, favors her over a fellow student, the…
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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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