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Continue reading →: Layla, Queen of Hearts
When I picked up Layla, Queen of Hearts, by Glenda Millard, I was unaware that it was a companion to an earlier novel (The Naming of Tishkin Silk) and that it was an Australian import. This ignorance didn’t affect my reading experience in the least. If anything, I was happier…
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Continue reading →: Rick and Rack and the Great Outdoors
Rick and Rack and the Great Outdoors by Ethan Long Rick and Rack are a raccoon and a deer, respectively, and in this slight graphic novel they go on three different outdoorsy adventures, including fishing, tracking, and paddling around the lake in a canoe. There is really no through-line to…
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Continue reading →: Porky and Bess
Porky and Bess by Ellen Weiss, Marsha Winborn, Mel Friedman (link to Goodreads book page) Porky and Bess is the story of two best friends–Porky, a bachelor pig, and Bess, a single mother with three kittens. They could not be more different, and really, I could not puzzle out why…
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Continue reading →: Falling Behind
September went by in the blink of an eye! I was on vacation for the first part of the month, spend the middle part enduring and enjoying my robust programming schedule (note to self: cut back on both programming and pastry and you’ll be much happier for it), and at…
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Continue reading →: if you liked “not just cute”…
…here is another child development/early childhood blog that you might find interesting and useful: Janet Lansbury, Elevating Childcare (and, yes, she is somewhat related to Angela Lansbury). Here’s her introduction/description: Raising a child is one the most important and challenging jobs we will ever have. It brings a considerable amount…
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Continue reading →: marketing.
I had a storytime last spring that I called Family Storytime, for all ages, but mostly 3 years-2nd grade. It was at 6:30 p.m. on a week night, unregistered. On average, five or six kids came. I will admit, I was bothered. I thought people would like being able to…
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Continue reading →: Emergent Literacy
Not Just Cute just finished up an excellent series of posts on emergent literacy. Here is the anchor post. Do yourself a favor and read them.
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Continue reading →: ain’t no cure for the summertime blues.
OR: Love is the higher law. I’m in a summer funk, y’all. The heat, humidity, and summer reading program account for a lot of this funk. Now that the program is winding down, there is much fretting about the NUMBERS! I am paranoid that my new program for pre-readers has…
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Continue reading →: not just cute
I recently found an excellent early childhood education blog titled Not Just Cute. The author, Amanda, has some incredible credentials, and her passion and dedication to early learning experiences shines through in her writing. Whenever I have the opportunity, I encourage children’s librarians to work with and learn from early…
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Continue reading →: Old Spice, Libraries, and Marketing.
Have you read Andy’s summation of the Great Old Spice Library Twitter Adventure of Aught Ten? Read it, and then come back here; as soon as I read his post script, my mind immediately made a couple of substitutions that I think are interesting: As for the product itself, I…
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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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