Tag: education

• No, really, let kids choose what they read

  

  In case you need something to tide you over while you wait for your copy of Reading Unbound to arrive, here are some more quotes about why we need to let kids choose what they read. We want to help our students fall in love with books in ways that foster a life-long devotion to…

  Miss Julie

  July 16, 2016

  authors, awesomeness, be the best you can be, bibliotherapy, books, early literacy, easy readers, fantasy, folk & fairy tales, graphic, J fiction, kidlit, kids, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, middle grade, OPINIONS!, personal experience, publishing, reader's advisory, reading, reading programs, summer reading, teens

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• Why Kids Need to Read What They Want

  

  In the most recent edition of Cover to Cover by K.T. Horning, there are no early childhood, middle grade, or ya distinctions in books for children. Encompassing fiction and nonfiction, the breakdown is: Picture books (including board books) Readers/Beginning Readers/Easy Readers Transitional books Chapter books That’s it. We have those formats, and within those formats, every genre is…

  Miss Julie

  July 14, 2016

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, books, early literacy, easy readers, families, fantasy, folk & fairy tales, graphic, historical fiction, kidlit, kids, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, literacy, marketing, middle grade, nonfiction, OPINIONS!, personal experience, picture books, professional development, random, reader's advisory, reading, reading programs, school libraries, schools, scifi, summer reading, ya lit

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• Talk the Talk

  

  Talk the Talk: The Art of Booktalking to Young Adults Whether you’re talking to a single 12-year-old or an entire classroom of high school seniors, an effective and engaging booktalk can be a challenge. Learn best practices for presenting to young adults and how to find your finest booktalking voice. Try your hand at constructing…

  Miss Julie

  October 22, 2015

  books, booktalks, conferences, librarians…for TEENS!, library school vs. real libraries, outreach, personal experience, professional development, reader's advisory, school libraries, schools, stories, teens, ya lit

  books, community, education, librarian, libraries, literature, outreach, youth services

• Making Common Core Commonplace: On the Front Lines 2013

  Hi OTFL friends! Thank you so much for attending my presentation, and for the great conversation. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me if you want to talk more– I’d love to help. Just a note–this post will be living organism over the next few weeks, so don’t fret– more information will be…

  Miss Julie

  August 6, 2013

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, books, folk & fairy tales, kidlit, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries-everywhere, libraries…of the FUTURE, OPINIONS!, outreach, professional development

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• Your silence is protection that they do not deserve

  If she had lived, my mother would be turning 66 on March 2nd, 2013. She died in 2007 of an enlarged heart, which, to me, has a poetic justice to it. My mother did not give love easily, but she gave it fiercely. My mother spent much of her life married to a man who…

  Miss Julie

  February 28, 2013

  be the best you can be, personal experience, politics, professional development, stories, storytime, technology, teens

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• Stifled: or, the exact wrong way to think about storytime

  Oh, dear sweet baby Picard Jebus, there’s a rage making thread on pub-yac about a children’s department being forced to do all of their storytimes the same. Here’s a quote: […A]ll the storytimes for one age group should be the same because: Patrons get disappointed when they can’t get into a certain storytime because its…

  Miss Julie

  May 17, 2012

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, early childhood, ethics, kids, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, library school vs. real libraries, OPINIONS!, participation, professional development, programming, stories, storytime

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