231. Crazy Summer at the Library
Even though it makes life feel hectic – it is a blessing that the library is crazy-busy during the summertime. Because it does remind me how essential the library is.…
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226. Family Math Games
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned this one before. But I do love it when I get to host families playing games with their kids. Today I brought my cousin’s game,…
222. ALA Annual Conference – Paid for
I’m on my way to ALA Annual conference in New Orleans tomorrow! And one of the lovely parts of being on the Newbery committee is that my library is paying…
221. Kids and Math
Yesterday, the Mason Experimental Geometry Lab from George Mason University did a math program at the library dealing with infinity. It was so delightful to watch and hear the kids…
219. My Staff
Today I finished booktalking and had lunch with one of my staff members. Later today I wrote up an evaluation of both my staff members. And that reminded me what…
218. Booktalking
Booktalking has gone well this year! It helped that we did the hardest one first – one hour per grade. (Most are 20-30 minutes per grade.) All the rest seemed…
211. Talking about the Newbery in Classrooms
I’ve recently contacted some elementary school librarians – and I’m getting to go into the schools and talk with kids about the Newbery process and how the Medal winner is…
195. Newbery Committee!
Have I mentioned lately how happy I am to be on the 2019 Newbery committee?! I was telling a new co-worker my story last week, including my difficult divorce –…
181. Drones in the Library!
We did a program with teens flying drones tonight in the library after closing – and it worked! And the teens seemed to have a good time! Yay!
176. Puppet Theater
Our library recently got a small puppet theater for the children’s area, which we put out with puppets. We’ve also recently begun staffing an information desk in the children’s area,…