& other tales of a teacher turned librarian
Thanks to the 2022 ALSC Institute last year and CCIRA this year, I've met so many amazing authors/educators/library pals! Here's some more bookish folks I hope to meet someday soon: Angie Manfredi @ Fat Girl Reading Angie and I were CHEATED out of meeting years ago at a UW Madison Power Up Conference. 😭 Claribel… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Peeps I’d Like to Meet
Seven years, several positions and three library systems later... I have some THOUGHTS on the hiring process and questions candidates can ask to try and suss out organizational culture! I started writing this post last year, but a recent truly terrible take about candidate questions from an anonymous respondent over at Hiring Librarians reminded me… Continue reading Thursday Thoughts: Do You Have Any Questions for Us?
Read Across America Day is March 2nd! I've shared my thoughts about using Seuss in storytime before - originally in this 2019 blog post and again in a follow up 2021 post. This week's Top Ten Tuesday is a genre freebie, so here are my top ten alternative rhyming read-alouds for popular Seuss titles: Updated 02/2024… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Rhyming Read Aloud Alternatives to Dr. Seuss
Storytime in the Stacks 