& other tales of a teacher turned librarian
It's ALA Youth Media Award season! The Caldecott and Newbery (among many other medals) will be announced next Monday, and I've got award winners on the brain. Is there an award-winning book you loathe that everyone else seems to love? For me, it's The Tale of Despereaux, which turned 20 last year to yet more… Continue reading Thursday Thoughts: On The Tale of Despereaux & DHH Rep in KidLit
When we last spoke, I was a school-age youth services librarian in Colorado. I had left the Pandemic Party Library in 2022 and was working once again at my favorite library system, back with my buddies Mel's Desk and Miss Mary Liberry (albeit in different departments this time around). I had just launched a Junior… Continue reading It’s Been Awhile…
It's the first day of summer reading at my library! Have I told you how much I LOVE summer reading these days? It's killing me to miss kickoff this week while I'm isolating at home, fighting COVID Round Two. 😦 My library district took a summer reading pause in 2020. GASP! That's right, we didn't… Continue reading Thursday Thoughts: On Summer Reading & School Contests
Storytime in the Stacks 