For my Thanksgiving story time (aka. Week 8) I concentrated more on the craft portion because there are so many great Thanksgiving crafts! But it's fun to read cute holiday books too. Books We read Thanksgiving in the Barn by Nadine Westcott, a fun pop-up book that is also short, which is always a hit … Continue reading Thanksgiving Story Time
Category: Library Things
Fall Story Times – Week 7
Family November is Family Literacy month, so I thought I'd do a Family theme. I haven't done one of these in awhile, mostly because of something that happened a few years ago. One of my staff had covered for me and saw The Family Book by Todd Parr sitting on our re-shelving cart, so she … Continue reading Fall Story Times – Week 7
Fall Story Times – Week 6
Week 6 - Teddy Bear/Bear Story Time I am going to attempt to post more about my story time programs than just the craft. So here it goes.... I try to begin by saying hello, asking if there are any newbies and, if so, introduce myself and talk a little about what we do in … Continue reading Fall Story Times – Week 6
New Favorite ALA Read Poster
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3582 I REALLY want this for this children's room (or my office!)
The Ghost of Mark Twain
In September, I posted about Banned Books Week and mentioned that our library had just this year decided to un-ban Mark Twain's Eve's Diary, which had been banned by a bunch of stuffy librarians with buns and glasses on chains about 100 years ago because of some inappropriate drawings (see below.) Twain even called … Continue reading The Ghost of Mark Twain
Fall Story Times
I had intended to post about my 3-5 story time programs each week, but that didn't happen. And now it is already November. Crazy. I snooped around the blogosphere and found some very helpful Librarian blogs. One of my favorites is Abby the Librarian. She has some great ideas for story times - rhymes, movement … Continue reading Fall Story Times
Halloween at the Library
October is over, which means we have to take down our Halloween decorations *sniff*. This is my favorite holiday and I love to decorate the children's room and teen area at the library. Of course, we missed the actual day of Halloween, since there was no power at the library yesterday. We had 70 kids … Continue reading Halloween at the Library
Community Reading Day
Today was Community Reading Day in town and I read for my friend's eighth grade homeroom. He suggested Seth Grahame-Smith's incredible book, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. At first I thought he was joking, but he wasn't. And it just so happens that I have my very own signed copy of this book. I am very … Continue reading Community Reading Day
Volunteer-itis
Ah, the library volunteer. Volunteers are great, don't get me wrong. There are lots of ways they can help out at the library. But here's the thing: most people, and these are typically intelligent people, are under the assumption that being a librarian is EASY. I mean, who wouldn't want to sit at a desk … Continue reading Volunteer-itis
Rory Raven: Mentalist and Mindbender!
We had an AMAZING program at the library a couple of weeks ago:Rory Raven, from Providence, RI, puts on an incredible performance!I received a flyer of his in the mail and sent him an email. He was great to work with (especially since I had to reschedule since only 4 people signed up the first … Continue reading Rory Raven: Mentalist and Mindbender!