I really loved doing my 5 A Day Keep the Doctor Away posts, but I have to admit they were pretty time consuming in terms of formatting – looking for the picture, copying the URL, formatting the text because it never automatically looks the way I want it to. It was something that I had … Continue reading »
A few months ago, my California Library Association dues lapsed. When I went to renew, I saw the price and thought again about whether or not I’d renew. I had just renewed my ALA membership and added 3 divisions – PLA, ALSC, and LLAMA, and had also just renewed my ethnic caucus membership to APALA. … Continue reading »
This week, I had my 6-month evaluation, and I’ll cut to the chase: I became a permanent employee! This means that now its a lot harder to fire me than it was just a month ago if for no other reason than it involves a lot more paperwork. I have to be pretty bad to … Continue reading »
I took a little break from 5 a Day because I had program forms due, storytimes to flush out, and an assortment of other excuses, but to wrap up the end of the year, I’m back in business. So far, I’ve read & logged 100 picture books due to this venture and I’ve been quite … Continue reading »
Sometimes, the day-to-day repetitiveness wears you down and you feel uninspired. I especially felt this way after a whole fall of very little programming due to budget cuts. And by little programming, I mean Storytime, desk time, and then the million other things that you do off desk but aren’t always as much fun as … Continue reading »
Getting ready for Thanksgiving, I try to focus on the non-controversial aspects of the holiday like food and giving thanks. I try to avoid the whole indians and pilgrim thing in my storytime because I know its not the place to spout my political views, so its best if we avoid them all together and … Continue reading »
Week 3! I feel my Reader’s Advisory skills vastly improving… Now I just need to work on my memory and remembering the titles/authors of these books rather than all the other information about them… Monday, October 15, 2012 Kel Gilligan’s Daredevil Stunt Show by Michael Buckley, illustrated Dan Santat Kel performs amazing feats like eating … Continue reading »
The beginning of the school year means that it’s time for class visits! During the Summer I got to do a few School Visits at the local Head Start. Those were simple and fun. Two pre-school summer classes only equaled about 25 kids, plus their teachers. I picked up a lot of good tricks from … Continue reading »
This week’s books are brought to you by the 2012 ALA Notable Books List Monday, October 8, 2012 Robot Zombie Frankenstein! by Annette Simon This book is a little weird, but very lovable. A good book if you need unthreatening Zombies or scary guys. These robots keep adding ridiculous costumes to their personas until they … Continue reading »
The first conference I ever attended was ALA Annual in Anaheim in 2007. I had just finished my first year of library school and I was full of hope and inspiration and ALA was right in my backyard. Despite the staggering prices, I thought, “You know what? I need to get involved. I need to … Continue reading »
