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
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
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
Week 2… Monday, October 1, 2012 Shhh! by Valeri Gorbachev A big brother tries to be quiet while his little brother sleeps. He tells everyone, like the clowns and the pirates and the trains to “Shhh!”. A great book for big brothers and sisters. . Violet’s Music by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith Violet … Continue reading
End of Week 1… Thursday, September 27, 2012: The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Renata Liwska All the little animals experience different types of quiet. Some happy, like storytime quiet, some sad, like being the last one picked up quiet, and some fun, like reading past your bedtime with a flashlight quiet. The … Continue reading
When I was first trained as a children’s librarian by County of Los Angeles’ Jocelyn Mullen, she told me that I should try to read at least 5 pictures books a day. While I do read a lot of picture books, I don’t read 5 a day, and I think its time I started. I’m … Continue reading
With all the shit going down with Harper Collins lately, one can’t help but have e-books slammed into their face non-stop – at least if you work in library land. Shoot, forget just working in Library Land, I heard the Harper Collins issue and ensuing library boycotts were in the NYT yesterday. While I think … Continue reading
I’m not usually into mushy-gushy stuff. Christian and I don’t celebrate Valentine’s day. We figure, why pick one crappy day out of the year to buy each other stuff we don’t need and have yet another excuse to spend money we probably don’t have, when we can do that year-round and not stress out about … Continue reading
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