whosebob : > assflower : > >> #his arrival was foretold in the ancient murals >> > > This is my favorite picture on the internet these days.
New York Public Library Expands Free Wi-Fi Program : libraryjournal : >> New York City residents will soon be able to check out portable >> wireless Internet hubs free of...
So Kaylee just found and devoured this Captain America book and it looks like it’s the second in a new Marvel series of chapter books “A Mighty Marvel Chapter Book” and as far as I can tell...
The long dark teatime of the librarian’s soul. It’s all set up, I’ve gone over it multiple times… Now I just have to wait 8 minutes to get started!
(incoming long boring story, y'all!) Yesterday the skies opened up and rain poured down and it took me a whole hour to get home from work. My husband had dropped my girls off at work so he co...
theallycarter : > WHO IS READY TO WIN AN ADVANCED READING COPY OF ALL FALL DOWN, BOOK > 1 OF THE EMBASSY ROW SERIES? > > Contest Rules: TO BE ENTERED INTO THE CO...
ethiopienne : > We Read Too is a book resource app created by Kaya Thomas > (@kthomas901 > ) that > includes over 300 Children’s and YA books written by authors of >...
How Common Core's book choices fail children of color : > In this essay, educators Jane M. Gangi and Nancy Benfer discuss the > Common Core’s book choices, why they fall s...
So. The YA Scavenger Hunt is going on and I have some statistics for y'all. I work for a statistics obsessed library and it rubs off. Of the 120 favorite numbers the various authors chose: 17...
Storytime season is restarting so I’m going to share some of my storytimes. This session I’m doing the 3rd - 5th grade programming every other Thursday and I’m sharing the Friday Family wit...
bookphile : > Cover for Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman, sequel to Seraphina. > > From Goodreads > : > >> SERAPHINA TOOK THE LITERARY WORLD BY STORM WITH 8 STA...
Do any of y'all’s libraries do something different with your Summer Reading Program (like - other than “read this many books/minutes and get a prize) like Nashville or Downer’s Grove ? I w...
“You know those basic lessons we try to teach to our littlest patrons? The ones we hope will foster empathy, growth, thoughtfulness in them? The ones we hope will make them better people as the...
So we do this storytime here on the Riverwalk that is huge. We regularly get 6-800 people at it. It’s more like a revival than a storytime? A book revival! I’m organizing my props for King Bi...
A book of good sports websites from 1999 that I am soooo weeding. What’s the over/under on how many of these websites still exist?
kniterly : > TEACHING PHYSICS AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING WITH KNOTS > > > > I love paracord. So when I was trying to think up maker programs > that can be done�...
My 3rd - 5th graders are about to learn what a stick bomb is and it’s going to be great.
HAPPY STAR WARS READS DAY, Y'ALL! WE ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN! So when you first come into the children’s department you see our craft. You can cut out Princess Leia’s buns or Yoda’s ears a...
Today’s Waiting on Wednesday is another gem I noticed while ordering books. There Are No Animals In This Book, Only Feelings by Chani Sanchez, Jeff Koonz, et all. Random House says (of this...
So I finally bowed to pressure and listened to the audiobook of Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein. When I was halfway through I noticed the galley of Rose Under Fire on Netgalley so obviously ...