I’m eagerly awaiting the ALA Youth Media Awards in the morning. Hoping I can catch the announcements before my day of professional development begins. However, as much I as look forward to this each year, I have to admit, sometimes I’m a wee bit disappointed. I’m not saying that there’s anything flawed in the way [...]
Hello, folks. I have decided to try and post more regularly here in 2012. So, inspired by author Tammi Sauer’s “Talk It Up Tuesday” posts, where she give a shout out to a favorite picture book each week, I’ve come up with “Check It Out Tuesday.” (Get it? Cause I work in a library? How it’s like [...]
I’m in the midst of a really spooky book right now, but I’m not quite down with it, so I’ll save that for next week. I did finish this one out on the lake this weekend. Enjoy! The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander My rating: 4 of 5 stars Need an excuse note? A way [...]
I love reading aloud in October. The only problem is that I don’t have enough time to share all my favorites with my students!
The very first animal I wrote about in the Follow That Food Chain series was a black bear. She and her cubs were in the proposal that ended up selling and becoming our habitat series. So I have a special fondness for them. And living in northern Wisconsin, you see black bears. Sometimes in the [...]
So, in trying to get back to my regularly scheduled blog posts (nothing like traveling across the world to throw you for a loop)…I’m still interested in trying out some of the websites that AASL deemed “the Best,”and seeing how I can put them to use in my writing and librarianing lives. My next up is Wordle. [...]