Where does the time go? Can it possibly already be the twilight of 2014? I have lots of posts planned – and even some started – but the chaos of December sneaked up on me while my back was turned. BUT I promised myself I would try to post at least once a month no matter…
Have you supported #WeNeedDiverseBooks yet? What started off as a virtual movement has now become a full-fledged force. Their fundraising drive met their goal in less than a month. (but you should still donate if you can!) The best part of the fundraising is that it backs up concrete, measurable results which will ensure that diverse books…
There’s no way to escape Frozen. And hey, why would you want to? Of all Disney products, it’s not the worst. In fact, there’s some pretty great parts. What’s not to love about a heroine with ice powers and another heroine who saves her? The idea for this program really started growing when I noticed a…
I think there’s something primal about fairy tale re-tellings. I really do. And I think that they are a staple of YA because of this very thing, because they say to teen readers: you can pull the sword from the stone, you can evade the evil step-parent, you can save the day. And, yes, you…
My town loves science! Of course we do – we’re where the atomic bomb was built and, since that time, we’ve had a national science laboratory here in our town that fills up our community with scientists from all over the world. For the past few years, our town has celebrated a yearly Science Festival….
11/28/14 We have a FOURTH list of titles for Ferguson! Believe it or not, we got through the third list in less than two days. This is amazing, world. These titles have been approved by Scott Bonner. They fill gaps in Ferguson’s popular reading collection for teens (lots of African-American authors) and expand their collection of titles…
One of the most successful programs at my library this summer is Ready, Set, Read! our early literacy storytime for 4-6 year olds. We started this program last summer (and have continued it once a month during the school year…with very small attendance, but still! We kept at it!) and had such success we brought…
As many of you know, especially if you follow me on Twitter, one of my greatest fears in life is that all these cool and amazing programs we have – especially the ones during summer – miss out on working parents. Everything we have starts at 2 PM? Well, what about if you don’t have…
Summer is already in swing at my library. We are having great return numbers on our reading logs, we had a HUGE crowd for our kick-off show (easily over 300 people), and even our regular programs have had an attendance surge. We launched our Lego Club to FANTASTIC numbers of almost all boys aged 7-14…
Without a doubt, the most popular program our library provides is our Music & Movement program. It’s SO popular that we have it four times a week, including a session at our branch library. And even having it four times a week isn’t enough, we could have it every day and people would come. We get…
