• Lifestyle

    When School Administrators Think They Know Best

    Many authors enjoy being placed on the banned book list, not because their book is challenged, but often because it means their book gets into more hands when people become curious as to why it was banned.  But, I also think that it must hurt when adults don’t understand or…

  • Lifestyle

    School Visits… Or Why I No Longer Have a Voice

    School visits invariably exhaust me and crack me up!  We don’t get into the schools as often as I’d like, but we are able to see the kids for about 30 minutes in May to promote the summer’s upcoming reading program.  How do you entertain, educate and encourage 80+ kids…

  • Activities

    Summer Reading School Assemblies

    As I type this it’s 31 degrees outside and feels like a heat wave after the temperatures we’ve been getting over the past week.  But, as they say in the theatre, “The show must go on.” (The summer reading show, that is)  We’ve got most of our entertainment shows booked,…

  • Lifestyle

    You Get to Read All Day, Right?

    I wish!  I absolutely love when people assume that as a librarian, I just get to sit around all day and read!  It’s one of those days that is decidedly busy with a ton of projects that I’m juggling all at the same time! One of our elementary school 4th…

  • Lifestyle

    Spring Fever

    The last couple days have been in the mid-80s with a great deal of humidity reminding me that summer is just around the corner and if that’s not all we’ve been visiting all the schools in our district getting the kids excited about summer reading this year and spring fever…