Last year, in the middle of the pandemic, I wrote a blog post that celebrated all the work that school librarians were doing to support not only their school communities, but dealing with family stress, too. Now, more than a year later, school librarians are still struggling - some of the same elements remain but …
Continue reading Here’s to Librarians, Part 2
Recently, our school's staff had a professional development session about Cultural Proficiency. I consider myself as a librarian to be very open and welcoming to ideas and cultures that are different from mine. I decided I would listen to the presentation through the lens of the library, hoping to find something new. I left with …
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I never thought I would be a school librarian. Since I was 5, I always wanted to be a teacher. I would play teacher with my stuffed animals, tutor my friends as we grew up, and convinced myself (and others) that was that. Not a principal, not a mom, not an architect, my dream was …
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I eat, breathe, sleep middle-grade and YA lit. I just do. I don't read adult books, simply because I'm in love with lit for students. I inhale books, and thank goodness for Goodreads because it's such an easy way to keep track of everything I read - both online and on the app (add me …
Continue reading Where I’ve Been & Where I’m Going: My 1st Post about Books
Last year I thought and thought about what my one word to guide my year would be. I narrowed to two, Create & Share, and decided to go with both since they went so well together. It was great to have both words and focus my first year of blog posts around these really inspiring …
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So even though I'm down to the wire with this post (4 hours and 32 minutes of 2016 left!) I wanted to do some brief reflecting on my first year blogging, my words for 2016, and what 2017 holds. Hoping this post will be quick and to the point; we'll see if it actually happens! …
Continue reading Create & Share: 2016 in Review
Ahh, summer. The time to actually sleep in, spend time with family members, travel, read, and you know, get ready for next school year. Gone are the days of sitting in rush hour traffic (for me, at least!) and actually enjoying a cup of tea on the couch, with a cat snuggled nearby. And it …
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