Celebrating Our Dot Day 2017
What is your name? How old are you? And how will you make your mark on the world? I'm writing this post on the eve of our week of virtual...
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Top 10 Tuesday: Books About Princesses
Today is the first day of school in our county and it's my first year at a new school. In my decade plus in school librarianship I have...
Top 10 Tuesday: Board Book Hidden Gems
I've mentioned before that we're up to our ears in board books (and a 2-year-old daughter (who likes to be read to all the time), but...
International Dot Day 2017
I've been celebrating International Dot Day with students for more years than I can remember, but still my favorite part of the...
Top 10 Tuesday: New Books with School Themes
I've moved into my new library at Swansfield Elementary, but even though the students won't start until after Labor Day, back-to-school...
Children's Activity Calendar: September 2017
The children's activity calendar I created for Upstart for the month of September is now available online for free. Share with teachers,...
Top 10 Tuesday: Books About Dragons
Dragons! I have been obsessed with dragons since childhood, watching cartoons with dragons (Return of the King, The Flight of Dragons),...
#PB10for10: New Books with Birds
My grandmother always loved to watch birds from her front porch. I have memories of sitting out there wth her, eating fresh-picked...
Top 10 Tuesday: Interactive Board Books
We have a two year old at home, which means I have a new set of eyes to road test stories for durability, engagement, and re-readability....
Children's Activity Calendar: August 2017
The children's activity calendar I created for Upstart for the month of August is now available online for free. Share with teachers,...
Children's Activity Calendar: July 2017
The children's activity calendar I created for Upstart for the month of July is now available online for free. Share with teachers,...
All The Wonders podcast
Hi there! I have a kidlit podcast. Have you heard? It's called All The Wonders: The Children's Book Podcast (formerly the Let's Get Busy...
Children’s Activity Calendar: June 2017
The children's activity calendar I created for Upstart for the month of June is now available online for free. Share with teachers,...
Teaching with TrueFlix: May 2017
The May newsletter I wrote for Scholastic TrueFlix focuses on careers in Native People including the people of the Apache, the Comanche,...
Children’s Activity Calendar: May 2017
The children's activity calendar I created for Upstart for the month of May is now available online for free. Share with teachers,...
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