This is an old post that I wrote, and, for some reason, never published. This was the culmination of my super fun and successful Spy Week t...

I highly recommend getting David LaRochelle to visit your school or library. He's great! He talked a little about being an author,...

 You get three clues to try and guess who is coming to storytime for Children's Book Week. Who could it be? 1. A n amazing pumpkin ca...

 I had a special guest star at storytime recently: a Marching Band! Warming Up Before Storytime I contacted members of a loc...

It's "spring" break 'round these parts. For a part-time librarian that means stealth programming. And (besides ninjas) wh...

source Have you ever planned a program and no one showed up? Ever worked hard laying groundwork for a new idea only to find halfway...

Here's a useful thing I found while poking around: A Game Word Generator Especially useful for people working with teens/tweens ...

You know how sometimes when you imagine something or come up with an idea, reality is not quite on par with your imagination? My Teen Ang...

Part 1 Part 2 So, here we are. Since I started at my library, every year I offered a lock-in during National Library Week, and last summ...

At the Head Start Center I walk in. At first, I am unnoticed. Then one child inevitably looks up, and recognition slowly dawns. That chil...

One of my most successful collaborations is the annual egg hunt we hold at the library. The groundwork for this was laid before I started ...

This would have been ever so much more timely a month ago, but it was very successful so I'll still share it. I planned a party for the...

Just had to share a few shots of the fun we had at the Teddy Bear Sleepover. Yesterday I posted what we did in storytime for this event. Aft...

Our second storytime during National Library Week was a special Fire Safety Storytime where we had a real firefighter visit.  This kids were...

One of my big events for National Library Week was a Dr. Seuss Extravaganza!  I was very excited about this one.  We ended up having 41 peop...