The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
If I have to be honest, I suppose being a children's librarian suits me well because I still love reading children's and young adult chapter books. There. I said it. Thankfully, one of the biggest perks of my job is that I have hundreds of them at View Post
Back when I worked in my aunt and uncle's Christian bookstore, I used to think a Bible was a Bible was a Bible. I quickly learned there are many things that make each Bible different, such as translations, print size, and "extras" such as study View Post
Last week I found this fabulous book in our library at school that was a compilation of Easter stories called Hop To It!: A Scholastic Treasury of Easter Tales. I had pretty much hit the jackpot because I wasn’t left to scramble for Easter View Post
Trying new things and coming up with creative solutions is the heart of this children’s book entitled Peepsqueak! by Leslie Ann Clark. I have to say, I fell in love with Peepsqueak at first sight. Isn’t he just the cutest little View Post
Wouldn’t the world be a wonderful place if we could plant a kiss, watch it grow, and share it with the whole world? That’s exactly what Little Miss does in Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s new children’s picture book Plant a Kiss. With simple words and View Post
Welcoming a new baby into the family is such a special time for everyone. I never had a brother or sister, so I can only imagine how much fun being a big brother or sister could be. If you know a child who is about to become a new View Post
I thought I’d show off a few more reading fair projects from our district reading fair last month. There were so many great reading fair projects that it sure was tough to judge. What made this even more fun was how excited the students were to View Post
I’m still getting a feel for my library, and every so often I run across vintage children’s books still on the shelves. Most of them have been weeded out, but if they are still in pretty good shape, they are still there. I found this old View Post
