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How I feel while playing the ukulele at storytime:

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I literally play two chords, and "play" is being used loosely here as I am not smooth enough yet to change without looking so if I go the route of trying to maintain eye contact with the kids, I tend to put the fingers in the wrong spot.

holy guacamole 35 toddlers in the 9:30 program! OMG I AM SO SWEATY AND GROSS AND IT IS ONLY 10:15! And I have a second program at 10:30. Chugging coffee now to try to get my energy back up. They were such a rowdy bunch, last week they were so chill and today it is all RUN AROUND THE LIBRARIAN!


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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (the rehearsal script) will be published on July 31st and cataloging librarians are having fun debating where this book should live (when it eventually gets to a shelf...which might take awhile ( Read more... )

11: What book fandom do you affiliate yourself with the most?I'm not sure I've ever been involved in a book fandom...though I do fangirl over a lot of books, it is usually just me telling people at the library why they should pick up that book to read LOL ( Read more... )

I've done this before and it worked out well! You guys are all such big readers! I'm working on my school visit booktalks for elementary and middle school for later this month. A "book talk" is sort of like a commercial for a book - not a summary, but a teaser trailer ( Read more... )

Just finished up my preschool storytime this morning. One of the things I like to do when it comes to the craft is keep it really freeform and open, giving me a chance to talk to all the kids one-on-one for a bit ( Read more... )

OMG LOOK WHAT WAS IN MY MAILBOX TODAY!


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While we were all ranting and raving about how Doctor Who will no longer be streaming, it suddenly dawned on me that maybe I should search my library's catalog and see if we have Season 9 ( Read more... )

Books for the Beast was a lot of fun. Even though I didn't actually *read* Jennifer Donnelly's book, I enjoyed her keynote speech about her writing process. Just placed a hold on her upcoming novel, These Shallow Graves, which sounded really good.

Also snagged a copy of Brian Selznick's new books The Marvels which I started last night and I am ( Read more... )