Library Ties

Today I worked my last hours at the Speedway Public Library.  I started at SPL on June 8, 1993 following my junior year in high school.  I was hired as a page to shelve books (something I never did enjoy, but it was a job).  I took the job to avoid working at a fast [...]

We have lost a true lover of children’s literature.  Coleen Salley, retired professor of children’s literature, author, and storyteller, passed away today in Baton Rouge.  I had the pleasure of meeting Coleen at the Butler Children’s Literature Conference in 2004 as her host for the day.  Since then, I had the chance to see her [...]

Ok, the summer got away from me and while I’ve not finished all twenty nominees, yet, but I will!   I don’t have time unfortnately to write a summary for the ones I have left, but rest assured this year’s list is a good one!  I can hardly wait to see what the kids think [...]

Free Baseball is the story of a young boy whose father stayed in Cuba while his family escaped to Florida.  In his attempt to learn more about his father, he escapes on the bottom of a bus with a baseball team who also has a baseball player from Cuba – like his father.  His adventures [...]

Ok, so I was doing well keeping with SLJ 2.0 All Together Now until school started in the middle of August, and then I just ran out of time to keep up with everything.  So, today I decided I was going to get through the ones I had missed.  So, rather than do a bunch [...]

Recently there was a post on LM_Net asking about when you started checking out books to students.  My answer always is the library is open on the first day of school.  Sometimes it takes us a couple of days to get the library cards made and most teachers aren’t ready to schedule a library orientation [...]