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 […]