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Booktopia: February 2008
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Julia Gillian and the Art of Knowing. When her mother will butter her toast, and what plate she will put her toast on. Alison McGhee has written a sweet "moment in time" story about Julia Gillian's summer. She is growing up, and fighting parts of it. Black and white illustrations by Drazen Kozjan perfectly compliment the story. Julia Gillian is a great read for fans of Ivy and Bean. And those who have outgrown Amber Brown. Friday, February 22, 2008. Jesse Karp is back! This is...
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Booktopia: The 12 Days of Halloween - Georgie's Halloween
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Monday, October 20, 2008. The 12 Days of Halloween - Georgie's Halloween. I have had a few of these moments as a Children's Librarian over the past 10 or so years. (It never really happened with the YA stuff earlier). I am busily shelving or edging, and a book catches my eye. I pull it off the shelf and low and behold it is a treasure from my childhood. It happened with The Mitten. And more recently with Georgie's Halloween. A walk down memory lane! Labels: 12 Days of Halloween. I am a school librarian&#...
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Booktopia: Cybils Reminder
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Tomorrow is the last day to nominate titles for the Cybils award. I am one of the lucky judges for the graphic novels committee, and I would love to have lots of titles to argue over.a-hem.discuss! Head on over to the Cybils. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A collection of my ramblings about the many books I am reading! All the titles that appear here are recommendations.there is too much negativity out in the blogosphere already! View my complete profile. Are you an author?
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Booktopia: The Twelve Days of Halloween -- Where's My Mummy
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Saturday, October 25, 2008. The Twelve Days of Halloween - Where's My Mummy. Carolyn Crimi is the author of my favourite Halloween picture book. So when I saw that she had a new one out, I was very excited. Mama Mummy, is that you? Each time it's another creature telling Baby to get back to bed. Bones, Glob, and Drac all tell him to get back home. Baby's not scared.yet. When he really is scared and needs Mama, wouldn't you know it, she shows up. With wonderful rhyming text, Where's My Mummy. Are you an a...
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Booktopia: September 2008
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Friday, September 19, 2008. The Bells of Bleecker Street. Browsing the shelves of our Lower School library inevitably leads to finding some gems. From the slightly creepy Baby Island. To the magical Gone Away Lake. I usually end up discovering some children's books that may not have otherwise ended on my radar. This time my find was The Bells of Bleecker Street. So, Joey puts the toe in his pocket and hits the streets. Does his luck change? Thursday, September 18, 2008. Here's a question for you: Why don...
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Booktopia: March 2008
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Sunday, March 30, 2008. Happy Blogoversary to me! I know I've hit maximum overload when I plum forget that I've been at this here blog for the past 3 years. 234 posts later, Booktopia is still going strong! So thanks to those of you who read this. Thanks to those who comment. And big thanks to those of you recommending titles. Friday, March 28, 2008. A Thousand Never Evers. 7th grade next year with Mrs. Jacks over at Country Colored (West Thunder Creek Junior High School, if you please! What follows is A...
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Time to Renew: Literature Links
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Documenting my journey as an elementary teacher librarian. Wednesday, January 19, 2011. The MHA library was the recipient of an Early Childhood Reading Grant. From Target stores this summer. Whoo hoo! With budgets shrinking and programs being cut, the grant was welcomed news. The grant allowed me to create a program called Literature Links. 8221; with their own children. The program has been so successful at our school. Parents have been quite vocal of how much they have learned from this program....
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Time to Renew: February 2014
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Documenting my journey as an elementary teacher librarian. Saturday, February 1, 2014. Olympics and the Library Triathalon. Over the summer I was reading, The Tibrarian Handbook: A Teacher-Librarian's Guide to Transforming the Library Into a Center of Learning. Ideas began on my iPad immediately. The library, in both schools, hosted a Library Triathlon! Each homeroom was given a country that was competing in the. Three weeks of library lessons. Focused on the background of the Olympics, the contest rules...
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Booktopia: January 2009
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Saturday, January 31, 2009. A Note on Booktopia. It's not so easy to stay away! I just wanted to put a note up here to let you know why this seemingly stagnant blog is up here. I worked on Booktopia for 3 years, and there are all sorts of reviews within. I am leaving this blog here in the hopes that folks will search the archives for YA and picture book suggestions. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A collection of my ramblings about the many books I am reading! View my complete profile. Are you an author?
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Time to Renew: March 2010
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Documenting my journey as an elementary teacher librarian. Saturday, March 27, 2010. Long before I became the librarian at Allen, I wanted to have a Family Literacy Night. This year, as the librarian, I was able to make it happen. Literacy nights are a wonderful way to spread the love of reading with your school families along with promoting the your libraries services. This year we connected the Family Literacy Night to our year long Geek Campaign. This is the url:. Labels: Family Literacy Night. I am n...
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