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Wordless Wednesday: The Library
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Book Review: What to Read When by Pam Allyn
Even though I’m a librarian, I sometimes have trouble finding age appropriate books. Don’t believe me? Then read this post. I mean, I know how to help college students conduct research, I know how to preserve documents and I know how to make early American history relevant to today’s present but sometimes finding a children’s book stumps me. That is where What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child ~ and All the Best Times to Read Them by Pam Allyn comes in handy. Pam Allyn is the the founder and executive director of LitLife, an internationally recognized organization that trains hundreds of K~12 teachers…
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Coffee Talk: The Jensen Project
Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, I just think it’s great that Proctor & Gamble and Walmart sponsor Family Movie Night. However, my husband is employed by Proctor & Gamble.
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Libraries are Hawt
Everyone knows that I heart the Old Spice guy (Isaiah Mustafa). Who else could make riding a horse backwards look so cool? Now thanks to a Twitter campaign by @wawoodworth, the Old Spice Guy is defending libraries and making them sound so hawt… Is that not hilarious?
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Coffee Talk: Thank You
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Wordless Wednesday: Monkey Love
To find out the deal on the monkeys, click the picture… For more Wordless Wednesday, check out 5 Minutes for Mom…
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Coffee Talk: Libraries are More Than Books
Fox Chicago News recently asked “Are Libraries Necessary, or a Waste of Tax Money?” Really? The article by Anna Davlantes goes on to talk about how libraries “eat up millions of your hard earned tax dollars” and as proof of the irrelevancy of libraries, an undercover camera crew recorded library visitors for an hour. During that hour, they recorded 300 visitors with most of them using the free internet. Hmmm… This is your proof that libraries are irrelevant? Three hundred visitors with “most” of them using the free internet? Did you ask them why they were using internet access at the library instead of in their homes? Could it be…
