Seldom do I become so excited about a series that I call the individual titles my babies and show them off to everyone around me. The Investigating Cells series by Heinemann has caused this state of delirium. The Investigating Cells series was an answer to my requests / pleas / demands/ even whines for more [...]

I love hosting Nonfiction Monday so we can share the wide variety of nonfiction titles members of the Kidlitosphere group are blogging on each week. You might notice that I am including the publisher information for these titles so you can see the wide variety of publishers of nonfiction titles. Camille Powell at BookMoot writes [...]

Susan mused about why her students love the library. I can think of a few additional reasons. OWNERSHIP, OPPORTUNITY, and BELONGING are three of the big ones. Our students hear me state continually “This is your library, not my library.” Then we go to work teaching what ownership of a space means including maintenance, establishing [...]

Susan Norwood guest blogged this discussion today:  There is no doubt in my mind that the Library is the most vibrant place in our school. My students know that it is my “Happy Place.” There is no place I love better than a good library, except for a good bookstore. In the bookstore I can [...]

What if the students start skipping their classes to come to the library all the time? They’ll work while they’re in the library. Sometimes they’ll have large group projects going like the banners for Veteran’s Day or the individual research projects they sit down and avidly pursue for an hour. Sometimes they’ll bring forged notes [...]

While we wait for Diane to write something erudite, I will tell you what’s going on in the life of this public, middle school librarian. First of all, she is doing an inventory on all of the technology in our school. It is a huge PITA. She has to get all of our 35+ faculty [...]

I don’t think I should go to work on time Tuesday! The bookstore doesn’t open until 9 a.m. My school demands my presence in the hallway at 8:40. AND… Diary of a Wimpy Kid – The Ugly Truth comes out in 3 hours, 53 minutes, 2 seconds. Somewhere that is. Not in my local bookstore. [...]