I recently became chair of the Tennessee Association of School Librarians Intellectual Freedom committee. As the committee organizes and identifies ways to help support intellectual freedom, one of our first activities will be promoting Choose Privacy week. I’m hoping you can help me plan this. What will you be doing? Why is it important to [...]

The 2011 National Library Legislative Day will be held on Monday, May 9, and Tuesday, May 10, at the Liaison Hotel in Washington, D.C. I know, you think you’re too busy to even consider going to National Library Legislative Day in Washington, D.C. Maybe you don’t have the support of your administration to allow you [...]

Thanks to Dan Blank’s article “Want to Grow Your Writing Career? Stop Looking for Balance” on Friday April 1, 2011, in We Grow Media Newsletter*, I choose to no longer stress over balance. As Dan writes: “To build a successful business, we often look for balance….But few things of great importance are done in a [...]

April 5th My teacher friend Susan Vaughn gave birth to Alexander – one of the most beautiful babies – and I cannot wait to hold him. I’ve been preparing for his arrival by gathering baby books for Susan and Ryan. Here are some of my recent favorites: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: A Counting Nursery [...]

Susan Norwood writes today. Contact her via email. Oh, no. I just talked to Diane about our upcoming Spring Book Fair, and she says that we may not have it. The book fairs are a school highlight. Seriously, our kids really look forward to them. Before I tell you about why we love them so [...]

Will you be in the Nashville area Tuesday April 5 · 6:30pm – 8:30pm? If so, come by Tavern at 1904 Broadway and join in the April Nashville Kidlit Drink Night. In March Ken and I were able to pop in to meet with everyone for about 15 minutes. Tomorrow after teaching and tutoring til [...]