Please to note there may be spoilers. You have been warned. Last year NPR aired a story about the abuse allegations plaguing the Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn. In awe and (a bit judgemental) disgust I listened to the magnitude of denials, the accusations and the way the community and families were being torn apart as they fought to try to simultaneously keep their…
Today starts the beginning of the annual Pennsylavania Library Association Conference and I am not yet there. Due to poor planning on my part, I had to cover my shift at my part time gig (where I was just had the ever loving crap scared out of me by a student sitting in the dark). Anywho, I’m excited to go! My…
Last Friday I attended a CSD meeting for librarian and library types throughout Delaware County. The meeting was part recap for summer (it sucked, ’nuff said) and part training. We pow wowed about ideas for the summer, things that work for each library, and just shared ideas. The training part came in the form of discovery stations, something that could be…
I’m a sucker for an alphabet book. Yes, it’s the alphabet and I’m sure there are many ways to promote reading and books but when The Bee was a kid and I wanted to teach her how to read (in my nutty ambitious mind she was going to be reading by age three) we would scour the libraries and book…
My library did a fantastic program called Math Explorers! thanks to this book: 1+1=5. This book was received from the good folks at Sterling Publishers and it trumped the planned Science Program. I racked my brain for something that would make people as excited about this book as I was (Read about the math program using the above link). Using a myriad of examples, author…