Last week I read the article about the Debra Harrell, the mom who was arrested after her nine year old was reported as abandoned at an area park. One article I read stated that Debra mom worked1 at McDonald’s and would let her daughter would play on a laptop in the store while Debra worked. When their laptop was stolen during…
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This year’s theme for Summer Reading at my library is Fizz, Boom, Read and we have been doing lots of science themed activities. Today for storytime we went under and read books about fish. Books read: Shark in the Park! Bored! Bored! Bored! Hooray for Fish! I’m The Biggest Thing in the Ocean! We sang Baby Shark (we stop at hungry…
I am linking up with Monday Listicles this week to answer Stasha’s prompt of things which we can’t understand. I thought I would use this as the platform to kick off my annual whining about my busiest program of the year: The Summer Reading Program. This year will mark my eighth summer with the library and summer is by…
I usually do not make a big deal out of Easter at the library. Spring Break normally falls this week and in the past I have taken time off to spend with my daughter. This year with so many snow days she had school and I found myself asked about Easter. I try to avoid religious celebrations because I am…
My library is located in a little suburb right outside of Philadelphia and we cater to a diverse group. In an effort to offer fun and educational programs sometimes we leap out of the box of traditional library programming offered. Recently we held a program for teens to try our Circus Toys offered by FLow Circus and that program was…