29
Feb
Recent Kids (and Teen) Reads
At the beginning of the year, I took a short break from reading children’s chapter books with these two adult books and the first book on this post is a young adult book. A brief adults only, leave the kids with grandma, sort of vacation. While I enjoyed the trip, I’m also glad to be […]
27
Feb
Library Storytime
I was waiting until National Library Week to have “Library Storytime”, but the library is closed for Easter the Sunday of that week, and alas I’m not a patient person, so yesterday was as good as any day in my book to celebrate. And that is just what we did. We read books about reading […]
25
Feb
Tournament of Kids Books
I live in (my opinion) THE BEST college basketball town. University of Kansas Basketball was founded by the inventor of basketball, James Naismith, back in 1898, so you could say Lawrence, Kansas, the home of the University of Kansas, and the place I proudly live, has a strong history of college ball. The roots run […]
23
Feb
Spring Robin
Can you see her? She’s there. Singing a song of new and green.
22
Feb
Reading Together: Board Books
There have been a few… how should I say… incidences recently between L and her books. The last was of major destruction. With a library book. That we now own. To fend off future sabotage, if she wants to look at books it has to be under heavy surveillance. Or… It has to be a […]
20
Feb
Miss Becca’s Storytime Mixer
This week we took a break from themed storytimes and went for a straight up Storytime Mixer. No rhyme or reason to the books picked other than they are all great books. Books from me to you. Books to share with my friends; my storytimers are good friends of mine. Afterward we made friendship bracelets. […]
16
Feb
Adventures As Annie
Lately, I’ve been going back in time. And I’m not talking about a daydream trip down memory lane. Farther. For example, last Saturday I went to Ancient Greece. To the Anceint Olympic Games. To the stars and back. True story. If you have children in grade school, are a teacher, bookseller, or librarian, it’s more […]
13
Feb
Valentine’s Day Storytime
Happy Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is all about sharing the love, so for yesterday’s storytime craft we made Valentine Bookmarks for the library’s Bookvan, a vehicle that delivers books to the city’s nursing homes and retirement communities. After making bookmarks, we also made an easy and kooky craft inspired by one of my favorite craft […]
13
Feb
First Snow
7:21 am
8
Feb
My New Old Friend
Let me introduce.. Walter, a 1950’s Royal Quiet De Luxe Typewriter. Needs ribbon to be replaced. That’s his name, Walter. My new old friend. I have to admit…. when I type my heart starts to race a little bit. Oh, the places Walter and I will go.
