6
Feb
Starry Night Storytime
The plan for yesterday’s Sunday Storytime was to do a theme about outerspace and to then make an outerspace starscape for the craft, but the Saturday before a patron suggested doing something with Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night. Great idea! So, I ditched the books about space and selected books about stars, nighttime, and […]
3
Feb
In An Era: The Thirties
The past couple of weeks, I’ve been on a retreat from reading kid’s chapter books. I’ve also been on a retreat from 2012. I’ve been reading, watching, and listening to the 1930’s. Reading…. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles A great book. It’s entertaining, rich, perfect, lovely, and well…. great. I got to where I […]
1
Feb
Obsession
Elmo is my daughter’s first true love. She likes everyone on Seseme Street. Abbey, Big Bird, Grover, Ernie, Cookie Monster……..and then there’s Elmo. She’s reeeaalllly into her Elmo. For instance, during a Halloween party last October, L saw a little boy wearing an Elmo costume, ran towards him as fast as her little legs could […]
