Kick Off Kids’ Summer Reading — No Excuses!
Our school district requires all students to engage in summer reading. When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to load up on a staggering stack of books. But (sigh) not every kid wants to grow up to become a…
A to Z Mysteries Illustrator John Steven Gurney
Every year in the school library, we host a guest author. The kids (as well as the teachers) inundate me with suggestions. Can we get J.K. Rowland (no, she lives in England). Can we get Shel Silverstein (no, he’s dead)….
Create Colorful Marble Runs: Fun STEM Action!
Do you know those cartoons where one of the characters drops a bag of marbles on the floor, and everyone slips and slides and falls down? Well, don’t add marble runs to your Library Maker Space or school STEM lab…
Hey, Librarians! Do You Still Dewey It?
Do your friends and relatives say to you, “Aren’t you glad you don’t use the Dewey Decimal System any more”? Most of the time I am sure they mean the old card catalog (you know, that oak artifact with cute…
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
I saw an idea a few years ago, from the Johnson County (Kansas) Library, called “Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover.” The librarians covered up the books’ covers with white paper and displayed only the first line of the book,…