Classics for Big Kids: A Middle Grades Book List #tbt
I’m straying from my usual Throwback Thursday post today and putting on my middle grades librarian hat (don’t worry, not too much dust had collected). My sweet niece sent me this text yesterday: Ohhhhh! What a question! What an assignment!…
Monthly Update: Toddler Bookworm is 2.5!
You know those half birthdays are such a huge deal! My Toddler Bookworm is now 2.5! Reading has really taken root in him at this stage. We easily read several dozen books each day. They’re part of the routine,…
Harry the Dirty Dog #tbt
Each Thursday I’ll be featuring a book that my parents *could* have read to me as a toddler (spoiler alert: I’m no spring chicken), so we will go with a publication date of 1989 or earlier; all books must still…
Back to… the Beach! Beachy Reads
Once a teacher, always a teacher. Finishing the second week of August I just want to put the brakes on! I’m not ready for Back to School book lists just yet. Since it’s still in the upper 80s and the…
#tbt Corduroy
Each Thursday I’ll be featuring a book that my parents *could* have read to me as a toddler (spoiler alert: I’m no spring chicken), so we will go with a publication date of 1983 or earlier; all books must still…
Itty Bitty Bookworm: Books for the First Six Months
There’s just nothing like buying books for a brand new baby bookworm! How precious those first reading snuggles are! I had the joy of attending a baby shower last week and learned of a new baby on the way for…
#tbt A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business
Each Thursday I’ll be featuring a book that my parents *could* have read to me as a toddler (spoiler alert: I’m no spring chicken), so we will go with a publication date of 1983 or earlier; all books must still…
Using Scarves for Storytime Fun
One of the gifts we gave my nephew for his first birthday this week was a pack of juggling scarves. These are well loved around here for a variety of fun activities, most of all throwing them up in the…
Happy FIRST Birthday! Giftable Suggestions for the 1 Year Old
My nephew is turning ONE! So, I’m simultaneously shaking my head at how fast the time is flying, loving watching my nephew’s personality start to shine through, and….trying to narrow down my first birthday gift list! In addition to a few…
Throwback Thursday, Circa 1942: The Poky Little Puppy
Each Thursday I’ll be featuring a book that my parents *could* have read to me as a toddler (spoiler alert: I’m no spring chicken), so we will go with a publication date of 1983 or earlier; all books must still…
How to Grow Your Home Library on the Cheap: Library Book Sales
Library Book Sales! The only way we’ve managed to grow our home library by several hundred titles without feeling it in our budget! (And I’m married to an accountant, so I would certainly feel it in our beautiful, elaborate, custom…
Naming My Blog: And I Thought Naming My Children Was Hard!
Librarian in the House had an awfully long gestation period. Seriously. I could have birthed an elephant, or maybe a giraffe. The idea of a blog was first a glimmer in my mind when I was pregnant with Baby Bookworm…
The Librarian in the House: Who, me? A blogger?
Starting this blog is on the top of my list of things I never thought I would do. Here are some others, and the reality. Somebody pinch me! My cup runneth over. I never thought I would… Get married. After…
