“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain”
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A Very KidLit Halloween
Did you wear a bookish Halloween costume this year?
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Picture Book Round-Up #1
Six picture books, one blog post recap
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Backlist Review: Vicious & Vengeful
Despite 100% purchasing these books myself—and looking at their spines on my shelves for months—I realized as I opened the front cover during boarding at DCA, that I had no idea what they were about.
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Recap: A Stellar ALSC Opening Session
The first day of my first ever ALSC Institute had such a grand beginning with Christina Soontornvat as the keynote opener
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5 Books That Have Made Me Cry Recently
I wouldn’t call myself an overly emotional person in real-life. When things go wrong, my tendency is not to cry. However, when it comes to books—especially picture books—all it takes is one uplifting phrase or illustration and I’m weepy. Looking back at my reading for the year—much of which I can’t talk about for ~award~…
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Series Review: She Persisted
Somehow, in my career as librarian and book reviewer, I have developed a specialty in reading, reviewing, and raving about picture book biographies of women. I LOVE THEM. I find them a fascinating medium when done well, and kind of hilarious when they are done poorly. Ask me about the worst one I’ve ever read—it…
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Talking about a Life of Service with Christina and Dow
On Wednesday, September 21st I had the unique opportunity and pleasure to interview super-award winning author Christina Soontornvat and best-selling author Dow Phumiruk about their new picture book collaboration, a picture book biography of Senator Tammy duckworth. I hosted them via Zoom as the first ever big event by the NSDAR (Daughters of the American…
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Recent Writings & Where I’ve Been
Here’s a round-up of some of my recent words.
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January 2022 Reading Recap
January 2022 was a really interesting reading month for me
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My 2022 Youth Media Award Predictions
It is almost this librarian’s favorite time of year!
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2021 Reading in Review
Holy heck, 2021 is over! I read SO Many books this year-it’s actually insane to look back on. I took on WAY too many book-based projects. Classes, committees, mock committees, review jobs….my own Edelweiss accounts. OOOFFFFF. Do not recommend! But I read some GREAT books in 2021! Some of the ones I love to talk…
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Love Chai and Other 4 Letter Words
Right now, my drug of choice is diverse rom-coms
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