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Let’s have a picnic! Picnics imply relaxed, casual time with family, friends or perhaps colleagues. Some of the books below celebrate fun picnic times; others take us to some unusual picnics; others have important events tied to a picnic. Who knew picnics could have so many nuances? A couple cookbooks to spark ideas for your […] |
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Read to learn! Read to be inspired! Read to be a better librarian! READ! Web links to additional information and activities about professional learning follow these reviews. Contributor: Peg Glisson Reviews Activism And The School Librarian : Tools For Advocacy And Survival Deborah D. Levitov, editor In a time when school budgets are shrinking and […] |
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Isn’t That Just for Schools?: Common Core and the Public Library, Part II Impact on Programming and Services By Peg Glisson Let’s face it: Common Core challenges public libraries and librarians to answer the call for increased emphasis on literacy, rigorous learning, text complexity, and research. Last month’s article (Isn’t That Just for Schools, Pt. […] |
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2012 has been a big year for Great Britain: between Queen Elizabeth II celebrating her Diamond Jubilee and London hosting the Summer Olympics, there are many cultural celebrations planned in the country this year-a country with an impressive and rich history dating back to prehistoric times. Great Britain, which today consists of England, Northern Ireland, […] |
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Brian Lies The focus of the session I attended with Brian was geared to a discussion of his approach to the promotion process. How did he promote himself and his books? One very prominent promotional gimmick is his car-the Batmobile. But we are getting ahead of ourselves. Moving back to the start of his talk, he […] |
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