Teatime Librarian

I am a tea-loving, hat-knitting, world-traveling teen librarian.
Thu Feb 23
This is what I’ve been working on for the past year.  Lillian is my finest work yet ;)

This is what I’ve been working on for the past year. Lillian is my finest work yet ;)

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Thu Dec 2

The Miracle of Life

  • 9th Grade Boy: Miss, tomorrow in class we're going to watch a video of a baby being born.
  • Me: Oh yeah, that miracle of life video (having flash back to health class in 8th grade).
  • Boy: It's going to be so awesome! I really hope someone throws up!
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Fri Nov 12
I really didn’t realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. You think they’re just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They’re like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn’t mess with them. Michael Moore, from BuzzFlash.com interview 3/12/02
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Fri Jul 23
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. Rolling stones guitarist Keith Richards, quoted in a preview of Life. Sunday Times (U.K.) April 4. (Found in American Libraries May 2010 “How the World Sees Us” feature).
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Thu Jul 1
I love coming to the library because if you don’t know something you can come here and read a book and can learn. A 9-year-old in my library said this to me today!  It made me so happy :)
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Sat Jun 5

We went to Vermont and had a great time!

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Fri May 28

NightJohn Book Trailer made with Animoto.  Text inspired by the book jacket excerpt and this booktalk.  Images from The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record and Stock Exchange

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Sat May 15
Bread I made tonight with a recipe for Rustic White Bread from the “America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook”

Bread I made tonight with a recipe for Rustic White Bread from the “America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook”

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Wed May 12

From garden plot to table— YUM!

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Fri Apr 2
One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. W.E. Johns, The Passing Show. (Found in The Curious Gardener’s Almanac by Niall Edworthy.
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