Thu
Feb
23
Teatime Librarian
I am a tea-loving, hat-knitting, world-traveling teen librarian.
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!
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
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).
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 :)
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
Sat
May
15
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.

