YA lit
Book Review: Wintergirls
There is one word to describe this book: Stunning. I eagerly added Wintergirls to my middle school library’s book shelves because 8th grade girls were chomping at the bit to read it. When a very excited 8th grade girl dropped the book off the day before vacation, I saw my chance to get my hands [...]
Book Review: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
So yes, this book just won the Newbery Award. I finished it last night and decidedly ended a bit confused. Mind you, I read it in two parts, taking a break somewhere in the middle to tend to other kid/teen books on my shelf. However, I’m usually able to jump back into a read and [...]
Talkin’ ‘Bout Books
Yesterday, four 8th grade classes came to the Library to learn about titles that they might find interesting. Their teacher, Mr. Olivo, made and posted a little movie to show what it was all about:
Check out Mr. Olivo’s blog.
Making the Impossible, Possible
Technology is driving me crazy. Sometimes I have to have a pep-talk with my librarian self and remind her that she became a librarian because of literature and as far as anyone can tell, literature is not going anywhere any time soon. However, sometimes I wish that broken SmartBoards and DVD players and VCRs (I [...]
Waiting for Normal
No, I’m not sitting around waiting for a normal day to happen upon me. Perhaps that’s because I know and love the fact that there really is not such thing as normal.
I do know that I just finished Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor and have a great desire to shout its praises to the [...]
My Weekend Reading List
The Sox lost. The Celtics lost. And I stayed up until 11:30 only to watch the Bruins end their season. I’m exhausted from a week that included a school committee meeting and open house at my school. But…
I’ve got an excellent weekend reading list smiling at me from my desk!
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
And…
The [...]
Three Cups of Tea
While flying home from Costa Rica with 21 8th graders a few weeks ago, I read the young reader’s version of the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. I have not yet read the adult version of Greg’s story, therefore this was my first formal introduction to the story [...]
