Abby the Librarian

This post originally appeared on the ALSC Blog on April 7, 2021 . It is reposted here with permission. You can read my other posts about my ...

Photo of a frame on our StoryWalk outdoors in a park About a year ago now, we installed our first StoryWalk. You can find more informati...

This summer, a professional dream of mine came true. Our library put in our first StoryWalk at a local park. I have always wante...

A couple of months ago, I posted about the Firefly Book Award Kits that I made for our library in order to spread the word about the Indian...

This year, I took on a project that I have wanted to do for a long time: Firefly Book Award Kits. The Indiana Early Literacy Firefly A...

This has been a project that has been in my head for many years and this is probably going to turn into a whole series of posts as we go thr...

Photo by Book Aid International It's been a magical year of booktalking at our local schools! I posted last fall about getting in...

Here's a really simple and fun idea to use during September for Library Card Sign Up Month: color library cards! Miss T made th...

Image Credit: cleverclaire1983 I've been trying to get into our local schools for booktalking since I started my job five years ago....

Afterschool was hit or miss for us this year as our kids had SO MANY SNOW DAYS and thus many of our visits were canceled. And now we're ...

I only had one Afterschool group in December because my other visit was snowed out. Here's what we read: Snowmen at Night by Cara...

Here's what I shared with my Afterschool groups this month: Animals Should Definitely NOT Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett, illustr...

This will be our fourth year visiting all of the YMCA Afterschool sites in our school district to read books and do a short craft with them,...

Friends, today I'm at the ALSC Blog talking about our School Collection program where we check out boxes of books to teachers for class...

Yesterday, I was over at the ALSC Blog talking about how we've brought monthly booktalks to the fourth graders at one of our elementar...

Today I'm over at the ALSC Blog with an update on how our new Daycare/Summer Camp SRC went this year. Please click on through and check...

One of my favorite outreach events that the library participates in each year is the Baby Fair, held at our county hospital. There's u...

Flickr CC: usnavy I'm over at the ALSC Blog talking about the special Summer Reading Club we're creating for daycares and summe...

December is a tricksy time to visit afterschool programs. ( Click for more info about the afterschool outreach programs we do! ) Kids are ex...

This week, I visited 4 classes at a local early childhood center. Y'all know I love outreach. It's fun to get out of the library...