Abby the Librarian

CC: Stacy Ann Or, Is Reading Widely Essential? Recently, I put out a question to my Twitter followers. I was thinking about how I coul...

Let's try this again, shall we? It's been AWHILE since I got it together to post links to the awesome stuff I'm reading around t...

Flying the Dragon by Natalie Dias Lorenzi . Grades 4-7. Charlesbridge, July 2012. 233 pages. Review copy provided by my local library . ...

Today I'm over at the ALSC Blog  posting about our super popular Toddler Time program . This storytime for 2's and 3's is one of...

2012's been quite a reading year! As we wind down the year, many of us start thinking about the year to come. The bookish among us might...

It's that time of year again: time to look back over what we've read this year. I do have some favorites that I wanted to mention to...

This weekend when I was a #SundayLibrarian, a young lady (third grade or so) was making a card for our librarian Ms. Jan who just retired. (...

Today I have the honor of contributing to author Nova Ren Suma's blog series Beyond the (Latest) Buzz . I'm featuring five awesome b...

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

Bomb: The Race to Build -- and Steal -- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin . Grades 7 and up. Flash Point, September...