I did not believe it would ever happen. Our Book Truck Guy strolls in: “I’ve got some books for you.” Ms. G looks at his empty hands for a moment, puzzled. She’s thinking, “So. . .where are they? I don’t see any books? Why would you tell me you have books when you don’t have [...]
Mr. Doctrow: If I wanted to rescue novels as a culturally relevant mainstream industry (and I do), I’d put the majority of my effort into figuring out ways to get a wide variety of books in front of people who don’t go to bookstores. Ms. Ghareeb: They have this already. It’s called a Library. [...]
The Trouble With Boys:A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School, and What Parents and Educators Must Do This is a must read for anyone who may find themselves tearing their hair out over that one little boy who will just not sit still, whether you’re a parent, teacher, or school administrator. As [...]
I just finished watching this episode, and I thought it was absolutely darling, Not just bcause of the completely sweet replica Book Cart cake they made, or the awesome “Federalist Papers” themed cake (seriously, is this the book episode or what!) but they go on and on about us librarians! Apparently, Duff would make a [...]
They used to tell me that at this school you really didn’t learn anything because the teachers didn’t care,” she said. “But once I got here everything changed. Our local newspaper, the Long Beach PressTelegram, reported today that Franklin Middle School is finding success after “failing” for several years.This is good news. Good news for [...]
Roses are Red Violets are Blue We write ‘em and read ‘em Our new Poetry Crew! Over 50 students showed up for yesterday’s lunchtime Poetry Reading in the library; and not just a bunch of GATE kids, either. We had a group of 6th grade boys laugh at all the mentions of love, 8th grade [...]
My assistant principal recently asked for a list of high interest, relevant books for our very diverse student population. This list features some of the best books out there, passing both Librarian Review and kid approval.
Here are two great books for grown-ups I checked out from my local public library. I would definitely recommend these for chocoholics, foodies, or just us non-fiction geeks. Candy Freak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond. I absolutely loved this book, and not just because I, like the author, have a [...]
Long Beach Unified has just published the results of a comprehensive budget survey, designed to help identify priority programs as huge budget cuts loom. There were almost 6200 responses and among the top results were elementary and middle school libraries. Here are the results broken down for middle school: This tells me a few things [...]
Image from Wikipedia We just finished our annual history extravaganza! For the past three years now, one very awesome 7th and 8th grade History teacher, Mr. Algie, and I have spent a week attacking a huge problem: how to get 175 teen-agers to write a decent research paper. Here’s how we do it.
