Category Archives: Blogger Angela Reynolds

Pirates, ahoy!

Posted on October 11, 2012 by angelaNS

September 19 is one of my favorite holidays. International Talk Like a Pirate Day is such a fun one to celebrate at libraries! Talk Like a Pirate day is nicely timed, too, right after Summer Reading and right before Halloween, … Continue reading →

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Pinning for Programs

Posted on September 13, 2012 by angelaNS

Harvest Festival season is upon us here in Nova Scotia, and as usual, I’ve been asked to run children’s games in my small town. I’m glad to do it—the kids love the games we come up with, and the parents … Continue reading →

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Locking them in

Posted on August 9, 2012 by angelaNS

Recently I held a Library Survivor Lock-in in partnership with the local RCMP detachment. The participants were aged 7-12, and we gave them several library, craft, and first-aid tasks for their teams. Building a newspaper survival hut was no problem, … Continue reading →

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Summertime…

Posted on July 12, 2012 by angelaNS

…and the living is busy! Anyone who is in the business of children’s services in a library is busy right now. I’m surprised you even have time to read this! Summer Reading Club is sheer madness for library staff, but … Continue reading →

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Walking the StoryWalk ™

Posted on June 14, 2012 by angelaNS

About 6 months ago, I heard about this cool thing from my friend Kirsten Cappy at Curious City called StoryWalk. For those of you who did not click on the links, here’s the lowdown: a picture book is put, page … Continue reading →

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Billeting

Posted on May 10, 2012 by angelaNS

As librarians, we always get bonus perks to our jobs. We get to see new books before anyone else, we have little kids who adore us, we are surrounded by books on a daily basis… I could go on and … Continue reading →

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Books for a quarter?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by angelaNS

Our Summer Reading Club is mostly funded from the sales of an annual Book Sale. We just held our SRC Book Sale a few weeks ago and raised just over $1000. Our books are cheap—we sell paper backs for 25 … Continue reading →

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An appreciative audience

Posted on March 8, 2012 by angelaNS

Last week I was invited to tell stories at a local preschool. I gathered up some puppets, a few books, a handful of flannel stories and my portable felt board, and loaded up my car. It was snowing when I … Continue reading →

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