Category Archives: Blogger Jennifer Schultz

May brings many opportunities for booklists, displays, and book sharing–Mother’s Day, of course, being the big one, and we all have our favorite children’s books about mothers. However, I want to use my posts to highlight nontraditional as well as traditional ideas … Continue reading →

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage Parade of 1913, I’ve decided to highlight my favorite biographies and histories of important women.  This is only a sampling of the fantastic nonfiction written about famous and not-so-famous women: … Continue reading →

After a few years of story time sessions under our belt, youth services librarians build a repertoire of tried and true story time themes. Farms, transportation, dogs, monkeys, etc.  In order to not get stuck in a rut with the … Continue reading →

When planning programs, I like to consult Chase’s Calendar of Events and Brownie Locks for ideas.  Imagine my glee when I discovered that February 28th is National Tooth Fairy Day! Although I can’t find information on how it started or why that … Continue reading →

Our library has story times for all ages, beginning with our Baby Steps (up to 18 months or so–parents “age” them out into the next story time when they are ready) all the way to our Preschool program.  When I … Continue reading →

June–and this post–crept up on me.  Like many youth services librarians in public libraries, we are just about to launch our crazy-busy summer reading program. Finding that it was already Wednesday, and that I had not even started on my ALSC … Continue reading →

Tra la! It’s May! (Forgive my inner musical theater nerd coming out). While wracking my brain for this month’s theme, I remembered that May 1st is Mother Goose Day. That’s as good as any excuse to trot out my favorite … Continue reading →