Science on the Simpsons
I am not a fan of the Simpsons (unlike my best friend who has been a life long fan) but I do appreciate some of their social commentary and integration of themes. Surprisingly, one theme that the...
View ArticleI’m in love…with a man with a beard
I have a new love. It’s an older man with a massive, scraggly beard. But please don’t tell my husband. You can tell him about my new love, but not about the beard. Every November my husband grows a...
View ArticleOverheard in the Library
“But I’m the one who did the cutting and pasting so it’s my own work.” And here’s a link to the Prezi that I’ve created for the lesson I will be doing with this class on plagiarism....
View ArticleDear Betty White, You are my library hero. Love, Amanda
We have officially put out “The Sign.” There are 51 students with fines over $2. There is one student with a fine over $32! And that is for a book that is worth $5! But these 51 little darlings will no...
View Article5000 pages to go
We are almost to the end of the year in the library (insert tear here). Students can only borrow books for another week and then we start book wrangling. I should probably bring back some of the 11...
View ArticleOverheard in the Library: Overdue Edition
Our worst offender finally handed back his book today. It was due on September 20, 2010. I you are not aware (because apparently he wasn’t), that was a long time ago. If it was me returning a book...
View ArticleLibrary Subway Art
I have a good friend who loves subway art. I think she squeals everytime one of her favourite blogs puts up new subway art to download. And download she does! So, Desiree, this one is for you… Of...
View ArticleiAppreciate
While I haven’t made use of this idea this year (being in the library and all), I still think that it is an idea worth sharing. * For Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, it can sometimes be a challenge to...
View ArticleOur magical library elves
Like Harry Potter has house elves to keep everything running, we, in the library, have library elves. They prefer to be known as library monitors but I think of them as magical, like elves, so library...
View ArticleWhat a year. Here’s to the next one!
With only one more day to go at school this year, I have been dreading writing this post. My contract this year was only a maternity leave coverage and I am so sad to be leaving the school and having...
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