Monthly Archives: March 2008

Storytime update

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Abby

After several months of teaching myself new approaches to storytimes, I’m finally hitting my stride with both the Toddler and Infant storytimes.  It’s taken a lot of hard work, and I’ll admit to getting myself fairly worked up and stressed out … Continue reading →

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And the vortex spits me out again…

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Abby

A couple of posts ago, I wrote about the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer, and I praised the series for being fun and engrossing – for pulling me into its vortex.  Ah, the difference three books makes.  I’ve now read … Continue reading →

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That ol’ ego

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Abby

My ego took a major beating this morning.  Major.  During today’s “Mother Goose on the Loose” program, there was one child who kept crying – not constantly crying, but intermittently crying.  Head down on the floor, hands over the ears, … Continue reading →

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Sucked in to the Twilight vortex…

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Abby

So, where have I been these last few days?  Reading, reading, reading — totally consumed by and sucked into the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer.  Over three days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) I read the first two books, which comes to … Continue reading →

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Still sick…

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Abby

No post of any substance today – I’m still battling a streaming, miserable cold, and just don’t have the energy to write anything interesting or intelligent. I do, however, have several posts in draft form, and once I’m better I’ll … Continue reading →

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Book lists updated

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Abby

For those of you looking for suggestions of books to use with elementary and teen book groups, I have updated this blog’s page titled “Book Lists for Book Groups.”  The update includes books I’ve used in recent months with my … Continue reading →

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Sick

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Abby

What a winter.  I’m sick – again.  Just a cold, but enough is enough! And I only have myself to blame for this: I let a library patron use my phone to call her daughter who was sick at home…and … Continue reading →

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The Namesake

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Abby

We watched a pretty good movie this weekend – not the best I’ve ever seen, but good enough that it’s worth tracking down in your local video store (or, shudder, through NetFlix):  The Namesake, based on the novel by Jhumpa … Continue reading →

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Robins

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Abby

We got about six inches of snow here yesterday, but today we were visited by a flock of robins.  They’re probably the Canadian robins, heading north for the spring, but they were still a very welcome sight as they nibbled … Continue reading →

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