Once again, let me tell you how much I LOVE summertime.  I have been busy busy busy creating brand new products, including a new Fiction and Non-Fiction Anchor Chart,  that I’m super excited about!        So, last April, I created a set of Assessment task cards for Non-Fiction Text Features.  I…

     I admit it!  I’m a bit of a geek when it comes to getting my picture taken with authors at TLA or during the Texas Book Festival.  There’s just something about meeting authors of a book that brings out the little kid in me and I get totally excited!        My…

           Summertime is one of my favorite times of the year… but not for the reasons that you may think… (sleeping in late, laying out in the sun, going to see movies, etc.)  Don’t get me wrong….I absolutely LOVE those things, but what really makes summertime my happy place is that special feeling…

Are you looking for new ways of promoting your library? I may an idea for you!      I’ve been busy working on my End of the Year Library report.  This year, our district coordinator revamped what was needed, so it wasn’t the “hair-pulling-out-horror” that we had had in the past!  (Think excel spreadsheets with LOTS…

     Have you ever come across a new book that fits perfectly with a lesson you do or an idea you have and then you uncontrollably break out into a happy dance!?  That’s exactly how I felt when I came across this book: Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak Ph.D.       I…