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Not blogging, unfortunately! Despite my very good intentions to regularly post it’s been a challenge to keep it up. Rather than try wax poetic about pressing issues in the field of children’s librarianship I thought I’d take it easy and give an update...

How do you stay connected to the wider field of child development and book publishing? I used to fill those buckets with social media and blogs, but these days I find myself turning to newsletters. For one, I can set them aside until I have the brain...

Happy new year, everyone. I had hoped to end 2023 in a flurry of reflective blog posts, but a fractured elbow slowed me down. Thankfully I’m able to put the finishing touches on this yearly tradition, and share my favourite storytime picture books for...

Recently I attended a few presentations on community work that reminded me of my favourite part of my job: Relationship building. In truth, I felt disconnected from community work for a long time. The pandemic disrupted many relationships. Libraries...

I’m back! How was everyone’s summer? Did you get all your professional development reading done? lolsob. I did watch a webinar called The Myth of School Readiness by Ida Rose Florez. She’s an excellent presenter and well qualified to speak on this topic...