Librarian Leaps

I must really like Rajani LaRocca if my first post in a long time is dedicated to her.  Rajani gets a star for being one of the happiest aut...

I have been binge watching Ali Stroker on YouTube all week. Hold on. Ali Stroker is not a name in your cannon? Inconceivable! In 2019 she wo...

Author Lisa Fipps posted on Twitter the other day a picture of a jar with slips of paper in it.  "Every time someone says something goo...

Hello January! Hello 2021! I welcome you into my life with arms so open that it hurts. Flashback to ALA 2018. I was waiting in line to grab ...

  Every NYE we hop on the Mass Pike and head east to my cousins' annual party. We are merry and happy as we catch up with the Watertown ...

Today is a premium book birthday day! AND my first day back in the building! May I request chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting with a...

A few weeks ago one of my favorite nonfiction writers and friend, Steve Sheinkin, reached out to me about a new video series idea he had.  I...

Happiest of book birthdays today to Ruth Behar's Letters from Cuba. My Fountains of Silence trip to Madrid was still on the forefront o...

The official "Teacher Appreciation Week" has come and gone.  But isn't it kind of like Mother's and Father's Day--wher...

Dear Chronicle, Please, PLEASE, PLZ, move the pub release date of BenBee and Teacher Griefer up to July or August. EVERY teacher, lib...

My kids were up late baking oatmeal cream sandwiches, you know, like the Little Debbie kind. Omg. They came out so good! There better...

  I love road trips. Period. There is nothing better than packing up your car, pulling out of the driveway and heading to a destination ...

ALA, Washington DC, June 2019 Ann Patchett wrote this essay in yesterday's NYT. An adult with no kids, she had never read Kate...

I'm excited to share that 2020 is the year of another Rebecca Stead book. THAT is a reason to celebrate. And tomorrow is her book...

#ALAYMA20 I am surprised I slept so well last night.  While dozens of librarians are coming to final decisions this weekend, I am hol...