Fri, September 16th, 2011
A Quote to Add to Your Collections
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy and Lynn: We love to collect library quotes and were delighted when we found this one by this year’s YALSA Margaret A. Edwards’ winner, Sir Terry Pratchett: The library didn’t only contain magical books, the ones which are chained to the shelves and are very dangerous. It also contained perfectly ordinary books, printed on [...]
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Sun, August 14th, 2011
The End of the World…
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: It’s that time of year…two weeks left until I return to school. Where did the summer go? I did get to go to ALA in New Orleans and catch up with library world friends, and had the good fortune to entertain author Lisa McMann, Holly Black and K.T. Horning at my tiki bar. But as [...]
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Wed, December 15th, 2010
@#$%&* – Literary Profanity
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn and Cindy: Yes, it is the season of light and goodwill to mankind. Let’s be honest though. It is also the season of pushy crowds, stress, and irritating relatives. What to do when that batch of cookies you are baking at midnight turns black and crusty? A good expletive is definitely in order but [...]
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Mon, August 30th, 2010
The last days of the holiday…
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: For those of us heading back to school jobs, summer is quickly drawing to a close, or has already. I start a week of 8-4 professional development tomorrow morning and am reminded today of my favorite end-of-summer quote. It’s posted below and hails from Hilary McKay’s fiction book, The Exiles. We posted about this [...]
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