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Written on: February 22nd, 2010 in Blog Posts
Plenty to choose from among this week’s New York Times Book Review selections. Everything from conservative takes on Middle East politics to espionage thrillers set in the morally ambiguous world of post 9-11 foreign intelligence, by way of reimagined lives of great poets. As ever, the weekly book reviews highlight some of the most important […]
Written on: February 19th, 2010 in Blog Posts, Learning, Learning Journeys, Reading
Kathy here: A 2nd Thursday posting on a Friday? Really? It’s all about my learning journey…and learning curve…in the blogosphere. It seems I have been posting to an old link. Learning: manage weblog versions as one manages document versions. It seems I need to create my entries before the day I actually want to post. Learning: […]
Written on: February 19th, 2010 in Blog Posts, Reading
Another wonderful video, created by passionate, imaginative teachers and librarians- and the spirited and enthusiastic children they serve! Let’s kick off Summer Reading Black Eyed Peas style this year!
Written on: February 18th, 2010 in Blog Posts
I am getting to work on this right now. Because you are so cute! This video was produced by the Australian library technology organization VALA
Written on: February 17th, 2010 in Blog Posts, News
Voting is currently underway at all Delaware public libraries to select the winners of the 15th Annual Blue Hen Book Award, sponsored by the Children’s Services Division of the Delaware Library Association. The Blue Hen Award promotes reading and library use in children and teens. Youth Services Librarians from Delaware public libraries nominated five books […]
Written on: February 16th, 2010 in Blog Posts, Learning Journeys
Sometimes it strange how everybody’s learning/reading interests converge. At some point last week during Snowmageddon ’10, I looked around at my reading family and noticed that we were all reading books which were just about on the same topic. Normally our interests are much more obviously diverse- and even so, while the books we were […]
Written on: February 15th, 2010 in Blog Posts
The Three Weissmans of Westport is a light-hearted ‘chick-lit’ parody of Sense and Sensibility filled with “fine and wicked riffs.” The Politician: an Insider’s Account of John Edwards’ Pursuit of the Presidency is as well known by now as Game Change, although much tawdrier. Andrew Young, who took the fall for Edwards’ affair, portrays a […]
Written on: February 15th, 2010 in Blog Posts
Champion jockey and incredibly prolific mystery/thriller author Dick Francis died over the weekend at his home in Grand Cayman. Francis wrote thrillers set in the world of horse racing, at a pace of almost one a year for 40 years. His books are known for their hard-boiled style stripped of that genre’s sex and violence- […]
Written on: February 12th, 2010 in Blog Posts
Kathy here: We know humans rise to an occasion-or not-as dictated by their nature. While cooped up and only sporadically able to access stories of both linked to the Blizzard of 2010, I unknowingly explored the topic with my granddaughter through picture books. At 3.5 years, she has digested the concepts pushed forward in the […]
Written on: February 9th, 2010 in Blog Posts
FRIDAY FEB. 12th UPDATE: Digging out is proceeding apace, and Kent and Sussex Co. public libraries are starting to reopen today, although shortened hours may apply in some locations. Local conditions are still wildly different in different parts of the state, with local road conditions and the availability of resources to clear parking lots and […]
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