Scope for Imagination

uispeccoll:

hogwartsradio:

Photos of J.K. Rowling’s notes in rare ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ book released

The Guardian has published photos of three pages containing a sketch and handwritten notes by J.K. Rowling from a first edition… READ MORE

First edition with manuscript notes.

Bibliolexicon, A Passion for Books (x)

bibliofun!

(Source: sophistae, via libralthinking)

wickedleviosa:

Q: Is there ever such a thing as a child who wouldn’t and couldn’t enjoy a book?

“No and I don’t accept that and I think The way in is to read them books. As an ex-teacher I can testify to the fact that some children are very intimidated by the process of having to read and some children have problems with that, But you can lead to a lot of books by just finding a good story and reading it to them. It’s not that difficult, unless the parent has literacy problems. But you would hope there’s a teacher at the child’s school who loves books enough that they read to them.”

(via acciobooksandsunshine)

librarylinknj:

craftylibrarylady:

Last week’s Toddler Exploration. The theme was “How Does Your Garden Grow?” The stations included: The Big Dig Up (wooden fruits and veg planted in a pot of black beans…I provided shovels for digging up and an empty watering can for maintaining the crops). This one was mostly fun for them to take handfuls of beans out of the bin and throw them onto the floor! Counting Crops (10 baby food jars, a pot of dry black beans, and a toy tractor…the idea was to use the tractor to move the grains into each bin with the correct number of grains in its corresponding bin). Again, mostly just a lot of bean throwing. The tractor was a hit! Mother & Child Reunion (a set of cards with pictures of adult animals and corresponding baby animals on them for matching). Plant a Letter (large letters with a pot of dry kidney beans…the idea was to outline the shape of the letter using the beans). Seed Sort (egg cartons with a different seed/bean in each little bin and a large pot of a mixture of beans…here, they were supposed to sort each kind of bean/seed into its correct bin).

This was, without a doubt, my messiest Toddler Ex. so far! Those beans were EVERYWHERE. However, we had a great turnout and it was so much fun!

Great program for this year’s Summer Reading theme!

It’s raining men montage, Jane Austen style… . wonderful. 

blackberrybooks:

libraryjournal:

rachelfershleiser:

cloudunbound:

Skipping ahead to ALA Annual in Chicago next month, here’s something you might want to add to your schedule if you’ve been intimidated by Tumblr. Library Journal book review editor Molly McArdle, Tumblr keeper Rachel Fershleiser, and librarians Erin Shea and Kate Tkacik will walk you confidently through the hows and whys. I will be there, as I am still learning Tumblarian-ese.

We are so excited to have a big discussion about this! Please join us!

YES.

I just had a discussion the other day with two librarians, one who was excited to poke around Tumblr, the other who blew it off as too complicated and for the “younger set.” I hope having an ALA conversation/tutorial will help those like her come around to the magical land of the Tumblrverse. 

(via ala-annual)

awesome.

Preschool STEM Storytimes

are so much fun! You can catch me blogging about a recent STEM storytime on wind today over on theW…

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(Source: rycbthefandomsarecoming, via notyourstereotypicallibrarian)

librarieschangedmylife:

A four-year-old found this luna moth caterpillar in his yard and brought it to the library to show his librarian. After inspecting the caterpillar and cocoon using the library’s magnifying glass, he borrowed a video, The Savage Garden, to learn more about the biology in his backyard. -submitted by Kitty Brooks, librarian

love,

getting ready for preschool STEM storytime on butterflies and caterpillars as I read this!