The Yarn
August 31, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS
You never outgrow some childhood favorites . . . even if they are a bear of very little brain
August 30, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS
You don’t always have to put on a big interactive mystery theater production to have a mystery themed program (although those are fun), you can do some mini CSI type activities to have a mystery program. There is a lot less time and money involved in set up, making it ideal for the school year. […]
August 29, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS
True confessions of a bad librarian: I never have a bookmark handy. That’s right, I am one of those people who puts a book down on the stand open to the page I left at. Apparently that is hard on the spine. Um, at least I don’t do the dog ear thing . . . […]
August 24, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Val came into my life 6 years ago. She was a teen member of my church, and an excellent baby sitter. Val graduated high school in May, and I couldn’t have been prouder. She was active in 4-H member and at one time marching band. She has worked for the Boys and Girls Club as […]
August 23, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Today my daughter officially becomes a Tween. She is in that neverland void between children’s services and teen services that a lot of libraries are still trying to figure out. She grew up going to storytimes and library programs. And of course has a librarian for a mother – I am sure, for the record, […]
August 22, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Last year a combination of The Walking Dead and Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry (best. zombie book. ever.) made me put together a zombie themed program. The undead are quite popular – and are likely to continue to be so with the upcoming movie releases of World War Z and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. And […]
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August 19, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS
October 4th – 10th has been declared Olympian Week in celebration of the release of Son of Neptune, the next title by Rick Riordan. You know what that means? Toga party! So get planning! Walk over to the 200s and brush up on your Greek and Roman mythology. And brush up on your toga wrapping. […]
August 15, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS
What does every librarian love? A captive audience! You want to get into your schools, into the classrooms, and develop relationships with your teachers. One of the best ways to do this is to develop a booktalking program. In its most basic description, a booktalk is a short introduction – think commercial or movie trailer […]
August 11, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Most of your teen patrons are now counting down the days they have left of summer. And spending copious amounts of money on back to school clothes and school supplies. Make sure you make the library one of their stops as you help them “Rock Your Locker”. Lockers don’t have to be boring and drab […]
August 5, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS
There is a tweener in my house collecting Smurfs. I wonder what happened to all of mine, I had quite the collection of little blue men. It turns out, all things old are new again. Transformers. Thundercats. Smurfs. Strawberry Shortcake. My Little Pony. And the other day, there were fluorescent yellow and orange and green […]
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