Children’s Bookroom: Book Festivals

August 27, 2016March 14, 2018 forvanessaexecutive Book Connections, Reading AJC Decatur Book Festival, Book Clubs, Book Fairs, Book Festivals, Bookroom, Books, Children, Children's Book Council, Educators, Librarians, Literacy, Notable Children's Books, Parents, Reading strategy, Teachers

This week, I am straying from my normal post of children’s literacy issues to talk about book festivals. Many book festivals around the country will host them next month, in September, and the months to follow. Fostering literacy and encouraging the enjoyment of literature in young children and even in adults remains to be an important function […]

Children’s Bookroom: I Can’t Find a Book!

June 8, 2016March 14, 2018 forvanessaexecutive Book Connections, Reading ALSC, Association for Library Service to Children, Bookroom, Bookstore, Children, Fiction, Librarians, Library, Literacy, Media Specialist, Non Fiction, Notable Children's Books, Parents, Teacher-Librarians

Many times over the years, as a teacher-librarian, students visited the library and left empty handed. Some students wandered back and forth from the fiction to the non-fiction sections of the library, to the online catalog, and back to the shelves again. When observing the student’s indecisiveness, I would ask the child if I could […]