Notes From A Children's Librarian Posts

Notes from a Children's Librarian: What I Miss About the Library
"When I think of the job of librarian, I think of time, layers of time."

Notes From a Children's Librarian: Books That Make the List
Great mentor texts for the writing and reading curriculum.

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Procedural Writing
Great books involving "how to" text, and also pictures and symbols showing steps in a procedure.

Notes From a Children's Librarian: Descriptive Language
Beautiful books that exemplify descriptive language for Grades 1–6.

Notes from a Children’s Librarian: Self-Regulation, Organization, Initiative
The learning skills part of the report card is divided into areas such as Self-Regulation, Organization, Initiative—habits that affect all areas of …

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Text to Text
Great kids books in conversation with each other.

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Drawing the Line
Our Children's Librarian columnist, Julie Booker, brings us a new view from the stacks every month.

Notes from a Children's Librarian: For the Love of Snail Mail
These picture books address the epistolary form in different ways—and high inspire some writing from holiday destinations this summer or to penpals. …

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Text to Text
As part of the Language curriculum, primary readers are asked to make connections between books, identifying similarities. The following titles are paired …

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Books About Math
Great books that complement the Primary Math curriculum and make for entertaining reads at the same time.