Monthly Archives: March 2016

In January I posted this pic in Instagram with the caption “2016 = twenty years of planning storytime.” In 1995 I graduated library school, and in early 1996 I landed my first library job and was given a weekly storytime, … Continue reading →

The weekend of March 4-5 a meme floated around Twitter: For every “like” on a tweet with that image, the poster would list one book. Any book. ANY book! There were no rules, so after putting about 100 books on … Continue reading →

Nothing like getting your act together in time for the 75th day of the year! (nb Thursday night: I pinkie swear I wrote this Monday to post Tuesday, so much for getting my act together) Last week I posted about … Continue reading →

…even if it wasn’t in the way that I had planned on. I was feeling confident, early in 2015, that in completing my first year at my new job, I would be able to clear the time and space to … Continue reading →

We are celebrating FIVE YEARS of Flannel Friday today! It is so awesome that we are still posting new storytime flannelboard and activity ideas every. single. week. And it’s totally the result of each and every one of you being … Continue reading →

So it’s been another unintended hiatus for Mel’s Desk this winter, and as much as it has frustrated me, I wanted to be VERY conservative in planning a return to blogging. With as much time and mental space as it … Continue reading →