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Hi team! Yay I have the round up this week! UPDATE 4/16: I did not think it was possible but someone was up even later than me! Jessica posted a link and I missed it, but you should NOT! It’s … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago, Marge Loch-Wouters suggested that she and I propose a Conversation Starter for ALA Annual 2016 on being intentional about managing our professional and personal time by saying “no” to opportunities. Guess what, I said yes! … Continue reading →

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 →

DEFINITELY had to drag the blog out of hibernation for the Bell Awards! This is the third year for the CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards for Early Literacy, and the first that I was not chairing the Selection Committee. It … Continue reading →

I am catching up on my Bell Awards posts! Last week I wrote about suggesting titles for the 2016 Awards, and today I’m reminding you that you can join the Bell Awards Goodreads Discussion group! The Bell Awards were created … Continue reading →