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Proof Positive

Earlier this week I received the page proofs of my YA fantasy novel Woven through Time.  Although I have written (all but one with Ruth Toor) fifteen books for school librarians, this is my first novel and the realization of

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Gratitude All Year

It’s Labor Day weekend, and while a number of you are back in school, for many this weekend marks the traditional end of summer – and the start of a new school year.  In my childhood this was all about

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Humor in Fiction – What is funny

I have been working my way reading through the twenty books which will be part of the Book Reviews topic in the December 2013/ January 2014 issue of School Librarian’s Workshop, and they have me thinking about what makes a

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Living as a Lifelong Learner and Dreamer

The more I learn the more I am impelled to learn more.  I find life an ever-exciting adventure and learning makes it more so.  Since I have been retired from my “day job” as a high school librarian for nine

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August – September 2013

Those of us in education know this is the real “New Year.”  Some of you have already welcomed students back and the rest of you will be starting soon.  I hope you found your summer rejuvenating and are looking forward

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Is there such a thing as too connected?

Sometimes I almost feel too connected.  Posts by my Facebook “close friends” appear in my gmail inbox.  I am also alerted when someone posts to the School Librarian’s Workshop Facebook page as well as those on pages to which I

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A new website!

For over a year the School Librarian’s Workshop website has been out of date.  We hope the wait was worth it!

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