I am a K-12 librarian at Mesilla Valley Christian School. I have a masters degree in Children's Literature and hold a NM teaching certificate with a Library Media Endorsement.
As you may know I have a book review blog. There are at least 25 posts each month – books I’ve read as part of book tours, books I’ve read to my students in the library, and books I have previewed for the library or the Land of Enchantment Award. There are also spotlights from… More Favorite Books – November 2019
I love Christmas books. If your teachers are like mine, they will soon be asking for Christmas titles to share with their students if they haven’t already asked. Here are links to some I have reviewed on Library Lady’s Kid Lit along with affiliate links if you’d like to purchase them at Amazon. Alcott, Louisa… More Christmas Books
This interview was originally part of the Prism Book Tour. About the Author Heidi secretly dreamed of writing a book for most of her childhood, but a particularly painful rejection letter in middle school convinced her to tuck that dream away. Instead, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Medicine from Whitworth University in Spokane,… More Meet Heidi McCahan
Are you like me and walked in to your library yesterday morning and realized you still had a fall bulletin board up and it is only 3 weeks to Christmas break? Here is an easy Christmas bulletin board idea. I searched the internet and collected Christmas trivia that was appropriate to my school. I created… More Easy Christmas Bulletin Board
You know the closer we get to Christmas break the more “squirrelly” the kids will be. So if you don’t want to do a skills lesson, which they won’t pay attention to anyway; you’ve got to have an activity of some sort to keep them engaged. I’ve done come searching and have come up with… More Christmas Planning
We like to display a list of “national” events which occur during the month. This list includes monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations. Watch for a list of birthdays in a couple of days. Feel free to adapt the list below to meet your needs. If you want to look at other… More December 2019
Every month I post the birthdays of our students, faculty and staff in the window between the library and the school hallway. I also try to include the birthdays of authors, illustrators and famous people the kiddos may be familiar with or should be. Since many schools are shut down next week for Thanksgiving break,… More December Birthdays
This is a re-blog of something I shared previously on this blog – I think the information is still important for librarians to be aware of. What do you call them? How should they be represented in materials given to our students? When I got up this morning, I had no thought of discussing this… More Thoughts Surrounding Thanksgiving and Native Americans
As Thanksgiving approaches I often hear, “What books can I read to my students?” Here are some of the Thanksgiving books we have in our library. A couple of them are oldies but goodies. I think they are all still available through Amazon although some may only be available as a used book Anderson, Laurie… More Thanksgiving Books
Meet Pamela Poole I interviews Pamela as part of the Celebrate Lit Promo for her new book Jaguar. We learn a little more about her in this interview. When did you first know you wanted to be an author? The day I signed the publisher’s contract for my debut novel, Painter Place. Honestly, I only knew… More Meet Pamela Poole