Elemtary School Librarians Category

Growing Up Gorilla by Clare Hodgson Meeker

Dreamwalks welcomes the ever-talented Clare Hodgson Meeker this month! We’re joining Clare’s blog tour celebrating her newest book that just came out with Millbrook Press “With fewer than one hundred thousand western lowland gorillas left in the world, every gorilla birth is important.” Janet: Welcome, Clare. I just finished reading Growing Up Gorilla: How a… Read more

Author Peg Kehret Roars!

Library Lions Roar is Thrilled to welcome the wonderful Peg Kehret to our blog! Peg’s forty-eight books for kids have won more than fifty state young reader awards, SCBWI’s Golden Kite, the PEN Center West Award in Children’s Literature, the Henry Bergh Award from the ASPCA and many other honors. Her most recent book is Dangerous… Read more

A REAL LIBRARY LIONESS!!

Welcome to Library Lions interviews Raising a Roar for libraries and the outstanding librarians serving youth in schools and public libraries across the U.S. Please Roar today’s guest Kathy Pazaski!   This is my 26th year of teaching in the Lake Washington School District.  I spent 10 years teaching in a 6thgrade classroom then earned… Read more

VALENTINES FULL OF LIBRARY LOVE

Happy Valentine’s Month. This week we’re celebrating Library Love with celebratory quotes from previous posts with authors, librarians, and kids across the U.S.! “I love connecting readers to books, but my favorite thing is connecting readers and authors. I have a very supportive Friends group which has provided the means to author visits in the… Read more

Einstein Kids Will Change the World!

Welcome to Library Lions interviews. Raising a Roar for Libraries and for the outstanding Librarians serving Children and Young Adults in Schools and Public Libraries across the U.S. Please Roar today’s guest, Anne Sandbo! When asked about her job, Anne says “I have the best job in the world with the best kids in the… Read more