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Month: December 2020

Life Related, Student stuff, Work Stuff

Finally, something normal

17 December 2020 lpearle

Last week I looked at this week’s forecast and saw snow was predicted. Fine... but it’s a week away. Over the next few days amounts of snow and arrival days kept changing: 5” Wednesday and 8” Thursday? no... 12” Wednesday and 3” Thursday? no... Tuesday it seemed to settle on 1-2” Wednesday night and 10+”… Continue reading Finally, something normal

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Collection Development, School Libraries

All I want for Christmas

10 December 202010 December 2020 lpearle

No, not my two front teeth but Sugar Daddy Press in print and digital. I know Rosen bought Jackdaws, but I haven't seen anything more. Talk about a great primary source database for middle school! In my imagination, it would be easier to navigate than Library of Congress or Smithsonian Primary Sources. But more than… Continue reading All I want for Christmas

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Rants, Student stuff

Starting a revolution

7 December 20208 December 2020 lpearle

Last week I met with my "book group". I'm using that term loosely to describe the amazing group of people I met during my time on book award committees; we miss talking about books with each other so we started a group that meets the last Sunday of the month (traditional Alex Award book talk… Continue reading Starting a revolution

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