This summer we are making more time to play with our books and spending less time in the editing chair. But, we didn’t want you not to have an episode… so here is a short episode on how we choose which book formats we prefer when trying to be good stewards of our resources.
Author: Plumfield Moms
Show Notes: Our Reading Life – May, 2024
Join us for our May 2024 Our Reading Life episode where we talk about spies, codebreakers, and geeky grammar.
The 1924 Project: Surveying Children’s Books
A reading team comprised of librarians and excellent readers made it a goal to read as many of the books published in English in 1924 as possible and record their thoughts as they went. Sherry and our book friend Terri Shown joined Sara and Diane on the podcast to discuss the project and what we learned.
Show Notes: Our Librarian Life – April, 2024
Join us as we chat with Kristi Stansfield and Sherry Early in this month’s Our Librarian Life. We talk about renovations, totes for patrons, themed boxes, and our “for now” library plans.
Show Notes: Our Reading Life – April, 2024
Join us as we talk about Shakespeare, Sterling North, Gary D. Schmidt, several fantasy series, Wilkie Collins, and whether or not we think that Lad: The Story of A Dog by Terhune is racist (as some claim).
Show Notes: Our Librarian Life – March 2024
Join us for the March episode of Our Librarian Life. In addition to Kristi a nd Sherry, this month we are joined by Sarah Kim and Tanya Arnold to talk about what Biblioguides is and how we use it as librarians.
Show Notes: Our Reading Life – March, 2024
Join us for the March edition of Our Reading Life with Sarah Kim and Tanya Arnold of Biblioguides! We chat about Ben-Hur and other biblical fiction, teaching writing, and new fantasy that Sarah is reading.
Show Notes: Resistance
Join us for our February Book Club, Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen. For this club, we invited three young ladies to weigh in on this YA novel about the Jewish ghettos in Poland during WWII. Thank you to Anna, Felicity, and Greta for their lively discussion!
Show Notes: Our Librarian Life – February, 2024
Join us as we chat with Librarians Sherry Early and Kristi Stansfield about inventory, contract renewals, making space, organizing historical fiction, and organizing picture books.
Show Notes: Small Publishers – Purple House Press, Living Book Press, Smidgen Press
Join us as we sit down with Anthony Coafield of Living Book Press, Jill Morgan of Purple House Press, and Jody Skinner of Smidgen Press to talk about 2023 and some of the very exciting projects they have in the works for 2024!
Show Notes: The Wednesday Wars
Join us as we discuss Gary D. Schmidt’s excellent award-winning middle grade novel, The Wednesday Wars. For this book club, we are joined by two college students who persuaded Sara to read this novel years ago when they were in her local book clubs. A special thanks to Marietta and Magdalena Mortensen!
Show Notes: Our Reading Life – February, 2024
February 2024 Our Reading Life episode with Tanya Arnold and Sarah Kim of Biblioguides. Join us as we talk about the notorious American female spy with a wooden leg of WWII, Ben-Hur, Beowulf, The Push Cart War, Bass Reeves and more!
Show Notes: Our Librarian Life – January, 2024
January 2024 Our Librarian Life episode with Kristi Stansfield and Sherry Early.
Show Notes: The Princess and the Goblin
January 2024 Plumfield Reads Book Club: The Princess and the Goblin