Ask the Librarian – Book Formats

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. 

What is another way to organize and shelve picture books?

I gave most of my picture books away over the years. I kept the best ones for the future, but as my children aged out of them, I shared the rest with friends to make room for my growing collection of chapter and middle grade books. Because of that, when I set up my library, I decided to organize my picture books really differently than most of the other librarians I was following. And, so far, it’s been working really, really well for us.

Why Libraries?

This article was originally written in three parts and published in The Wyoming News Chronicle in the spring of 2023. Andrew Carnegie, born in Scotland in 1835, emigrated with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was twelve years old. His life is an almost unbelievable rags-to-riches story. He went from working as a bobbin…