Thank-you all so much for the touching and artistic cards and notes.  A special thanks to Mrs. Murphy for the plant which is now living on my front porch with many friends.  I hope you all have a great summer and get time to read lots, play games, enjoy nature, and learn new things.  
 May 23, 2024 - Idioms and off to the future ​- The World is Your Oyster,  Reach for the Stars, 
Reach for the Stars (Serge Bloch)
The World is Your Oyster (Tamara James)
There's a Frog in My Throat (Loreen Leedy and Pat Street)
May 3, 2024 - 2024 ALSC Summer Reading Lists, Michael Hall Perfect Square, Duel by by Jessixa & Aaron Bagley
April 23, 2024 - The President's Tailor for poetry month, 2025 CCBA Nominations
March 28, 2024 - Anne Ursu, Deborah Freedman, 
March 8, 2024 - ask about Ranger in Time Night of Soldiers and Spys by Kate Messner, On The Edge of the World, Round Trip
February 29, 2024 - Vote for 2024 CCBA, Alan Gratz Heroes:A Novel of Pearl Harbor, Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker
February 16, 2024 - Possible 2025 CCBA nominations, Animal Non-fiction, Jess Keating, Kari Lavelle, Roland Smith, Turtles are Found on Every Continent... Except Antarctica. 
January 25, 2023 - 2024 Caldecott, Newbery, Pura Belpre, and Geisel Winners -  CCBA nominated Max Greenfield and Mike Lowery 
January 12, 2024 - Kat Fajardo, Game over (see October 26), Grace Lin, Kate Messner, David Wiesner
December 18, 2023 - Night Before Christmas Books Compare
December 7, 2023 - Hanukkah Information
November 17, 2023 - Turkey Stories, Happy Thanksgiving!
November 9, 2023 - Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey, Jessica Whipple, Daniella Davis, Nina LaCour
October 26, 2023 - Monster Stories early for Halloween, ​David Catrow, Patrick McDonnell, Mo Willems
October 13, 2023 - Authors who collaborate - DogTown by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko,  The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass, Loud Mouse & Proud Mouse by Idina Menzel & Cara Mentzel. If time - Enough is... & I Think, I Think Alot by Jessica Whipple
September 28, 2023 - National Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15th-October 15th, Juana Martinez-Neal & Susan Middleton Elya, Rizos by Clarabel A. Ortega
September 14, 2023 -  Peter H. Reynold's International Dot Day 20 year celebration, Jarrett Lerner A Work in Progress, Judy Moody and Stink Books
August 31, 2023 - Colorado Children's Book Award 2024 Nominations - The Order of Things by Kaija Langley, Roland Smith 
Donated books: The Order of Thing, They Are Here, Exclamation Mark!, Estrella de Mar 
August 17, 2023 -  Introduction , Amy Krause Rosenthal, Cookies: Bite Sized Life Lessons, Dear Student by Elly Schwartz, Not an Easy Win by Crystal D. Giles