Talk Like a Pirate Day Picture Books

ARRRRRRRRR me matey! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Never heard of it? Where is your pirate spirit? It’s an excuse to celebrate all things pirate, and a great theme for story times that will draw the sprogs (errr… I mean boys and girls) into the library. And I be speaking the truth, seeing as [...]

Friday Feature – Discussion Questions for Harry Potter #7

This Friday Feature post concludes my process of posting all the questions that I developed for a set of book discussions based on the Harry Potter book series. Today, I’m featuring Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in the series. Did you miss the set of discussion questions for the [...]

Friday Feature — Discussion Questions for Harry Potter #6

This Friday Feature post continues my process of posting all the questions that I developed for a set of book discussions based on the Harry Potter book series. Today, I’m featuring Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book in the series. Did you miss the set of discussion questions for the previous books? [...]

Friday Feature — Discussion Questions for Harry Potter #5

This Friday Feature post continues my process of posting all the questions that I developed for a set of book discussions based on the Harry Potter book series. Today, I’m featuring Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the series. Did you miss the set of discussion questions for the [...]

Friday Feature — Discussion Questions for Harry Potter #4

This Friday Feature post continues my process of posting all the questions that I developed for a set of book discussions based on the Harry Potter book series. Today, I’m featuring Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in the series. Did you miss the set of discussion questions for the previous [...]

Friday Feature — Discussion Questions for Harry Potter #1

At my library, we’re hosting book discussions for each of the seven Harry Potter books. Upon searching the internet for discussion questions however, I really didn’t find that many that suited my purpose. So I crafted some of my own, and some I found on the Scholastic website, and I thought I’d share them with everyone. Our [...]

Friday Feature — 39 Clues Event Take Two

Some of you might be thinking to yourself, wait a minute, this is an old post. Well, you’re half right. I did a program similar to this one back in December, which you can read about here and here. But I did a second 39 Clues Scavenger Hunt back in June, and since the first [...]

39 Clues Scavenger Hunt

I’ve meant to post something about a scavenger hunt and author discussion that I held at my library last month. It went EXTREMELY well, and I couldn’t have done it without the help of Charisse Meloto over at Scholastic. Let me tell you how this extraordinary program came about. In July, I approached my supervisor about doing [...]