Welcome to Litsy!

I love making a reading list for people!

A cheeky #childrensbook with words that confuse.

A lovely #childrensbook about a trailblazer that I hadn‘t heard of before. #bbrc @librarianryan

Planning for the coming school year, and this book has me thinking about my kids and what they need. This quote caught me:
Abdul asks, "Why write his stories anyway? The people and places in his school books never looked or sounded like the people or places he knew." I love that Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow is changing the world one book at a time. I can't wait to hear what the kids think!

Nominated for the 2024 #WCCPBA
I had no idea what this book would be about and loved that it's a story about a student who struggles. I struggle. I see kids struggle. And there's always someone who persists, "it's so easy!" Which just crushes you. Never say it's easy. Never say it's hard. Not if it's necessary.

I‘ve been wanting to read this for a while and finally went looking for a copy. I find the English language to be fascinating, so this alphabet book was an incredibly fun read. It uses a lot of words that start with silent letters, but it also flips the example on some pages to say a letter is not for these words. These images are from the very helpful glossary.

#Nonfiction

One of the reading challenges I‘ve seen a lot recently is to organize your books alphabetically and read them in order. I need books with titles that start with C, J, Q, X, Y and Z. Whatcha got for me?

Fun little find at the library…made me giggle

This guy has been hanging out in my library during recess after breaking his arm. Today he chose to do "Pioneer School" with students that are 2 years older. Students have copies of lessons from the tagged books. I call it "Pioneer School" because we are at the terminus of the wagon trail. They just read and write. The idea is that they are busy and I can focus on students doing more serious work. I'm always amazed by how popular it is.