1. Happy birthday, May babies of School Library Journal and Library Journal. Sugared up and ready for the weekend.

    Happy birthday, May babies of School Library Journal and Library Journal. Sugared up and ready for the weekend.

  3. A Mother’s Day in Brooklyn!

  4. In praise of teachers

    Hi Tom and Kathy,

    Please don’t let on to N—- that I told you, but he clobbered the math exam today. He scored 62/68 for a 91%. This means his name will go up on the wall of Exam Aces (all the students who score 90% or above for each exam cycle).
    I wrote him a small note and delivered it in a subsequent class so he knows what he got. I got a thumbs up and something resembling a smile. I’m very excited for him.
    I don’t know how he shares his academics with you, but please act as though I didn’t say anything.
    Have a good day,
    Brian
    [Given my son’s struggles on many fronts, this is huge. HIs teachers have had his back through it all.]

  5. God knows I love me some pointy-toed shoes. This botanical pair by Lenny Wilson.

    God knows I love me some pointy-toed shoes.

    This botanical pair by Lenny Wilson.

  6. Be there!

    Be there!

  7. In tandem with the release of SLJ’s 2013 Job Satisfaction Survey | What’s Not to Love? http://ow.ly/kNFeo 

    In tandem with the release of SLJ’s 2013 Job Satisfaction Survey | What’s Not to Love? http://ow.ly/kNFeo 

  8. standardmoves: Bakasana Crow Pose Dashama Gordon Come to standing. Separate your feet wider than hip width and sit down into a squat position. Bring the hands a few inches in front of the feet, palms planted and fingers spread wide. Come up onto the balls of the feet and start to bend the elbows, keeping the arms close to the body. Bring the knees onto the triceps, near the armpits. Looking forward, start to squeeze the knees against the arms and come up onto the tippy toes. Then start to release one foot off of the mat and then the other foot, to come into the balance. Hold pose for 3 steady breaths.l To challenge yourself, try doing the pose on a Paddleboard, as seen here! Good for balance, arm and core strength, and building confidence. Standard Moves presented by PUMA.

    standardmoves:

    Bakasana

    Crow Pose

    Dashama Gordon

    Come to standing. Separate your feet wider than hip width and sit down into a squat position. Bring the hands a few inches in front of the feet, palms planted and fingers spread wide. Come up onto the balls of the feet and start to bend the elbows, keeping the arms close to the body. Bring the knees onto the triceps, near the armpits. Looking forward, start to squeeze the knees against the arms and come up onto the tippy toes. Then start to release one foot off of the mat and then the other foot, to come into the balance. Hold pose for 3 steady breaths.l To challenge yourself, try doing the pose on a Paddleboard, as seen here!

    Good for balance, arm and core strength, and building confidence.

    Standard Moves presented by PUMA.

  9. …the more technology [parents] have, the more they’re likely to take advantage of library services.
    The study also found that lower income parents (those in households earning less than $50,000) are more likely to view library services as very important. Compared to higher income parents, lower income parents say they would be “very likely” to take advantage of such technology and resources as classes on how to download library e-books (44 percent vs. 29 percent); e-readers already loaded with library content (40 percent vs. 22 percent); a digital media lab (40 percent vs. 28 percent); and classes on how to use e-readers (34 percent vs. 16 percent)

    — Pew Study: Why Parents Love Libraries - The Digital Shift

  10. “I’ve had a bad day - Kathy” Suggested caption by hubby, since I’m not supposed to be using this thing (Screen-Free Week).

    “I’ve had a bad day - Kathy”
    Suggested caption by hubby, since I’m not supposed to be using this thing (Screen-Free Week).