This week at the library; or, COLD and awards

Programs

• Tiny Tots (Pattie) Cancelled
• Toddlers 'n' Books (2 sessions) (Pattie) (Pattie unavailable, emergency sessions by me)
• Lakeland Visit Cancelled
• Preschool Interactive: ABCs (and groundhogs)
• Books 'n' Babies (Pattie)
• Mad Scientists' Club: What Floats Your Boat?
• Teens on Screen: City of Bones (Lindsay)
• Family Game Night (Pattie)
• We Explore Art and Stories: Eric Carle

Random Commentary

• More sub-zero temps on Monday and Tuesday - school was closed, we closed early Monday, which cancelled Tiny Tots and Pattie is employed by the school so wasn't available Tuesday. I did an emergency toddler storytime, basically a repeat of the puppet program last Friday with a few books snagged from my professional collection. About 6 people came to each session. This also cancelled the second visit from Lakeland that afternoon and a school awards thing I was supposed to go to on Monday night.
• That was a really boring webinar. I'm sorry, but it was.
• Despite all the snow dumped on us on Thursday, 50 people still showed up for Mad Scientists Club. I was exhausted, but made it through anyways!
• 7 kids came to Teens on Screen. Overall, we've had a pretty good month despite weather and the resultant lower circulation.
• The ALA awards are much more fun when you're there in person. I'm just sayin'. I did pretty well this year though, in having most of the stuff bought already
• Batchelder: 
• Mister Orange - We have this because I had a review copy, but it doesn't circulate.
• Batchelder Honor: 
• Bathing Costume or the worst vacation of my life - I'll look at it
• My father's arms are a boat - I looked at this and it's very attractive, but I didn't need any more books on this subject
• War within these walls - no
• Belpre: 
• Nino wrestles the world - Purchased!
• Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass - Purchased through JLG
• Belpre Honor: 
• Maria had a little llama - I looked at this, but didn't ultimately buy it. I think I will go back and get it.
• Tito Puente - No. No more picture book biographies, although this is a fun one!
• Pancho Rabbit and the coyote - No. I'm not buying any more folktales right now and this illustrator doesn't circulate well (although some of that may be my personal dislike of his art)
• Lightning dreamer - Another book about Cuba by Engle. Probably in verse. Probably beautiful, but how many of these do I need? No.
• Living by Matt de la Pena - Told my YA purchaser to look at it.
• Caldecott
• Locomotive - Purchased! I actually really liked this one, although I've felt so-so about Floca's other books. I can see the reservations about some of the way the history is presented, but I think this is a good introduction for the age group and would hope they would be exposed to the darker side of the railroad when they're older perhaps.
• Caldecott Honor
• Journey - Purchased! I loved the art in this wordless book.
• Flora and the Flamingo - Purchased! Not my favorite, but people do like it quite well.
• Mr. Wuffles - Purchased! Although it really hasn't circulated well. In fact, when I was weeding the Ws, I realized that Wiesner's books really aren't circulating much at all. Hopefully more space on the shelves will fix that.
• Coretta Scott King
• P. S. Be Eleven - I'll have to look at how the first one did and then maybe I'll get this....first one hasn't circulated in almost two years and didn't circulate well before that. Historical fiction isn't our thing here.
• Knock Knock - I looked at this, but ultimately decided no.
• When the beat was born - This will make one of my Cybils judges happy, they really liked this one! But no more picture book biographies!
• Coretta Scott King Honors
• March - This was purchased for adult graphic novels
• Darius and Twig - I never heard of this! Ah, it's teen, that would be why. Maybe we'll get it. Maybe not. I'll mention it to the YA purchaser.
• Words with wings - I'm not purchasing poetry unless it's something that can go in picture books.
• Nelson Mandela - Hmmm. I looked at this earlier, when it first came out, but picture book biographies are a hard sell. There is renewed interest in Mandela...I'll look at Kadir Nelson's other titles...no, not high enough circulation. Maybe I'll go back and get it when I get to history/biography in the picture book neighborhoods. Which will probably be 2015.
• Geisel
• Watermelon Seed - Yes! We love this book, although it's in picture books.
• Geisel Honors
• Ball by Sullivan - yes, bought this also in picture books
• Big guy took my ball - seriously, just rename it the willems award people!
• Penny and her marble - yes. very nice.
• Newbery: 
• Flora and Ulysses - Purchased! Haven't read it but I do have DiCamillo fans.
• Newbery Honor: 
• Paperboy - No. Won't circ unless the schools put it on their reading lists (and it has school reading list just stamped alllll over it)
• Doll Bones - Added a review copy I received for a blog tour. I quite liked it, but it doesn't circulate as well as one might hope, which is what I've heard from a lot of librarians.
• Year of Billy Miller - Purchased. Pretty decent circulation.
• One Came Home - Added a review copy, although I never actually reviewed it - it just didn't grab me. It's gone out so-so, but this might pop it up.
• Printz
• Midwinterblood - I think we got this from JLG
• Printz Honor
• Eleanor and Park - We just now bought this
• Kingdom of little wounds - Never heard of it. Maybe?
• Maggot Moon - I looked at this. Probably not.
• Navigating Early - Waaaait, isn't this a juvenile book? I was going back and forth on purchasing it, because some kids did read Moon over Manifest, but if it's teen never mind.
• Schneider
• Splash of red - This was a really gorgeous book, but no more picture book biographies. Maybe when I have neighborhoods...
• Handbook for Dragon Slayers - I went back and forth on this one, now I'll buy it
• Rose under fire - purchased
• Sibert (apparently last year was my year for Sibert happiness)
• Parrots over Puerto Rico - I did not buy this and I'm not one of its many fans. That's all I'm going to say.
• Sibert
• Splash of red - picture book biographies AGAIN?? No.
• Look up! Bird-watching - YES! I bought this, I loved this.
• Locomotive - Like I said above, I really liked it and I can see it as Caldecott, but Sibert? No. There the historical issues to me are a problem.
• Mad Potter - sounds interesting, but I didn't buy it - I don't think the cover will circulate.