This week at the library; or, Planning time

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What's Happening

• Monday
• Playgroup (Jess/Pattie)
• Read with Pearl
• Tiny Tots (Pattie)
• Pattie was able to come back in time to cover her playgroup, which was great because we have lots of planning to do! Planning commenced.
• Tuesday
• Toddlers 'n' Books (2 sessions) (Pattie)
• Phew. I spent an hour and a half putting the movies in order and shelving them! Nobody can get sick ever again! And then by the time I left...the cart was full again! Fortunately, our faithful volunteer showed up and was prepared for the movies. I did get some of the prep for our big third grade visit next week done, had some enjoyable discussions with small children, and got all the Battle of the Books prep done (I just organize and supply the books - the schools do the rest of the work!)
• Wednesday
• No programs! I wrote a grant, caught up on more professional development, tackled paperwork, and finally got some more take home storytimes put together. Budget. Budget, budget, budget. I plunged all the toilets.
• Thursday
• Books 'n' Babies
• Messy Art Club: Bottle Cap Art (with paint)
• It was a very quiet day, which was good because I came in an hour late (I was working in my garden). Only a few people came to the program, which was fine because there was a very big adult program afterwards.
• Friday
• Super quiet until a few hours to closing and then busy. I worked on spreadsheets.

Professional Development

• Webinar: SLJ Exciting New Nonfiction Titles For Fall
• Mason Crest; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Cavendish Square
• Webinar: ALSC Managing Financials in a Youth Services Department
• short-term, mid-term, long-term financial planning
• Webinar: SLJ Better Together: Boosting Engagement by Pairing Fiction Series and Nonfiction.
• Use in book bundles and book talking
• Webinar: SLJ Exciting New Nonfiction Titles For Fall
• Amicus; Purple Toad; Scholastic
• Nature's Children; True Books

Reader's Advisory

• Dragonbreath fans
• Picture book recommendations
• Look and find type picture books
• Recommended Jeff Strand for reader who only wants anime and parent wants them to read a chapter book.
• Recommended Charlie Bone
• Easy readers
• my life as a wallflower; child called it
• Gilded series by Christina Farley - nobody has it
• Moby Dick - that was a first! Never noticed it was on the Bone poster! Kid decided it was way too long and boring, but I suggested he might try Jules Verne.
• Soccer
• War books
• Jokes
• Trying to talk kids into reading books
• Selections for the teen tutoring center - from wordless up to challenging titles
• bleach anime - checked out