The Audacious Librarian

The Work Begins Back to school professional development is finally over and now the work begins.   Those of you who are school libraria...

...and so the adventure begins! This year will hold new adventures for me as a school librarian.  I'm looking forward to developing...

Please note:  This post is a detailed account of some events that have recently taken place in my life personally and professionally.  Thi...

  Attending the American Library Association Conference in Chicago this month?  School districts in Illinois are making the wrong c...

Librarians in East St. Louis school district 189 circulated book until the last day of school!  Our new grant total of books checked out my ...

Technology to Aid the Struggling Reader Listen to this free, resource-rich program for tips on how to leverage technology to help ne...

Drum Roll Please.......The total number of books circulated for the eight, K-12 school libraries in the district for this school year was 1...

Here's a recent presentation I gave to the Youth Librarians of Illinois.  "Resources that Help Us Represent," discusses how I ...

Repost from School Library Journal online School Library Journal recently contacted me to create a Black History Board for their Pintere...

Here's a recent presentation I gave describing how Follett Libraries has been the #1 source of support for me when purchasing of multic...

Recently I served as a presenter for Follett Library's Webinar Series, "Promoting Promoting Inclusion, Social Equity and Divers...

    This video will never get old.  This is what happened when my Anime Club members received my message that their new books had arrived...

#BlackHistoryMonth2017 Described as “the historian who never wrote,” Vivian Gordon Harsh was the first African American librarian in the ...

"Dear Yvette" by Ni-Ni Simone Dear Yvette by Simone, Ni-Ni  December 2016 256p. Kensington, paperback, $9....

     I am a huge fan of Dr. Stephen Krashen's work.  Krashen is a linguist, education researcher and activist.  He is also the profes...