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I am Regina Libris.

I'm...a Bibliothecaria Rebellatrix ("librarian...because Book Wizard isn't an official job title," at Sharon Elementary School in Alleghany County, VA) wending a way through the seven ages whilst geeking out over Shakespeare & sundry other stuff. I am rather like Hermione Granger and have "conjured" floating candles in our school library. I’m an admirer of Eowyn and would place myself somewhere in the middle of the shieldmaiden-healer spectrum. I am inimitable, I am an original, and yet I am totally #TeamHamilton (see what I did there?). I'm a student in the Longwood University School Librarianship program and an avid reader and lifelong learner (and, apparently, Mistress of the Obvious as well). Any rumors regarding me having a crush on either Stephen Colbert or Chris Martin are completely...irrefutable. That being acknowledged, I am the loyal consort of an unsung prince of Poland and very proud mother of a tornadic, talented, and talkative wunderkind girl and a happyhopper jollyjumper bouncyboy who has a memory like an elephant.

• You Have Always Been My Safe Home: The School Library

  By Lia Fisher Janosz on 04/07/2021 • ( 1 )

  

  “The library is my safe harbor since I dare not go into the cafeteria alone, a whale surrounded by starving sharks.” — Lisa Fipps, Starfish This month being April, I had a veritable menagerie of subjects swirling about in my… Read More ›

• Resilient Reading: Helping Kids (and Grown-ups!) to Bounce Back with Books

  By Lia Fisher Janosz on 03/03/2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Merriam-Webster offers a twofold definition of the word “resilience”:   1: the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress; 2: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune… Read More ›

• Assessing Your School Library to Ensure All Students Are Represented

  By Lia Fisher Janosz on 02/04/2021 • ( 2 )

  

  Five Years Ago It seems like many long ages have passed since Lin-Manuel Miranda, accepting the Tony Award for Hamilton’s score, gave an emotional and heartfelt speech (in sonnet form!) that honored his own wife and also gave tribute to… Read More ›

• Get Ready to Make It New: Embracing Change in 2021

  By Lia Fisher Janosz on 01/04/2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Attention is love, what we must give children, mothers, fathers, pets, our friends, the news, the woes of others. What we want to change we curse and then pick up a tool. Bless whatever you can with eyes and hands… Read More ›

• United in Light

  By Lia Fisher Janosz on 12/02/2020 • ( 3 )

  

  2020 draws to an end. The days grow shorter and the nights lengthen; both become colder. This year, more than any in recent memory, it appears that the coming winter will indeed be one of discontent. The prevailing mood throughout… Read More ›

• We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident: Learning & Discerning in 2020 & Beyond

  By Lia Fisher Janosz on 11/03/2020 • ( 4 )

  

  As this post “goes to press,” we stand poised at a threshold. The 2020 Presidential Election is nigh. Each election is a tipping point, and this one is no exception. In a year rife with strange days, the possibility of… Read More ›