Data Driven We live in a world that is largely data driven. Teenagers, especially, are surrounded by quantifiable things. How many likes did my Instagram post get? What was your grade on the Social Studies test? Did you add another… Read More ›
stories
You Are Never Too Old for a Good Story
The Storyteller As a child I loved good storytelling, whether told by a professional storyteller or an elder in my family. As a young student I can recall meeting Ella Jenkins, a national storyteller who visited my elementary school. Through… Read More ›
Stories Have Power: YA Fiction as a Life Model
When Good Books Go Bad I was enjoying the anthology Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd, an anthology of stories about “geeky” YA protagonists edited by YA authors Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci. The book includes an array of tales… Read More ›
Getting VOCAL
The need for advocacy in our school libraries is nothing new. The truth remains that others won’t know our stories if we don’t tell them. So, it’s up to us to share and to share often and share widely. Recently,… Read More ›
Storytelling as Powerful Medicine
This Fall, I find myself purposefully drifting back toward my roots and remembering the first stirrings of my desire to be a librarian: my love of stories and storytelling. It has always been my belief and conviction that stories are… Read More ›