California Dreaming: Reflections & Takeaways
I'm writing this post from John Wayne Airport, in Santa Ana, California - where I've found a (relatively) quiet corner (near both coffee...
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Jennifer LaGarde
Oct 11 min
🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: October
Just for fun, I’ve started creating monthly reading challenges for readers of all ages. Here's the one for October! Although Anne of...
Jennifer LaGarde
Sep 187 min
📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Red Bird Danced by Dawn Quigley
ABOUT OUR BOOK CLUB Y'all, it's no secret that I love the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club. If you've never participated, these...
Jennifer LaGarde
Sep 124 min
⭐️ Book Review: Red Bird Danced by Dawn Quigley
I first became aware of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman (#MMIW) crisis through podcasts like Connie Walker's Finding Cleo . ...
Jennifer LaGarde
Sep 92 min
Developing Digital Detectives Book Club
If you follow me on social media, you may have noticed that I've started posting a regular series of media literacy related videos on...
Jennifer LaGarde
Aug 312 min
🤩 Among The Stars: August Update
I t's the end of the month, so that means (for the moment!) the starred review spreadsheet that Donalyn Miller and I curate is up to...
Jennifer LaGarde
Aug 311 min
🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: September
Just for fun, I’ve started creating monthly reading challenges for readers of all ages. Here's the one for September! This month, I...
Jennifer LaGarde
Aug 306 min
Santa Clara Library Camp: Takeaways and Reflections
My entire career, I've shied away from vendor associations. I often joke that there are some folks in my line of work who should really...
Jennifer LaGarde
Aug 273 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Paula Yoo
I first became aware of Paula Yoo when her ground breaking book From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the...
Jennifer LaGarde
Aug 247 min
Bethel School District: Reflections & Takeaways
I was a public school educator, of one sort or another, for over 20 years. During those two decades, I sat through a lot of "Back To...
Jennifer LaGarde
Aug 75 min
📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
ABOUT OUR BOOK CLUB Y'all, it's no secret that I love the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club. If you've never participated, these...
Jennifer LaGarde
Aug 53 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Jeff Zentner
Like a lot of people, I first became aware of Jeff Zentner when The Serpent King came out in 2016. I'm sure he doesn't remember this, but...
Jennifer LaGarde
Jul 302 min
🤩 Among The Stars: July Update!
It's the end of the month, so that means (for the moment!) the starred review spreadsheet that Donalyn Miller and I curate is up to date!...
Jennifer LaGarde
Jul 281 min
🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: August
Just for fun, I’ve started creating monthly reading challenges for readers of all ages. Here's the one for August! I realize that it's...
Jennifer LaGarde
Jul 255 min
⭐️ Book Review: Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
I imagine that most book people know Chanel Miller because of her 2019 memoir, Know My Name - and not just because it was published 4...
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Jennifer LaGarde
Jul 232 min
RU548: Reading List [Summer 2024]
I've had the pleasure of teaching a Young Adult Literature course in the MLIS program at Rutgers University for several years now....
Jennifer LaGarde
Jul 221 min
DO Judge A Book By It's Cover: My Favorite Book Covers of 2024 - so far!
Reminding us not to make snap judgments based on appearances only, "don't judge a book by its cover" is a golden nugget of wisdom that...
Jennifer LaGarde
Jul 105 min
📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Medusa by Katherine Marsh
ABOUT OUR BOOK CLUB Y'all, it's no secret that I love the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club. If you've never participated, these...
Jennifer LaGarde
Jul 13 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Debbi Michiko Florence
The first time I met Debbi Michiko Florence was during a broadcast of "Book Joy Live." For those who may have missed it, Book Joy Live...
Jennifer LaGarde
Jun 261 min
Library Girl Reading Challenges: July
Just for fun, I’ve started creating monthly reading challenges for readers of all ages. Here's the one for July! I realize that it's...
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