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Dec 23 min read

🤩 Among The Stars: November Update

It's that time again. For the moment, anyway, my curated starred review spreadsheet is up to date, y'all. As a reminder, I curate and...

🦋 Mark Your Calendars: #TLSkyChat Is Here!

Jennifer LaGarde

Dec 13 min read

🦋 Mark Your Calendars: #TLSkyChat Is Here!

Some of my fondest Twitter related memories revolve around the educator chats that used to take place there. Once Twitter changed its...

🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: December

Jennifer LaGarde

Nov 301 min read

🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: December

Just for fun, I’ve started creating monthly reading challenges for readers of all ages. Here's the one for December! I started creating...

#NCTE24 + ALAN Reflections and Takeaways

Jennifer LaGarde

Nov 268 min read

#NCTE24 + ALAN Reflections and Takeaways

People are sometimes surprised to learn that I never (very rarely?) attend ALA, AASL, ISTE, etc. I only go when I am asked to present...

Jennifer LaGarde

Nov 188 min read

I've Left Twitter; Here's What's Next.

I joined twitter around 2008. In fact, I joined, deactivated and rejoined several times before it finally stuck in 2010. Microblogging,...

The Reader's Heart - Season Two Is Coming Soon!

Jennifer LaGarde

Nov 163 min read

The Reader's Heart - Season Two Is Coming Soon!

One of my goals for 2024 was to start a podcast. Rooted in the belief that our world needs the magic of children’s literature now more...

📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness and Tim Miller

Jennifer LaGarde

Nov 137 min read

📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness and Tim 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...

⭐️ Book Review: Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness & Tim Miller

Jennifer LaGarde

Nov 78 min read

⭐️ Book Review: Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness & Tim Miller

As a transient kid, who grew up in poverty, I entered high school lacking many basic skills. Because I bounced from school to school, I...

Jennifer LaGarde

Nov 13 min read

🤩 Among The Stars: October Update

It's that time again. For the moment, anyway, t he starred review spreadsheet is up to date, y'all. If you're a frequent visitor to our...

🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: November

Jennifer LaGarde

Oct 311 min read

🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: November

Just for fun, I’ve started creating monthly reading challenges for readers of all ages. Here's the one for November! As we near the end...

Jennifer LaGarde

Oct 284 min read

MASL: Takeaways and Reflections

Last week, I had the pleasure of spending time with hundreds of school library workers in Michigan during their annual conference (MASL)...

Reflections & Takeaways: Developing Digital Detectives Book Club

Jennifer LaGarde

Oct 276 min read

Reflections & Takeaways: Developing Digital Detectives Book Club

Many moons ago, NC poet (and all around awesome human) Allan Wolf visited my school. In fact, Allan visited my school many times - first...

📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: The Witching Wind by Natalie Lloyd

Jennifer LaGarde

Oct 175 min read

📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: The Witching Wind by Natalie Lloyd

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...

⭐️ Book Review: The Witching Wind by Natalie Lloyd

Jennifer LaGarde

Oct 137 min read

⭐️ Book Review: The Witching Wind by Natalie Lloyd

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the heft of books written for middle grade readers. And by heft, I am not referring to their...

Jennifer LaGarde

Oct 123 min read

🤩 Among The Stars: September Update

Ugh! I'm behind, y'all! While I typically try to post this update at the end of the month, my recent travel schedule made that goal...

California Dreaming: Reflections & Takeaways

Jennifer LaGarde

Oct 36 min read

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...

🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: October

Jennifer LaGarde

Oct 11 min read

🖍️ 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...

📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Red Bird Danced by Dawn Quigley

Jennifer LaGarde

Sep 187 min read

📚 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...

⭐️ Book Review: Red Bird Danced by Dawn Quigley

Jennifer LaGarde

Sep 124 min read

⭐️ 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 read

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...

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