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🎙️ Five Questions With Katherine Marsh
Welcome to a new series of interviews, focusing on book love and library joy! In just five questions, I hope to use these posts as a way...

Jennifer LaGarde
Apr 30, 20256 min read


🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: May 2025
Last year, just for fun, I started creating monthly "reading challenges" that: focus on authentic reasons for reading (instead of having...

Jennifer LaGarde
Apr 29, 20251 min read


📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Octopus Moon by Bobbie Pyron
Full disclosure: I typically share my reflection post from these events during the week they take place, but y'all... this month has been...

Jennifer LaGarde
Apr 28, 20258 min read


🏆 Announcing The First Ever Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards!
In what I'm hoping will become a new series on my blog, I'm so happy to share my interview with Federico Erebia about the first ever...

Jennifer LaGarde
Apr 22, 20257 min read


NHSLS Reflections and Takeaways
It's hard (for me) to believe that the last time I visited New Hampshire, for their annual school library conference , it was 2015. That...

Jennifer LaGarde
Apr 21, 20258 min read


🤩 Among The Stars: March Update
It's that time again. For the moment, anyway, our curated starred review spreadsheet is up to date, y'all. As a reminder, Martha Hickson...

Jennifer LaGarde
Apr 6, 20254 min read


🎧 The Reader's Heart Podcast | Guest: Natalie Lloyd
Confession Time! I didn't really become aware of Natalie Lloyd until Hummingbird came out in . 2022I know! I know! Natalie had already...

Jennifer LaGarde
Apr 1, 20254 min read


🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: April 2025
Last year, just for fun, I started creating monthly "reading challenges" that: focus on authentic reasons for reading (instead of having...

Jennifer LaGarde
Mar 30, 20251 min read


The 20 Day Bluesky Challenge!
Many moons ago, my friend and forever co-conspirator, Jeannie Timken and I created a "20 Day Twitter Challenge" for educators in our...

Jennifer LaGarde
Mar 26, 20252 min read


📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Safe Harbor by Padma Venkatraman
At a time when we're all bombarded by negative news, the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club remains a source of joy for me. If you've...

Jennifer LaGarde
Mar 19, 20258 min read


#TLSkyChat Resource Roundup: Book Talks that Hook
I've shared before that back in January, Heather Turner and I began moderating educator chats for Teacher Librarians (and those who love...

Jennifer LaGarde
Mar 17, 20256 min read


🎧 The Reader's Heart Podcast | Guest: Erin Entrada Kelly
During this episode, you'll hear Erin recount a story about meeting one of her heroes. It's not spoiling anything to reveal that she was...

Jennifer LaGarde
Mar 14, 20253 min read


Are National Parks Worth Saving? A Cross-Curricular Lesson for Libraries and Beyond!
I've shared before that back in January, Heather Turner and I began moderating educator chats for Teacher Librarians (and those who love...

Jennifer LaGarde
Mar 6, 20257 min read


🤩 Among The Stars: February 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...

Jennifer LaGarde
Mar 3, 20254 min read


⭐️ Book Review: The Arguers by Corinna Luyken
One of my earliest memories revolves around a read aloud of The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway. For those...

Jennifer LaGarde
Mar 2, 20255 min read


🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Allie Millington
I've always been a little bemused by the saying, "don't judge a book by its cover." Of course, I get the metaphor and, I know it's never...

Jennifer LaGarde
Mar 1, 20254 min read


🎶 Everything Has Changed: Shaking Up Your #MediaLit Lessons!
Back in January, Heather Turner and I began moderating educator chats for Teacher Librarians (and those who love them!) over on Bluesky....

Jennifer LaGarde
Feb 27, 20255 min read


🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: March 2025
Last year, just for fun, I started creating monthly "reading challenges" that: focus on authentic reasons for reading (instead of having...

Jennifer LaGarde
Feb 27, 20251 min read


Bethel School District: Breakout EDU, Information Mindfulness and A Really Big Bolt Cutter
It's hard to believe that it's been four years since Darren Hudgins and I published our (second!) book Developing Digital Detectives . ...

Jennifer LaGarde
Feb 23, 202511 min read


🤩 Among The Stars: January 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...

Jennifer LaGarde
Feb 10, 20254 min read
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