NYSAIS Reflections and Takeaways
I arrived in Albany, New York last week to begin 10 days of working with educators across The Empire State. The last time I was here, I...
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Jennifer LaGarde
- Apr 16
- 3 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Chrystal D Giles
ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST: Back in August, Chrystal D Giles agreed to be my guest for the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club when we read...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Apr 14
- 5 min
It's Peanuts! It's Lego! It's a New AI Powered YOU!
How It Started... You may have noticed the #peanutslibrarians hashtag on Twitter recently. I am not sure who first used the Microsoft...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Apr 10
- 5 min
⭐️ Book Review: Max In The House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz
I vividly remember the first book by Adam Gidwitz I ever read, in part because it was sent to me by a former student. I was an English...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Apr 9
- 3 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Chris Baron
ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST Chris Baron is one of the few people I've interviewed for The Reader's Heart (so far!) who I didn't already know...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Apr 3
- 5 min
📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Louder Than Hunger
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
- Apr 2
- 3 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Chris Barton
ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST Chris Barton is a gem, y'all. Even though we have never met, chatting with him for this week's episode felt like...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Mar 28
- 1 min
Library Girl Reading Challenge: April
Just for fun, I’ve started creating monthly reading challenges for readers of all ages. I decided to make each month's free download both...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Mar 26
- 3 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Corinna Luyken
ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST This week's episode of The Reader's Heart is so special to me. I've known Corinna Luyken for a few years now,...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Mar 20
- 4 min
📚 Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club: Duel
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
- Mar 19
- 3 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Saadia Faruqi
ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST One of the things I love most about The Reader's Heart is being able to hear authors and illustrators share the...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Mar 15
- 7 min
⭐️ Book Review: The First State of Being by Erin Entrada-Kelly
I think my love of science fiction began with All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, it was easy to...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Mar 13
- 4 min
Scratch-Off Bookmarks
BOOK CLUB MICRO-COLLECTIONS The story of these bookmarks begins with the Bookelicious Middle Grade Book Club. If you've never...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Mar 12
- 3 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Jasminne Mendez
ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST Like a lot of library and kidlit folk, each year I try (and fail) to predict which books will win a coveted ALA...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Mar 9
- 4 min
⭐️ Book Review: Duel by Jessixa and Aaron Bagley
First, let me just say this: gosh, I wish the middle schools I attended had offered fencing as an athletic option! Alas, I can only...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Mar 5
- 2 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Lisa Fipps
ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUEST There's meme about reading that you may have seen on the internet. The image varies, but the text always reads,...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Mar 2
- 4 min
WLA24: Sessions and Takeaways
This weekend, I'm presenting at the Washington State Library Association conference in Spokane, WA. For my friends who aren't from...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Feb 28
- 1 min
Library Girl Reading Challenge: March
Just for fun, I’ve decided to create a monthly reading challenge for readers of all ages. I decided to make each month's free download...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Feb 27
- 2 min
🎧 The Reader's Heart | Guest: Sarah Everett
ABOUT THIS EPISODE Although I try not to show it, I am often very nervous when interviewing authors or illustrators for The Reader's...
Jennifer LaGarde
- Feb 26
- 4 min
⭐️ Book Review: Medusa by Katherine Marsh
Confession time! I didn't go through a Greek mythology phase as a kid. I have a friend who proudly "doesn't read books with maps in the...
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