And thus does the first student librarian display of the year launch!

I'm sold!!! Ordering it now.

HOW DID YOU GET APPROVED, IS IT BECAUSE OF YOUR EGYPT ADVENTURE? Could I, past pneumonia haver, who is almost 50 get it???

I'm like maybe I should get a notepad and keep them just for myself lol

OH MY GOSH THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT. Can't wait, I'm putting it in my pre-order cart now.

I had a group of students get into a small tugging match over your book when they saw your last name and one turned to me and said MS. ANGIE TELL THEM I GET IT BECAUSE IT'S MY LAST NAME TOO.

it worked for giving them a dedicated/solid surface that was also easy to build on and easy to move. And it was pretty steady/solid, which we planned to develop more. Also it was cheap because as I am sure you remember, I paid for everything there or got donations so...

yeah I really struggled with this when I was in the 3-6th library and had to switch every period when they were coming in for instruction + I only put the "big" puzzle out for 5-6. Eventually William just built me something out of cardboard and foam board. It didn't have the lip or the drawers, but-

this is crouching her son's life into why he "deserves" to live and it makes it easy for her to decide, then, who doesn't. This kind of holy/divine thinking can be common in parents of disabled children and it can easily lead to them murdering their own children. disability-memorial.org

also this one line just summed the whole article up for me: "Caring for David is holy work," - wrong! Caring for David is labor intensive work requiring great expertise and time. That costs MONEY because it is NOT a religious or spiritual calling. It is WORTHY work, but it is LABOR. not holy.

she learned if tomorrow they told her that her neighbor who she doesn't like had a kid that was gonna die and that would make it so HER kid could live, she'd be like "heck yeah how can I help do you need me to push a magical button."

oh, it's easy. They meant for YOUR children to die. But her child, you see, no you don't understand, she -

and before you can say I DID KNOW THAT they continue "I have dreamed of finding the rest of the series but I can't find it in other libraries." AND THEN YOU GET TO PULL OUT THE ENTIRE SERIES and they GASP IN SHOCK AND DELIGHT. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/606650... God, what a moment.

we're back at school, baby, and I am seeing 160+ 7th graders over 10 days, so I am getting it in ALL directions.

additionally, I have had soooooo many 7-8th graders ask me for "dark romantasy" and then seem genuinely confused when the answer is I don't have adult dragon/fairy smut on my school library shelves that it makes the Colleen Hoover era seem quaint.