One Star Review, Guess Who (#167)

May 20, 2022

Sondy on One Star Review, Guess Who (#167)

"I did not see that one coming! ..."

May 19, 2022

Mr. Smith on Endangered Series #27: Encyclopedia Brown

"I'm not sure how if it makes a case for keeping the series or weeding it, but Encyclopedia Brown definitely poisons a gu ..."

May 19, 2022

Rachel on Endangered Series #27: Encyclopedia Brown

"I love this set of posts. I wrestle with which series to keep and which to weed all the time. ..."

May 18, 2022

Rachael G. on Ditched Dewey? I Have an Oddly Specific Question for You

"I've tried it two ways - the first time I alphabetized categories, and the second time I created over-arching categories ..."

May 18, 2022

Travis Jonker on 2022 Books from American Indian Youth Literature Award Winners

"Wow - thank you for this, Traci - I'll add them in to the post! ..."

May 17, 2022

Traci Sorell on 2022 Books from American Indian Youth Literature Award Winners

"Here are the ones I know about: Where Wonder Grows, written by Xelena González and illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia ..."

May 16, 2022

Amanda McCoy on Ditched Dewey? I Have an Oddly Specific Question for You

"When we ditched Dewey I did not alphabetize. I used the physical layout of our space to determine which category went w ..."

May 15, 2022

Kylie on Ditched Dewey? I Have an Oddly Specific Question for You

"I created topics based on what our students usually ask for, then clustered together topics that tend to be read by the ..."

May 14, 2022

Kelsey Bogan on Ditched Dewey? I Have an Oddly Specific Question for You

"I don’t alphabetize the categories. Instead I group them into “neighborhoods” of similar broad topics to support b ..."

May 14, 2022

Denise on Ditched Dewey? I Have an Oddly Specific Question for You

"We did within each section so for example we have NF ANIMALS then NF ANIMALS BIRDS then NF ANIMALS DINO and so on. Then ..."

May 14, 2022

Jamie Palmer on Ditched Dewey? I Have an Oddly Specific Question for You

"I ditched Dewey in nonfiction about 6 years ago. I had three main sections to distinguish the groupings and I tried to m ..."

May 14, 2022

Cindy on Ditched Dewey? I Have an Oddly Specific Question for You

"I didn’t ditch Dewey but Isimplified things so most books are labeled with whole numbers. I grouped books to align wit ..."