Life-of-a-Librarian

This month's Life-of-a-Librarian series continues with a glimpse into a day-in-the-life of our Young Adult/Youth Services Librarian Linette.

• Life-of-a-Librarian: I know you were all expecting Pam, but SURPRISE! It's Linette, tweeting from the Young Adult & Kids Desk today! 10:10 AM Sep 17th

• Just finished the "OSH List"-- the materials folks in libraryland put on hold yesterday. Materials now on their way to libraries statewide! 10:14 AM Sep 17th

• What're people putting on hold? Books by authors Tamora Pierce, Frewin Jones, Anthony Horowitz and Wendy Mass, to name a few. Check us out! 10:16 AM Sep 17th

• A hectic morning at Tiny Tales, with 84 babies and parents! What chaos, what FUN! If you're happy and you know, clap your hands! 11:35 AM Sep 17th

• Did you know we've got two computers, just for kids 12 and younger? Two little sisters are using them now. Their mom's checking out books! 1:40 PM Sep 17th

• Banned Books Week is coming up soon. A couple is perusing our BBW display in the kids' dept, reading about books challenged in Montana. 1:42 PM Sep 17th

• We're eagerly awaiting the arrival of the teens, who will be getting out of school in the next few minutes! Love their energetic selves! 2:53 PM Sep 17th

• A 4th grader came in looking for a mystery. I sent her away with one of my favorites by Willo Davis Roberts, and aone by Mary Downing Hahn 3:18 PM Sep 17th

• The Teen Writers Group is getting ready to read their work to each other, eat treats, and have fun. We've got two groups for teen writers. 3:19 PM Sep 17th

• The children's department is hopping today! Lots of kids checking out books and using the computers. I hate when they cry about leaving:( 4:03 PM Sep 17th

• It's about time for me to leave for the day! I hope you got a taste of our busy part of the library--Children's and Young Adult. 4:35 PM Sep 17th

Direct From the Kid's Department

on behalf of Karen and the rest of the Kid's Department:

On Saturday (April 14), Diann from the County Extension office, entertained children at the Missoula Public Library storytime with stories about construction and homes. The kids all sang along with Old Macdonald Had a Woodshop and each took home their very own carpenter pencil. I like how Diann brought the books in a toolbox and wore a hardhat. She also put up sawhorses that said “Reading Zone”.

We began National Library Week with a performance by Peggy and Rollie Meinholtz. They sang and danced and played music as well as reciting poetry by Vachel Lindsay and Peggy’s original poetry. Very entertaining! It’s also national Poetry Month. We heard several poems including her cowboy poem Coyote’s Tail Peggy also premiered her newest poem, Pate Foie gras. (French for minced fat liver)

The kid's department, as well as the rest of the library have many more programs lined up this week, since it is National Library Week. Stay tuned!