Monday, July 31, 2023
SRCSA library : New year and new job title
I’m looking forward to a new school year – in the library and out on the yard for recesses – at Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts. One significant change, effective in 2023-2024, is that my position of Instructional Materials Technician was reclassified as Library Technician II. Because this 10-month position encompasses both IMT and library operations, I don’t have to defer library tasks to the start of a school-year position like Elementary Library Technician.
Friday, July 28, 2023
Book-Talk : The Lost Library
In my latest video review: The Lost Library, by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass, was a quick read with an engaging mystery. It concerns the sudden appearance of a “little free library” on the Martinville town green. The “little free library” is filled with books that were returned to the public library on the day it burnt down 20 years ago. I admit that, inasmuch that I was caught up reading this story, I was very frustrated with the town of Martinville: In 20 years, why hadn’t anyone rebuilt the town’s public library?
https://youtu.be/p0QWNDlGhNg
Monday, July 24, 2023
Book-Talk : The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
In my latest Book-Talk: I found The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, by Andrew Joseph White, to be an intense Young Adult book of suspenseful and gothic horror. As an autistic reader, one of the things that fascinated me about this novel was the way that an autistic character is portrayed in a society in which no such diagnosis exists.
https://youtu.be/q_1jM9deMB0
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Book-Talk : Green, by Alex Gino
Green, by Alex Gino, returns readers to the world of Jung Middle School and its Rainbow Spectrum Club, which is inhabited by those titular characters from two of Gino’s previous works, Melissa and Rick. In this latest novel, titular character Green helps advocate for gender-free casting in the school’s production of The Wizard of Oz, experiences physical changes to their maturing body, and navigates romantic feelings toward another student, Ronnie. The book will be published by Scholastic in October 2023.
https://youtu.be/MHNMp8Kke64
Book-Talk : Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize
After being suspended from school, 16-year-old Lucy Clark is serving as a full-time companion to the wealthy and eccentric Edith Fox, who is convinced that someone is trying to kill her. Author Margo Rabb describes Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize as “Part coming of age story, part murder mystery, and part modern day ‘The Secret Garden.’”
https://youtu.be/b2DdnHnyz6M
Sunday, July 9, 2023
Disability ‘Pride’ : Autism and sexual diversity
Friday, July 7, 2023
Book-Talk : Ghost Book, by Remy Lai
Ghost Book, a graphic novel by Remy Lai, strikes an intriguing balance: stakes that are genuinely life-or-death, paired with moments that are whimsical and humorous. The story centers around July, a school girl who can see ghosts; and William, a wandering soul who has become separated from his body. Ghost Book will be published in August 2023.
https://youtu.be/-iJwqqwH7XE
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Book-Talk : Just Lizzie, by Karen Wilfrid
Through her scientific exploration of reproduction in plants, 14-year-old Lizzie gains new insights into herself and her place in society. Reading Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid, I found so much to appreciate: among them a beautiful expression for the interconnectedness of life. The book also offers much-needed representation for asexuality. As a reader on the autism spectrum, I do have one wishful question. Is it possible that Lizzie is autistic? My appreciation to the publisher and to NetGalley for an advance digital copy of this book, which will be published in November 2023.
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Subject Classifications (Partial list, via Dewey Decimal System)
- 006.754-Social Media
- 020-Library and Information Science
- 020.7025-Library Education
- 020.92-Cynthia M. Parkhill (Biographical)
- 023.3-Library Workers
- 025.02-Technical Services (Libraries)
- 025.04-Internet Access
- 025.2-Libraries--Collection Development
- 025.213-Libraries--Censorship
- 025.3-Libraries--Cataloging
- 025.84-Books--Conservation and restoration
- 027.473-Public Libraries--Sonoma County CA
- 027.663-Libraries and people with disabilities
- 027.7-Academic Libraries--University of Central Missouri
- 027.8-School Libraries--Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts
- 028.52-Children's Literature
- 028.535-Young Adult Literature
- 028.7-Information Literacy
- 158.2-Social Intelligence
- 302.34-Bullying
- 305.9085-Autism
- 306.76-Sexual orientation and gender identity
- 371-Schools--Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts
- 371-Schools--Santa Rosa City Schools
- 616.898-Autism
- 636.8-Cats
- 646.2-Sewing
- 658.812-Customer Service
- 659.2-Public Relations
- 686.22-Graphic Design
- 700-The Arts
- 746.43-Yarn bombing (Knitting and Crochet)
- 809-Book Reviews