Library Mouse

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Cute. And set in a library 😃

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RiaWritten

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

Paisley is looking at my planner, incredulously, wondering how I‘m going to find the time to volunteer at the library in my town as well as the TWO OTHER LIBRARIES I just applied to volunteer with tonight. I‘m mainly just hoping I survive grad school at this point, and here I am making myself busier. 😹

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AJones

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I have been visiting the public library a lot recently and it got me thinking about my own classroom library. I knew I owned a book about a library, I just needed to find it. This entails, some searching on my part through big boxes. And lo and behold I found it, “Library Mouse” written and illustrated by Daniel Kirk. This adorable children‘s book is about a mouse named Sam. He lives in the children‘s section. (Now that‘s an awesome pad! 😍)

AJones He‘s quite educated with a 1000+ books in his home. After sometime, he makes a decision to create his very own book and shares with his fellow patrons. His single book turns into multiple books and they soon draw attention from children and the librarians. Eventually they want to meet this famous author. His ‘Meet the Author‘ event is an amazing idea! I need to do something similar on parent‘s night for my students. A must read! 🐭 💛 📚 7y

AJones #TeachersofLitsy #ClassroomLibrary #DaretoBegin Sometimes we need to step out of our comfort zone. 7y

DrSpalding I LOVE your passion for books @ajones! Where are you teaching? Email me! I too thought the mirror was something that should be done with kids! Daniel Kirk has written more using the same cute mouse! https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/author?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B001IZRKCW 💜📚 7y

AJones @DrSpalding Thank you! I owe this new found perspective from your course. 💙 Kirk is a wonderful writer. The images and plots are perfect for young readers. I hope to own some more of his lovely books about Sam. Thanks for the added link, I will definitely be doing some more shopping to build my classroom. This process is driving my husband mad because our house is a disaster. Ha ha! What can I say, I‘m in teacher mode. 🤣💜📚 6y

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MallenNC

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

1. I average twice a month but if I don‘t manage my holds correctly sometimes two days in a row.
2. Gladstone‘s Library in Wales, where you can spend the night
3. Dread Nation, Macbeth (Jo Nesbo), American Panda, Grave Mercy
4. Seven. My hometown library was so special during my childhood.
#TrivalThursday #NationalLibraryWeek

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FantasyChick

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

I'm not saying I just bought this whole bag of books for $10....BUT...I totally bought this whole bag of books for $10!!!! I'd say that's a lunch hour well spent 😁
#librarysale #bookhaul #shopfirsteatlater #thebagwasfree

Kaye Good deals ! 7y

Jabberwocky WOW 7y

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Megara

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

#LibrariansOfLitsy ! Do you have any #recommendations for online library science grad programs? I‘m interested in concentrating on archives, special collections, and preservation. I think University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee might be a good option...?

#selfie #librarian #gradschool #libraryscience

TheBookDream If I EVER finish my 4 bachelors maybe I'd try this. 7y

megt I can‘t offer specific advice about their program, but I say go with your gut! If any of the schools you‘re considering offer online information sessions, attend a few of them to get a feel for how they might run their program. Those were a huge help for me when I was making my library school choice. 7y

Megara @megt thanks for your response! I will see if any of the schools have online information sessions. One thing that is attractive about UWM is their alternative spring break—volunteering in archives! 😍 7y

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megt You‘re welcome! And that sounds awesome! 7y

Johanna414 I am almost done with the MLS at the University at Buffalo and I will just say to avoid it at all costs... it‘s the most unorganized program I‘ve come across. I‘ve had 4 advisors since I started (I‘m taking one class at a time, so it‘s been a lengthy process) and the staff turnover is really high. I‘ve heard good things about the program in Syracuse. 7y

Megara @Johanna414 thank you for your response! I‘m mostly interested in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I‘ll give Syracuse another look too! 7y

Johanna414 @Megara no problem! Good luck with your decision - the world needs more librarians right now! (edited) 7y

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Blaire

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

This is the spot at my in-laws where I hideaway when I need break from the thanksgiving cacophony. This is the front room of the house and I love it. Books, rocking chairs, old globes, and lamps. My place to escape from the #traffic 🚦 and curl up with a mystery and figure out #doiwannaknow whodunit. #emojinov #tuneintonovember #myreadingfamily

RealLifeReading, Cinfhen, Robothugs

Cinfhen OMG!!!! Sooooo many books 💝💝💝💝💝 7y

TrishB That is lovely ❤️ 7y

batsy Perfect! 😍 7y

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Blaire @Cinfhen @TrishB @batsy it‘s the best! And the books go the whole room around and the windows look out at the woods. 7y

erzascarletbookgasm Such a cosy room! And all the booksssss! 😍 7y

mrp27 😍😍😍 7y

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BookThingo

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

Every library needs a disco ball! The children‘s section in Balmain Library is one of the cosiest library spaces I‘ve been to. But yeah, I feel like you could also host an awesome dance party here! #library #readingcorner #readingnook #childrensbooks

robinb Wow....if I️ were a kid, I‘d never leave! ❤️ Disco Ball + Library = ✔️ 7y

BookThingo @robinb I agree! I think I probably enjoy the space more than my kids, tbh. They‘re just there to find books. 😂 7y

robinb @BookThingo one-track minds....🤣❤️ 7y

BookThingo @robinb 🤷🏻‍♀️😂💕 7y

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BookishTrish

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

My #audiowaiting view this morning as I gear up to start my new Auxiliary Librarian job.

AmyG Good luck! 7y

BookishTrish @AmyG Thanks! 7y

CrowCAH Congrats! 🎉 📖 (edited) 7y

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Chelleo Hope you have a great first day (followed by many more great days)! 7y

Tamra 😎 7y

Lcsmcat Congratulations 🎉 7y

KarenUK Have a wonderful day, and good luck! 💕 7y

Ms_T Congratulations and good luck! 7y

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jenniferw88

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

Thanks for all the advice and good luck for the interview I had yesterday. I've just heard back from them and I haven't got the job this time but I can get feedback next week.

ReadingSusan 😢😢 7y

cobwebmoth *hugs* 7y

BookishTrish Next time! 7y

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Avanders 😢🤗 7y

WarpedSweetness Sorry about not getting the job. :-( If you really want it, apply again at the next opening. I applied to my job for three months in a row until they hired me. 7y

heylaurenmack Sorry to hear this! But there are no failures, only opportunities ❤️ 7y

Agentfalco Sympathies to you. I have a temporary position at the moment and it‘s a struggle to get a permanent role. Hang in there. 😍 7y

minkyb If at first you don‘t succeed...Keep the faith. 7y

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jenniferw88

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

Help please! I have an interview for the above post next week and I believe one of the questions will be based around promoting books that you haven't read.

So, my question for any librarians following me is how would you promote books/authors you haven't read? Any suggestions gratefully received!

#litsyloveslibraries #askalibrarian

kellock I would always be honest but suggest that they are popular with other readers. Think of authors you've read who are similar so you can compare. If someone asked for a recommendation in a genre I didn't know I would sometimes use fantastic fiction website to find suggestions. If someone reads say Lee Child I could look for similar authors. 7y

Smangela @MrBook @LibrarianRyan - any advice for Jennifer? :) 7y

Emmadash Now, when you say promoting books you haven't read, is it like marketing beef when you're a vegan? Or are they books you would read but haven't? Because that's all about finding the tag line. Hyping the cover. Comparing with other pop culture hits. Me, too, is big in the book world. Of course, if it isn't close, then you will have some riled readers on your hands. 7y

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everlocalwest I'm not a librarian, but I am a bookseller and have to do this all the time. I recommend based on reviews, what others customers have enjoyed, and general industry buzz. I try to be aware of what's popular nationally and regionally (best seller lists, reviews from local papers, NPR, ect). Reviewers I trust on Litsy, Instagram, and YouTube are great too. Anywhere people are talking/engaging with books gives you something to share with patrons. 7y

EchoLogical What @kellock said. Unfortunately, I'm a slacker and don't usually read a lot of middle grade books so I watch what's popular with that age group and recommend it to others who ask. 7y

Emmadash And graphics are key. Make sure the cover pops, because if it blends in with the others in the genre, then it turns into a bunch of Dummies-like books. If you can use different paper stock, like some of the newer paper companies put out now (feels like leather, metal, water, cool paper tech) or lenticular hologram elements, people are going to touch that book. And then buy it. 7y

jenniferw88 @Emmadash it's a bit of both - my fear is that I'll be given a romance/women's fiction book (genres I don't tend to read) in which case I'll struggle. If it's mystery/fantasy it's very likely to be in my tbr, it's just that I haven't got round to it yet. 7y

jenniferw88 @kellock @EchoLogical @everlocalwest thanks for all the help so far! 7y

Emmadash Yep, I'm with everlocalwest on the YouTube previews. I loved the one by Valente about the Girl Who Circumnavigated the World...had the catchiest song. And cool cartoon. Simple. Affordable. And fun to watch. 7y

hike.read.repeat What @everlocalwest said. I‘m a library assistant and if you work the checkout desk you‘ll eventually learn that people who check out ABC author also like XYZ author and you can recommend from there but also just knowing about buzz books in general. My suggestion is that you just know everything that the library you‘re applying to does for the community and just be stoked about it in the interview. Programs, services, etc. 7y

Emmadash Oh, I don't like romance novels myself, but they are all spinning off of 50 shades. And, actually, "me, too" marketing does tend to work for that market, because it's the acceptable way to read porn. You don't have to like the book, but you just have to think of how much your mom loved that book. It has to be a wink and a nudge to the nice girl market. But maybe it has a twIst. Spicy and funny? Look for that. 7y

GirlMeetsBook People love to check out the best sellers! If people are talking about it, it's an easy sell. But you should also ask the library what resources they have to help you do that. If you're only working 5 hours (is that per week?) it's going to be really hard to keep up to date with what people are checking out. If they have a resource like Novelist, they should show it to you. 7y

Annl Good luck! 7y

GirlMeetsBook Another easy way to see what's popular is to browse the holds shelf! If multiple people have been ordering the same book, it's probably a good one to suggest. Pick it up, read he inside cover so you know what it generally deals with, and log it in your memory. Knowing what's new at the library is also usually helpful! Browse the new shelf! 7y

GirlMeetsBook Note on the holds shelf, though: if like 8 people have the same book in at the same time, they might be in a bookclub (yes, even privately outside the library) so that might be a bit of a fluke, but you COULD still use it as a suggestion because they probably chose it for a reason! Just be aware of that and keep an eye out for trends over time not just all at once. Okay I think I'm done. Good luck! 7y

Emmadash I have a performing artist marketing background, so I know what it's like to not dig some of the acts or books you have to push. But you already love books. And you will love to see other people raving over the one that you take under your wing, believe me. You already know what it feels like to get the right book. So, you will love going online and finding out what people dig about the genre. 7y

Bks4Wrms Best of Luck! 7y

Emmadash You're doing great already. I already want to read your theoretical book. And that's how easy it is to get book fans interested. You've done your job. 7y

EchoLogical @hike.read.repeat 👋 Fellow library assistant! 7y

TricksyTails Good luck with the interview!! 7y

Ross @Krisjericho! 7y

Librarybelle I usually say something like I have not had a chance to read the book yet, but I hear it is wonderful. I‘ll try to pull out adjectives I‘ve heard others say about it, maybe offer a little bit of a description. 7y

jpmcwisemorgan May the Force be with you!!! 7y

LibrarianRyan Since this is for a librarian assistant job, I have a few suggestions. Be prepared to put a cart of books in order. The best libraries I have ever worked for make every interviewee do this. When I ran my own library I did as well. Look at their shelves, get a feel for how they shelve. Are mysteries pulled out from fiction? How many sections are the kids books decided into etc. practice your Dewey shelving. Google Order in the Library. You should 7y

LibrarianRyan Get a cheesy video game developed by UT to teach Dewey shelving. It looks stupid, but it's one of the best free tools their is. It even trips up people who have been doing this for years. And remember, nothing comes before something. Look over the NYT best seller list. No need to have it memorized, just look it over. Be able to name 5 popular authors in subjects you do t normally read. Be prepared to answer questions about dealing with difficult 7y

LibrarianRyan Patrons, or homeless patrons. The same goes for dealing with unruly children/teens. Be prepared to read a story aloud, and go in having a book talk prepared. Make sure to take the book with you. They will probably ask you to do a book they provide, but it's better to be prepared. I think that covers all the questions I used to ask. 🤔. Good luck. 7y

LibrarianRyan @Smangela lots. 🤓 7y

Jas16 🍀 7y

Emmadash I must confess to misreading the job application. I thought it was for a marketing gig, which is why I sounded like a crazy person. In my defense, I just ate radioactive eggs and was waiting to watch said eggs move on down the road via X-ray. So, yeah. 😜 7y

SilversReviews Good luck. 7y

jenniferw88 @Emmadash 🤣😂🤣 7y

Krisjericho I work for a large library, and I have to talk about books I haven‘t read all the time! Novelist is my favorite go to, but I use user reviews on Goodreads and Amazon regularly, too. Finding out what actual readers think about a book, rather than professional book reviewers, is helpful for patrons. Good luck! 7y

CouronneDhiver 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 7y

BarbaraBB Good luck 🤞🤞 7y

Redwritinghood Good luck. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 7y

CrowCAH Congrats and good luck!🍀 7y

youneverarrived Good luck 🤞🤞 7y

hike.read.repeat @EchoLogical 😁👋🏽 7y

hike.read.repeat Oh ya, if you‘ll be working with children at all you might be asked to read a story aloud so be prepared. You might get asked questions about Dewey so just know like the general topics for each hundred. 7y

RebelReader Good luck! 7y

minkyb No advice but wishing you good luck! 7y

CafeMom Good luck! 7y

MrBook All the very best, @jenniferw88 ! Lots and lots of great advice. I don't know what else can be added. If you want, look back at the couple cozy mystery lists I've posted on here. It's becoming a big genre in libraries, and the sub-genre was heavily pushed at BookExpo this year. If you can show that you have some insight with that sub-genre, for example, that might really impress them. It's been working on my supervisors 😆. (edited) 7y

MrBook My library has a lot of different kinds of groups that use its meeting rooms, like sewing groups, game groups, animal groups, cooking groups. Cozy mysteries are conducive to those special niche clubs, ya know? 7y

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Leftcoastzen

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

I know San Francisco friends of the Library is having their sale this weekend, wish I was there!

RealBooks4ever Aaaaaagh! So many books!! 😻💜 7y

Jas16 Going this Sunday. So excited 7y

DivineDiana So do ! 7y

KVanRead My moving boxes just arrived and since I need to purge, not add pre-move, I must. Stay. Away.😭😭😭 7y

Leftcoastzen Oh @KVanRead I feel your pain . It's the hardest thing to purge and move , I need to do a purge , not moving , all shelves too full. 7y

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mrp27

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#fallintobooks #booknerdconfessions

I need this in my life.

RealLifeReading

Mommamanzi I bought it for one of my #covertocover friends! It's super cute in person too! 7y

mrp27 @Mommamanzi I knew it had to be! It's too cute not to be. 7y

Mommamanzi I got mine off amazon. Not sure where you are looking but it was a nice price and free shipping. I could not say no!!🙌 7y

mrp27 #Mommamanzi Good to know, thanks! So far I've just seeing it on Pinterest. 7y

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HighShelfEsteem

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The Municipal Library of Prague's tower of books is bonkers awesome!!!

LauraBeth Wow! 😍 7y

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BookGoGo

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

Though I'm still under the weather managed to get a little sewing done this morning. The Check In/Check Out is now available, @Michelle_mck tells me she is coming to get one now 😳 small and large available on the shop now http://etsy.me/2tD7fVO #bookgogo #booksleeve

EllieDottie That is awesome!! 7y

gossamerchild That's amazing 😍 7y

monkeygirlsmama That's such a cute pattern. 7y

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Bookworm83 I just ordered one! That's the cutest fabric I've seen on a book sleeve. I'm so excited to finally get one! 7y

BookGoGo Fabulous! Thank you so much! It really is so lovely in life 😘 it will be in the post in the next couple of days 7y

DeborahSmall Love this!! 7y

josie281 Aaaannnddddd I just ordered one! 7y

Robothugs Hope you feel better soon! 7y

BookGoGo Yay @josie281 😘😘😘 7y

BookGoGo Thanks @Robothugs annoying cold that won't go away 7y

Texreader Aagh, so cute!!! Keep on getting better!! 💐 7y

Robothugs I know how that goes. ☹️ Hopefully there's still one of these left tomorrow so I can order!! 7y

BookGoGo @Robothugs will always make sure there is one for you 7y

Robothugs ❤️❤️❤️ 7y

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JSW

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Library book sale!!

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Johanna414

Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale | Daniel Kirk

This is Lane's "going to the library" look
Apparently we are entering the terrible twos a little early, as he threw the worst tantrum in the library! I wouldn't let him play with a computer so he screamed at the top of his lungs, pulled a bunch of books off a shelf, screamed again and while I was putting books back, he ran back to the computer... I don't know how to handle these tantrums when he can't speak well enough to tell me what he needs.

Libby1 It's really hard, isn't it? It DOES get better. I'm happy to chat with you about it here if you want. (((Hugs))) 7y

VanChocStrawberry I remember that stage well! It's embarrassing and frustrating. My best advice to you, based on my own struggles, is not to worry too much about what others are thinking in that moment. And if you have to just pick him up and leave somewhere, just do it. You can apologize later, if you feel it's needed. 7y

litmuggle I agree if you have to just leave don't worry about it and just do it. I use to worry about the looks I'd get and now I realise there mostly sympathetic because every mom has been there. I can't tell you how many times I'd have to cut a grocery shopping trip short or just bear it let my girl scream and keep going till she would stop. 7y

Johanna414 @Libby1 @VanChocStrawberry @litmuggle Thank you! That's pretty much what we did, checked out his books and went home. He took a long nap shortly after we got home so that helped his disposition greatly! 7y

VanChocStrawberry @Johanna414 naps are awesome! Wish I could take one right now. ;) 7y

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