Coming Soon: Family Book Club, Out of My Mind

January 10, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

5th grade families are invited to participate in our inaugural Family Book Club! Students and their families have the option to read Out of My Mind, the critically acclaimed novel by award-winning author Sharon Draper. This collaborative book club, created with librarian Elaine Kauffman from Trevor Day School in New York City, was specially designed […]

Three Cheers for Parent Readers

January 9, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Three cheers for our amazing parent community! 🎉🎉🎉 Parent and family readers have been such amazing teammates in our 2019 Challenge, sending their titles in to help our numbers grow. Need a suggestion? Ms. Dozier just finished The Library Book and An American Marriage; Mr. Corral read Leading from Within; Mr. and Mrs. Edmonds both […]

Things that Made my Brain Explode: January 4, 2019

January 4, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

Articles and news stories are constantly pushing me to consider something new, broaden my perspective, or change the way I look at an issue. My husband likes to joke that my brain explodes with something new on a daily basis. These articles – and the brain explosions that result from them – are so beneficial for […]

Insta Review: Chasing Space, by Leland Melvin

January 3, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram CAUTION: Reading Chasing Space is likely to cause a growth mindset in children. Side effects may include inability to give up, increased positive attitude, and alarmingly big dreams 😉 When I found out that the […]

The 2019 Challenge

January 2, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

January is the perfect time to start thinking about goals and resolutions. Who do you want to be this year? What’s in your way? What can help you to get there faster? In our library community, we are always working towards becoming stronger, more confident, more joyful readers. And the only way to get better […]

Best of 2018: Instagram

December 28, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

The Fitz Instagram has had a huge year! It was my goal to step up my social media game in 2018, and the crazy growth on Instagram is a sign that things are going well. While I love sharing more formal and planned-out thoughts with you via the blog, Instagram is my go-to for quick […]

Best of 2018: Blog Posts

December 27, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

It has been a big year for Fitz Between the Shelves. With a new focus and a bit of a makeover, there have been lots of changes around here. And with those changes have come some extra traffic to my little corner of the internet, with more than 11,000 views this year. This may not […]

Insta Review: Bubble, by Stewart Foster

December 26, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram No less than ten sixth graders told me to drop what I was reading and pick up Bubble; and like a good librarian, I do what I’m told. Bubble tells the story of eleven year […]

Things that Made My Brain Explode: December 21, 2018

December 21, 2018.Reading time 13 minutes.