6th Graders Say: I Learned that Graphic Novels…

May 9, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

In case you’re new here, I should probably fill you in: I love graphic novels. Like, a lot. I love the way that the creative format allows authors artists to tell their stories in such a wide variety of ways. I love the way that the artwork puts so much of the responsibility in the […]

Solving Library Problems with Design Thinking

May 3, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

This summer at the Learn to Learn IV: Computer Science institute, Computer Science Specialist Kim Wilkens and I were both struck by the same bolt of idea lightning. (Don’t you love it when that happens?) After watching Jennifer Chiu, an associate professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, present about […]

Saintly Spotlight: Eden

May 3, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Welcome to the Saintly Spotlight! The brilliant idea of Jack the library intern, The Saintly Spotlight is an opportunity for St. Anne’s-Belfield School’s most passionate readers to share their reading lives with their school community. All students in grades 5-8 are welcome to apply by customizing a Google Slides template with common reading related questions. […]

Fitz’s Faves Jr: E’s review of Ivy and Bean, by Annie Barrows

April 24, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows I gave Ivy and Bean five stars because Ivy and Bean are two girls who never meant to be friends. Ivy is learning to be a witch. And Bean gets in a lot of trouble. Ivy is an only child and Bean has an older sister named Nancy, in […]

Saintly Spotlight: Jack

April 23, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Saintly Spotlight: Brock

April 17, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Saintly Spotlight: Willow

April 11, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

4th and 5th Grade Book Club: A Wrinkle in Time

April 10, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

In a now infamous quote, Madeline L’Engle once wrote, “We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.” Last week, we put our talents to good use – creating a special celebration to help younger readers gets excited about a classic story that has been beloved […]

Saintly Spotlight: Spicer

April 5, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Saintly Spotlight: Cadigan

March 23, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.