The Webinar Recording and Slides For My Follett Software Webinar, "Self-Checkout and Patron Readiness: Better Records, Smoother Service" Are Here, Friends!

 

On September 15, 2026, I joined my friends at Follett Software for an exciting new webinar, Self-Checkout and Patron Readiness: Better Records, Smoother Service. 

You will find the webinar recording here. 

And the webinar Google Slides here. 

I hope that you join us for our next webinar on October 29th at 2:00pm CST , Bringing Literacy to Life, Creative Ways To Inspire Readers Beyond the Screen.  You can register here. 

And don't worry if you can't attend live.  Everyone who registers will be sent the recording and slides. 

I love learning with all of you.  Thank you for joining our Follett Software events, friends. 

A Little Book Cart Naming Fun!

I have wanted to name our two book carts for a long time.  With our new library open, it is time!  Next week for a little fun, we will have a cart naming contest in our elementary.  I am going to have each class submit two names and then we will vote from those names.  

After seeing @thatcurlylibrarian book cart, I made up my own sign with the same theme.  Thank you for the idea. 💜

I made the sign in Canva. You can grab the template here. 

I found the giant googly eyes on Amazon.

And I got the two book carts from Demco.  I love the colors and they go with the theme in our new library and Makerspace too. 

I put together this form to give to each class.  They will come up with the two names and write them in the spaces. You can find the form here. We will all vote to determine the name of each cart. 

I will let you know what amazing names they come up with.  This is going to be so much fun. 

Check Out The Super Fun Monthly Activity Calendars From Our Friends At Epic!

 

I love the Monthly Activity Calendars from our friends at Epic! 

Each month they have these super fun and engaging calendars filled with special ways to celebrate each day of the month.  Every day challenges our readers with ideas on how they use Epic to celebrate that particular day. 

For example, September 22 is the First Day of Fall and it says Celebrate with a book about the season. I know our readers will love finding all kinds of books to read about fall this week. 

You will find the September 2026 Epic calendar here. 

And you can download October, November, and December here too.

I am going to use the Epic Monthly Activity Calendars is a lot of different ways. I will print and share with teachers so they can hang up in their classrooms. I will share with our students in Google Classrooms.  I will hang up in the library. 

I can't wait to share with our students every month! You will find them all here.

And check out a few of my favorite books on Epic in my special Collection too, friends.