GreenBeanTeenQueen

And we're off! I'm heading to the YALSA Literture Symposium this weekend with my teen librarian. If you see us there, be sure to say hi! I'll be tweeting about the conference and you can follow along at @greenbeanblog and #yalit12 See you soon librarian friends!

Happy Halloween from Pinkalicious and Michelangelo Sorry I didn't get my picture up earlier! It's been quite the Halloween party at the Library today! We had over 250 kids and adults come through the Library earlier this morning for storytime and our Trick-Or-Treat Parade around the branch. It was so fun seeing all the cute costumes-lots of princesses, fairies, dragons and Elmo costumes this year. We read two great books: If You're A Monster and You Know It and The Hallo-Wiener And of course we danced the Monster Mash! Hope everyone else has a blast and gets to eat lots of candy!

I haven't posted a Day in the Life post in awhile and I thought I would share what my schedule has been like as a Youth Services Manager. (In other words-very busy!!) Day in the Life of a Librarian was started by Abby the Librarian (at least, that's where I saw it first!) This was my day yesterday: 9:30 AM-Drive to library (different branch from where I work) to attend YA meeting for YA staff. 10:30 AM-Meeting over. Call to check in with staff since I have sick employees and only one person at the desk. They're doing OK and I'll come in at my scheduled time at 12:30. 12:00 PM-12:45-Arrive at Library a bit early since we're short staffed. Check in with staff, organize my desk, check mail and unload all the crazy Printz boxes, check schedule for the afternoon, get book and questions for afternoon book club, get Wal-Mart card to go shopping for Halloween candy, find Halloween buckets to distribute to the departments for Wednesday's trick-or-treating parade. ...

I am so excited to be attending my first YALSA Literature Symposium this weekend! I love attending library conferences. I can geek out with my fellow librarians, talk teen lit all weekend, and get excited about program ideas and library services for teens. Be sure to attend my wonderful friends Angie , Drea , Katie , and Kelly  (with help from Abby )   presentation on Contemporary Lit-Get Real: Contemporary Young Adult Fiction as the Next Big Thing. They are going to be awesome! And if you're attending, be sure to say hi!

I've come across some great new picture books for Halloween at the Library that I just had to share! Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds, Illustrated by Peter Brown Rating: 4/5 Stars A little bunny names Jasper loves carrots so much he sneaks into the carrot fields to eat all the carrots. He eats them everywhere and everyday. But one day the carrots start to follow him-or do they? Billed as a Twilight Zone type of read for preschoolers, Creepy Carrots is hilarious and just the right amount of scary for young readers. The illustrations are great-Jasper is seeing carrots everywhere but no one else believes him. Readers will notice how what Jasper sees as carrots turn into other orange objects. There's a very fun twist ending that cracked me up and I think preschoolers and their adults will be laughing out loud about those creepy carrots. You may think twice about eating a carrot again though! Sounds Spooky by Christopher Cheng, Illustrated by Sarah Davis Rating:...

I'm all about cross-promotion, but this one just seems oddly funny to me. Denny's is promoting the upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey with a new Hobbit themed menu. Customers can order things like Gandalf Gobble Melt and Shire Sausage and Frodo's Pot Roast Skillet. They can also receive collectible cards. I guess it makes some sense-Hobbits do like to eat throughout the day and Denny's is open 24 hours. It's just not the first thing I would think of when it comes to promoting The Hobbit . So what do you think? Creative cross-promotion or not?

I found out about a very cool virtual author chat coming up this weekend that I had to share the news about! FANTASTICAL WORLDS: In Conversation with Rachel Hartman, Stefan Bachmann, and Christopher Paolini 10/28/12 2PM - 3PM 2012 http://www.shindig.com/event/ fantastical Rachel Hartman , author of the critically acclaimed, instant New York Times bestseller  SERAPHINA ;  Stefan Bachmann , author of  THE PECULIAR  (Harper Collins), and  Christopher Paolini , author of the international bestselling series the Inheritance cycle and, most recently, the I NHERITANCE   Deluxe Edition. These three esteemed authors will discuss what inspires them & their characters and take viewer questions. - Connect with  Rachel Hartman : @_rachelhartman RachelHartmanBooks.com SeraphinaBooks.com  - Connect with  Stefan Bachmann @Stefan_Bachmann scathingjellyfish.blogspot. com/ -...