<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Rants: Library Work @ libraryladymom.blog-city.com</title><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Rants: Library Work) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 libraryladymom.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:44:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Rants: Library Work @ libraryladymom.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>This Week&apos;s Story Time: For the Birds</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/this_weeks_story_time_for_the_birds.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/this_weeks_story_time_for_the_birds.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Fweeks%5Fstory%5Ftime%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fbirds</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spring is here and my cats and I have been watching their favorite show--the birds at the feeder in our backyard.
We always have a lot of mourning doves, sparrows and the occasional cardinal. But this spring we've also got a woodpecker or two a]]></description></item><item><title>Storytime This Week: Think Green!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/storytime_this_week_think_green.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/storytime_this_week_think_green.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=storytime%5Fthis%5Fweek%5Fthink%5Fgreen</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And yes, Beth, I did use "Green Eggs and Ham"--I showed the video to my oldest group!

A Frog In the Bogby Karma Wilson"What a hog, that frog!"Sitting "on a half sunk log in the middle of the bog" this silly frog eats]]></description></item><item><title>This Week&apos;s Storytime Books</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/this_weeks_storytime_books.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/this_weeks_storytime_books.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Fweeks%5Fstorytime%5Fbooks</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You may have noticed (if you notice such things, that is) that I have changed my sidebar a bit recently. Because while I intend to continue to rant about anything I durn well please, there ARE librarians out there who have included this in their &quo]]></description></item><item><title>I Don&apos;t Think This Is What Maria Montessori Had In Mind, Or: OYYYYYYYYY!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/montesori_rant.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/montesori_rant.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=montesori%5Frant</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Montessori educational practice helps children develop creativity, problem solving, social, and time-management skills, to contribute to society and the environment, and to become fulfilled persons in their particular time and place on Earth. T]]></description></item><item><title>Now Hanging On the Shelves Where We Sort Library Donations</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/now_hanging_on_the_shelves_where_we_sort_library_donations.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/now_hanging_on_the_shelves_where_we_sort_library_donations.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=now%5Fhanging%5Fon%5Fthe%5Fshelves%5Fwhere%5Fwe%5Fsort%5Flibrary%5Fdonations</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator></item><item><title>Yet Another Rant On Bad Parenting, Or, This Is What Happens When a Mom Lets a Kid Have a Tantrum In Here, &amp; I Have To Clean Up Afterwards....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/yet_another_rant_on_bad_parenting.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/yet_another_rant_on_bad_parenting.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yet%5Fanother%5Frant%5Fon%5Fbad%5Fparenting</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dear Parents of America:
What the hell is wrong with some of you?
Did YOU come from families where your mom and dad thought it was acceptable for you to go into public places and run amok?
Did you go into stores and pull things off the shelves--an]]></description></item><item><title>It&apos;s Children&apos;s Book Award Time, So It&apos;s Time For My Annual Rant</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/as_the_newbery_and_caldecott_awards_come_out_today.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/as_the_newbery_and_caldecott_awards_come_out_today.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=as%5Fthe%5Fnewbery%5Fand%5Fcaldecott%5Fawards%5Fcome%5Fout%5Ftoday</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I hate to shatter the illusions of Eden Ross Lipson. She is the former editor of the New York Times Book Review's children's books department, and the author of a very good guide to children's books.
But after hearing her interviewed on NPR last nig]]></description></item><item><title>Christmas Bonus Time Again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/christmas_bonus_time_again.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/christmas_bonus_time_again.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=christmas%5Fbonus%5Ftime%5Fagain</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Note: This entry is being written in honor of a fellow galley slave on the good ship Public Library Service, and for all the other public employees out there who get similar "gifts" at the holidays.
Dear Administrators:
Thank you so much]]></description></item><item><title>On the Last Day of &quot;Novem-bear&quot;, A Rant About Biblitherapy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/on_the_last_day_of_novembear_a_rant_about_biblitherapy.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/on_the_last_day_of_novembear_a_rant_about_biblitherapy.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=on%5Fthe%5Flast%5Fday%5Fof%5Fnovembear%5Fa%5Frant%5Fabout%5Fbiblitherapy</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am not a big fan of the Berenstain Bears.
Don't get me wrong. I am sure that Stan Berenstain was a wonderful man, a great husband and father.  And I love and recommend to patrons the "I Can Read" books he and his wife Jan did early]]></description></item><item><title>Seeing Double--Literally</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/seeing_doubleliterally.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/seeing_doubleliterally.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=seeing%5Fdoubleliterally</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have 8--count them--EIGHT pairs of twins at my current programs! At one program alone I have 3 sets.There are a pair of sisters who are so fraternal that I didn't even THINK they were the same age, let alone twins! And a pair of brothers where one]]></description></item><item><title>The Last Halloween Entry of the Year</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/the_last_halloween_entry_of_the_year.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/the_last_halloween_entry_of_the_year.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 01:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Flast%5Fhalloween%5Fentry%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fyear</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I think King George a.k.a. &quot;Chilly Willy&quot; had one too many chocolate covered herring heads this Halloween!Time for a diet and a new costume!]]></description></item><item><title>YA Books</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/ya_books.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/ya_books.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ya%5Fbooks</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I discovered today that I don't really NEED my Young Adult collection.Silly me. I've wasted so much of the taxpayers' money buying books like  The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, The Princess Diaries and stuff by people like Sarah Dessen, Hope B]]></description></item><item><title>Well, I Never SAID This Is a Library Blog!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/not_a_librarian_blog.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/not_a_librarian_blog.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Fa%5Flibrarian%5Fblog</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I happened upon a site that reviews library related blogs and found the following comments on my blog:Although there are new postings almost daily, library-related postings are more on the order of 2 to 6 per month. They tend to be short, but enterta]]></description></item><item><title>Am I A Good Witch, A Bad Witch or a Sandwich?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/am_i_a_good_witch_or_a_bad_witch.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/am_i_a_good_witch_or_a_bad_witch.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=am%5Fi%5Fa%5Fgood%5Fwitch%5For%5Fa%5Fbad%5Fwitch</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On the one hand there's the patron who left an anonymous complaint that the children's book collection is very good, but that we need to hire some new librarians who LIKE children!Actually I do like kids, other than my own two that is, hee-hee!Serio]]></description></item><item><title>Dear Moms: They Don&apos;t NEED the Programs!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/dear_moms_they_dont_need_the_programs.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/dear_moms_they_dont_need_the_programs.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dear%5Fmoms%5Fthey%5Fdont%5Fneed%5Fthe%5Fprograms</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dear Moms Who Get Ticked Because Either My Program Schedule Doesn't Fit Yours or Your Child Is Still Too Young For Anything I Do:Your child doesn't NEED to come to library programs.For that matter, your child doesn't NEED Gymboree. Or Kindermusik. Or]]></description></item><item><title>Here Chick,Chick, Chick</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/here_chickchick_chick.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/here_chickchick_chick.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=here%5Fchickchick%5Fchick</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I had an interesting discussion with a patron the other day. She'd come to last week's park program that (because of the heat)had been held indoors at another local library.

Before going any further I want to say that I really like this patron. Sh]]></description></item><item><title>Recipe For A Wonderful Thursday Morning Program</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/recipe_for_a_wonderful_thursday_morning_program.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/recipe_for_a_wonderful_thursday_morning_program.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=recipe%5Ffor%5Fa%5Fwonderful%5Fthursday%5Fmorning%5Fprogram</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I did a story hour for 3-5 year olds this morning. Usually we end such programs with a craft, but today I built the program AROUND the craft--making soft pretzels:Open 3 packages of active yeast. Pour it into a large bowl. Let the kids smell it--yea]]></description></item><item><title>And While We Are On Kids Books....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/and_while_we_are_on_kids_books.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/and_while_we_are_on_kids_books.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=and%5Fwhile%5Fwe%5Fare%5Fon%5Fkids%5Fbooks</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Since I'm ranting about such things this week, I for one am NOT waiting with baited breath for "The Empire Strikes Back"--excuse me--"Eldest" by Christopher Paolini to make its fall debut.I still cannot get over how so many intell]]></description></item><item><title>Random Rantings On Things Large and Small</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/random_thoughts.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/random_thoughts.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=random%5Fthoughts</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator></item><item><title>The Librarians Are Avenged!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/the_librarians_are_avenged.htm</guid><link>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/the_librarians_are_avenged.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2005 01:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://libraryladymom.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Flibrarians%5Fare%5Favenged</comments><dc:creator>LibraryLady</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I find it incredibly delicious (almost as good as chocolate) that the Shrub has gotten a nice little frosk in der pisk (slap in the puss to you gentile types) from Congress over the section of the Patriot Act dealing with libraries.He should've known]]></description></item></channel></rss>