Thursday, April 30, 2009

Months and Months

Wow, I almost abandoned this blogging crap, but lots has happened in the library world since, so I figured I would give you an update. We had the Author Frieda Washinsky come and do a reading for some kids from the Islamic school, and the from Assumption Catholic School. Frieda did a great job presenting and reading from some of her books. Although, she was unhappy with the mattress at her hotel, I think she enjoyed Ottawa.
We had a week long Cabane a Sucre festival here in the Parc Richelieu. The weather could of been nicer, but overall there was a good turn out. Over 1000 people came through the library that weekend, mostly due to Rays Reptiles. So, I spent a lot of time schmoozing and cleaning bathrooms. During that same week, we had an inauguration for a new Program called HIPPY. It's a free program for parents, to encourage them to read to their children before they start school. The library looked fantastic that day, and we had tons of people, reporters, and some TV crews. It was all very exciting. Earlier this week, french author Martine Latulippe came to Vanier to do 3 sessions of readings. I invited 3 different schools, and they all loved her. She was sooo nice, and we got to spend a little time together. When Vanier hosts authors it's interesting toto get to know them. For instance, I got to hang out with Meg Tilly(famous actress now author)back in September and she gave me some advice about men. It was pretty funny!
Today, on the last day of April I went to the Islamic school down the street to read stories to the whole school in honor of the readathon. I love the kids at that school, they have such big characters for little people. They are also highly intelligent and are constantly testing me on my knowledge of books, which is not that great. I only started getting into children's literature recently, due to my new job.
I'm pretty much loving it.