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Engaging Reluctant Readers During Book Talks

I recently had the pleasure of speaking on Middle Ground Book Fest‘s panel on Engaging Reluctant Readers. One of the questions was about strategies for reaching reluctant readers in the library. I went into detail about my one-on-one approach with readers, but I wanted to shed some light on another approach that I use: high… Read More Engaging Reluctant Readers During Book Talks

August 2, 2020 Karissa Fast - LibrarianLeave a comment

Who is this library lady?

Karissa is a Children's and Teen Services librarian at a public library in Ontario with a soft spot for Middle Grade fiction, ridiculous video games, and people who bring her coffee.

Here you will find programming outlines for children, teens, and new adults; book reviews; readers advisory tools; information literacy presentations; and lots of ideas.

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Today I realized that most people never get to see a beach in the snow. I love visiting the water on sunny days in the winter.
This might not be library related in any way, but just look at this snowy lovebug 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
While I am deeply missing the in person excitment of #OLASC this year, I have to say... being able to deliver my first major conference presentation from home as a prerecorded session was pretty ideal.
When you are trying really hard to record your conference presentation but keep messing up on the SAME FRIGGEN WORD 🤣🤣🤣
Mrs. Claus flew all the way from the North Pole just to do a virtual visit by the fireplace at my branch! Wow.
Literally impossible to take a photo where both a) I look cute and b) Eddie is looking at the camera 🤣🤦‍♀️

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