Madigan Reads

I was at a dinner party recently, and one of the guests, upon hearing that I am a librarian, innocently asked, "Oh! Yes! The library...

This week's topic from The Broke and Bookish is Top 10 Beach Reads. Here are my picks: Of Poseidon - Anna Banks What's su...

Summer Reading is over... and I'm taking a well-earned August vacation. Look for more posts when I return!

This summer we have been transforming the children’s study area at my library into a “Maker’s Lab” every Thursday afternoon. We have been w...

This week's topic from The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Beach Bag Books. I'm going to shy away from recommending spe...

I was inspired by this craft project . What a simple and appealing idea! Take a paint chip, stamp it, add some pretty ribbon, and voila,...

What a busy summer - I can't believe Summer Reading Club is over for the year. It was certainly a challenge... my first year at my curre...

The Smurfs: Off to School by Peyo Simon Spotlight May 2011 Just one title this week. It's an easy reader. I plan to give it away ...

I had fun creating this passport themed craft for our summer reading program. The kids really enjoyed it. I made photocopies from one of t...

Remember that picture of ARCs I snagged a while back?  I've been busy reading, reading, reading, and now I've got a backlog of a ji...

The kids read, they weighed-in and they voted. They got exactly what they wanted. A totally ninja-themed end-of-summer party. For some r...

Low turn-out at one of our recent teen programs, and I reap the benefits. For some reason, we had a pretty low turn-out at the henna worksho...

During our most recent weekly Summer Reading Club meeting, I set our regulars to work on a puppet-making project. For the pirates, we used t...

We've all been having a lot of fun with the "Pirates vs. Ninjas" contest I'm having at the library this summer. Recently, ...

There's nothing I love so well as helping children with summer reading lists. In an ideal scenario, school and public librarians work to...

This summer, our Summer Reading Club Theme is “Treasured Islands.” The idea is that each branch is like a little island within the city – an...