Category: Book lists

Guest speaker in WRIT 407: Writing for children and young adults.

Thank you to the lovely Sara Cassidy for inviting me to speak about Children’s Librarianship in her course WRIT 407: Writing for children and young adults. This group asked excellent questions about how to build inclusive and responsive library collections, the pathways to becoming a librarian focused on youth readers, and how to professionally navigate an era of increasingly challenged books for children. If you are interested in becoming a children’s librarian, it is a great gig. Happy to chat about pathways to the profession anytime; feel free to book an appointment with me.

Sara is a wonderful local, children’s author; one of my favourite of her recent books is Kunoichi Bunny published by Orca. WRIT 407 students are so fortunate to have Sara as their instructor. Happy writing!

Teaching prep for ‘IED594: The Literature Review and Project Proposal’

Designing a syllabus for a new course, or course that is new to you, is a lot of responsibility but also exhilarating! Developing outcomes, lectures, and assignments is a remarkably creative exercise. Keeps my thinking fresh and flexes my scholarly muscles. Looking so forward to meeting the new students this July. Let’s get knee-depth into literature searching!

New Library Guide: Vine Deloria, Jr.

This new, brief library guide includes a preliminary bibliography of Dr. Vine Deloria Junior’s work.  The late Deloria (1933-2005) was an influential professor, theologian, and theorist in Indigenous studies.  His works like God is Red and Red Earth, White Lies endure as impactful scholarship.  Many UVic students studying Indigenous education find his work deeply meaningful to their own scholarship.  This guide provides of listing of Vine’s work cross-referenced with UVic Libraries’ holdings.  If you are looking for other topics, at UVic we have over 30 library guides specific to education! Thank you to Chaa’winisaks and her IEd students for suggesting this bibliography!

New book: ‘Two Tricksters Find Friendship’

So excited to buy several copies of this new Orca title for UVic’s Curriculum Collection when it will be released in May 2025! ‘Two Tricksters Find Friendship’ was written by my dear friend, Jess Willows, and her friend Johnny Aitken. Beautifully illustrated by Alyssa Koski, this 96-page children’s book is part of Orca’s Echo Series. Aimed at Fountas & Pinnell level R, this wonderful book covers important topics such as reconciliation, friendship, and family. Well done Jess, Johnny, and Alyssa–looking forward to book two!

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This blog shares my professional musings on topics related to books, history, education, and libraries. You will find regular postings of curated book lists, library updates related to education, and progress on the BC Historical Textbooks (BCHT) project.

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