JenLei

Have spent the week reading a story about poutine to students.

I desperately need to order poutine tomorrow.

I’d be curious to know that too.
I’ve never heard of an electronic one existing.
How do they get parent signatures to file in the OSR?

On this theme, I’m quite partial to
The Enemy by Cali

www.librarything.com/work/4343100...

For The Record:

I am against *waves hands*

_ALL_OF_THIS_

I’m afraid I don’t have the firm numbers to share—our board is small and I was invited to participate in the pitch and discussion process while the decision was being taken but was not made privy to specific $$ info.

Cost was less than HALF of what we were paying for L4U and their tech support has been reliable. Features have improved since we switched and there are a variety of modules you can add on if necessary.

My board has been using Insignia since November 2019. We switched from PowerSchool (L4U) at the time.
It has tremendous capacity that we have not yet maximized.
Transition was pretty seamless.
Can’t speak re: Follet.
Happy to answer further questions if needed.

Deeply curious about the new Wuthering Heights adaptation because over the course of many years and many tries, friendly AND scholarly discussions:
The Brontes Are Not For Me ™️

I know this. And yet…

Sunshine has confused me into Spring Cleaning mode.
I know it is not yet Spring, and yet: curtains down and laundered, bathroom scrubbed, dusting achieved, cupboards reorganized.
And it’s just past noon!

The book budget for libraries (assuming a school is lucky enough to have one at all) hasn’t risen from $5 per student since I started many (many) years ago.
Scholastic book fair profits don’t go as far either. It’s just a sad state of affairs all round— the students need and deserve more.

Where the school gets the money from can ABSOLUTELY affect who gets booked: if you don’t have an independent budget for this stuff & have to apply to Writers Union or Parent Councils for support THAT can open up objections/limitations that otherwise wouldn’t be there.

I’m elementary & every Board does things differently, but in my experience booking authors has always been a school level decision between the library staff and principal.

A 3 coffee morning

All schools here are CLOSED.
NO buses are running anywhere.

The world may be on 🔥 but here we are enveloped by ❄️

Same same

Seems promising?
(Do not, under any circumstances—Anyone—offer a reason why it might not be.)

Watching the Mr. Dressup doc on CBCGem before it disappears and this was an A+++ choice in my part

2025 reading goal 64/62 books read 103%

Of course, that said, I will post how I did for 2025…since I did it and all.

For the first time in (I would guess) a decade, I am not going to set a reading goal for 2026.
I’m tired of quantifying. I’m tired of trying to meet and surpass arbitrary expectations. I will continue to log what I read, but I will—perhaps—read more organically for myself.

Ottawa lottery winner making sure neighbours don’t go hungry After winning $70 million, an Ottawa woman is doing as much as possible to make sure families in her community don’t go without. CTV’s Leah Larocque reports.

Phenomenal story
Merry Christmas, indeed!
🎄

🎄Merry Christmas!🎄
Wishing you and yours peace, comfort and contentment over the next few days.

Disconnecting from *All Of This* for the holiday.

He does keep “decreeing” the strangest things…

a man in a red uniform is riding a horse with the words peace out below him Alt: a man in a red Canadian Mountie uniform is riding a horse. He salutes and the words “peace out” appear below him

Every once in a very blue moon the fact that 🇨🇦 media is not always simulcast comes in very handy.
Very handy indeed.
Nicely done GlobalTV

At 1 hour 30 mins in (plus a handful of pauses to do other stuff) and I’m committed to seeing how it ends.

I am not enjoying
One Battle After Another.

Am I missing something?

20 minutes in and I’m ready to turn it off and walk away.

*sigh*

w e a t h e r

Children’s librarian: made of stardust and spite

I would like this on a t-shirt, zip-hoodie and mug, please and thank you.

CHILDREN’S LIBRARIAN:
made of stardust & spite

Blue drink in a festive mug with writing “May your days be merry and bright”

Wearing pjs celebrating with #AllCreaturesGreat&Small and one of these bad boys #mocktails

a gingerbread man is holding a candy cane in the snow and saying `` last day for teachers christmas break ! '' ALT: a gingerbread man is holding a candy cane in the snow and saying `` last day for teachers christmas break ! ''

🎄🎄🎄CHRISTMAS VACATION!!!! 🎄🎄🎄

Due to snow ❄️ melt and sudden 🧊 freeze there are no school buses running on this, the last day of school before Christmas break 🎅🎄