Downton Abbey spawns Preeclampsia Awareness

May 3, 2013 by 7 Comments
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If you don’t know already, I love Downton Abbey. Or at least I DID until they killed off my beloved Sybil.  Sybil, a loving wife, and the family suffragette, dies after childbirth after showing clear signs of preeclampsia.  To be sure, preeclampsia is a dangerous condition, even to this day, but can be treated if caught early.  I love to help my friends and when my friend Sarah asked me to help I jumped at the chance to bring some {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Lisa Scottoline and World Book Night

March 19, 2013 by
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You might have heard about World Book Night.  It’s this great opportunity for book lovers to give  away books for free! Really, there’s no catch! This year, I again applied and was chosen to be a World Book Night Giver. The even funner part of this is that now that I work at a bookstore, Towne Book Center & Cafe, I get to help provide some of the magic of giving! For example, we made a display of all the {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Priscilla Queen of the Desert

February 26, 2013 by
Priscilla Queen of the Desert

If you’ve been around here long enough, you’ll know I love music.  I also love musical theater, and while I may not get any of the words right, I love to sing along to my old faves and meet new favorites. That’s where Priscilla Queen of the Desert comes along.  Priscilla is a new(ish) Broadway musical that is now on tour across the country.  If you love Too Wong Foo, or Glee or anything  in that genre then you might {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Add Storia to your Holiday Shopping List

November 22, 2012 by
Unconventional Librarian reading Bad Pets

Just in time for holiday shopping season, my good friends at Scholastic have a fun app for kids that I thought I would share with you! The app is called Storia, isn’t that a great name? Storia has learning activities, books, a dictionary and parental settings. Here I am reading Bad Pets on the Storia app on my iPad: How cute is that doggie? How could he possibly be bad? Storia includes: Learning activities-to enhance growth with helpful games Read-to-me {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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5 Books to help you celebrate el Dia de los Muertos

November 1, 2012 by
unconventional librarian

  I loved living in Texas because of all of the fiestas.  And the food. But that’s another story.  But while living in Texas I learned to celebrate el Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead.  Day of the dead celebrates your loved ones who have died and if you think about it, it’s kind of nice remembering loved ones.  el Dia celebrations include decorative festive skulls (sugar skulls), brightly colored flowers, music and food. Think it sounds {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Friends and Sponsors and Hobbits

October 28, 2012 by
Bif Rendar Photography

“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Ch. 1 Friends are like Hobbits. They like friendship, they like comfort, and they like to eat. You need friends in order to undertake adventures.  One such adventure might be blogging.  On my blogging adventure, I am much like a hobbit: I need friends to go on this adventure with me. Blogging is an {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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MLP’s Main Line Private & Independent School Expo

October 19, 2012 by

I support an organization that is near and dear to my heart: Main Line Parent Magazine.  MLP provides resources for parents from exercise classes to art to educational information.  I’ve worked with this group many times (I was even a MODEL) and support everything they do. This weekend MLP is hosting a private and independent school expo.  If you’re in the market for a new school, you should attend this event.  It will be well organized and great fun, I’m {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Make the world a better place for kids. Call to Action.

September 29, 2012 by
SOB1

An Unconventional rarely makes any kind of political connections but I feel as if i would be remiss if I didn’t highlight a few important issues. I believe this world can be better for kids; hence my subtitle, building pluralism one book at a time.  A pluralistic world is good for ALL kids regardless of color, ethnicity, ability or disability, gender, affiliation, etc etc etc.        That said, here are a few things important to me this weekend (and {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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A Brief Public Service Announcement about Food Safety

September 28, 2012 by
mythbusters

You may not know this about PammyPam, but I’m a fussy eater.  I have every right to be, because if there is an item of food that will upset someone’s stomach, it’s mine.  I’ve gotten sick from under cooked food so many times it makes me not want to eat.  Sometimes.  I’m crazy for expiration dates on food! Not only don’t I like to get sick, I love nothing more than reading a good book while eating.  Food.  Especially food {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Welcome to my New Pamshire visitors!

August 7, 2012 by
newhampshire

I just noticed that New Hampshire is showing Unconventional Librarian a whole lotta love.  Not sure why, but I love to get LOVE! To thank you all for visiting, I’m officially renaming your state New Pamshire.  And here’s some pics I found on the Googles of the beautiful New Pamshire. Thanks for the Love Salem New Pamshire! Introducing Pammy PamPammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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