This blog is not about Easter candy. For people unfamiliar with Spring Peepers they are small frogs that are found in the eastern US and Canada. Peepers are quite small but are very loud when they all peep together. So...I am blogging about frogs??? No, this blog is my reflections on being a school librarian actually. As my students and friends know, I love frogs. I have a frog laptop cover, my phone cover has a frog, there are frog decorations in my library and at home, and I have a few frogs at home as pets. What do frogs have to do with being a librarian? I feel like I am small at times. I fit the librarian stereotype in some ways as well...I tend to be introverted and quiet unless I get to know you and am really passionate about something. And I am passionate about school libraries. I love connecting students with books so I truly love that part of my job but I also love teaching students how to use new technology, information literacy skills, and assisting the teachers in my school with their instructional needs. So a peeper...small but insistent, repetitive, noisy as a group. I feel like I need to keep up my constant peeping about what I am about and what I am doing in my library. School librarians are well aware of the stereotypes and misunderstandings about what we do. I hope my vocal peeps will help others know about what I am doing in my school library and that my other library peeps will spread the word as well. Will you join the chorus of my library peeps and peep about what you are doing in your school library?
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