Books mentioned in this episode: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's Fighting Words; Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass For Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith and Illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt; Brooklyn Raney's One Trusted Adult: How to Build Strong Conn…

Discusses ways to include all, inspired by Professor (at Scuola Vaticana di Biblioteconomia) Paul Gabriele Weston's keynote at IASL, Roma (July 20, 2023) "Inclusion is a cultural achievement that must be pursued from childhood. Some reflections on how libraries can play a role in this task." Episode also encourages people to "take the stairs." --- …

Book mentioned: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass; Hotels in Italy and other details mentioned: Casa LaSalle in Rome; Hotel Marina in Monterosso; Hotel Gioia in Florence; Cinque Terre Card; pesto class at Nessun Dorma in Manarola --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message…

Books mentioned in this podcast: Nicole Gulotta's Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry; The Dirt Book: Poems about Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet by David L. Harrison and illustrated by Kate Cosgrove; and Jennifer A Nielsen's Rescue; the other book I mention but did not state the title in the podcast is Rita Black's Fro…

Inspired by a couple of passages in Ellen Oh's Finding Junie Kim which reminded me of Susan Cain's TED Talk called "The Power of Introverts", as well as her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. Cain also wrote a book for children and teens called Quiet Power: the Secret Strengths of Introverted Kids --- Send in a …

Inspired by Heather Moorefield-Lang's session at AASL '21 in Salt Lake City titled "Clearing Out Our Digital Closets." Also, mentioned in this podcast: Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing; from James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) "3, 2, 1 Thursday" newsletter dated 12/30/21 that inc…

If you wish, kindly listen to this other podcast of Shabana Basij-Rasikh "The Dream of Educating Afghan Girls Lives On," a TED Talk; books mentioned in my podcast this week: Ellen Oh's Finding Junie Kim, Jasmine Warga's Other Words for Home, and Ibtihaj Muhammad's The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family with S.K. Ali and art by Hatem Aly ---…

Inspired by Free Guy directed by Shawn Levy; Hour of Code, Wild Me, and Second Life mentioned in this podcast. A few passages from Ellen Oh's Finding Junie Kim included, too. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message

Mentioned in this week's podcast: 'Design To Live' details refugees' ingenuity in creating life in camps, November 13, 20218:49 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday; Editors Azra Aksamija & Raafat Majzoub Design to Live: Everyday Inventions from a Refugee Camp; Tracey Baptiste's The Jumbies; Diane Wilson's The Seed Keeper; Edward M. Hallowell, M…

Passages shared from Sofia Segovia's The Murmur of Bees, translated by Simon Bruni. Tracey Baptiste's The Jumbies mentioned as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message

Books mentioned in this episode: Tracey Baptiste's The Jumbies and Diane Wilson's The Seed Keeper --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is one of the best, humorous books I have ever read. Passages shared in this podcast are from Kim Ventrella's Hello, Future Me, Rob Harrell's Wink, and Ismee Williams' This Train is Being Held. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message…

Is there something that you stopped doing that you'd like to start again? Books mentioned in this podcast: Matthew Dicks' Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling; Nic Tuff's The Snow Bear: A Mindfulness Parable for Kids. Programs mentioned in this podcast "Barre Blend," "Turbo Jam," and "Yoga Boo…

Books included in this episode: Lisa Moore Ramee's Something to Say, Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: the Japanese Art of Decluttering & Organizing, Jess Redman's The Adventure is Now, and Ryan La Sala's Be Dazzled. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message…

The Dave Matthews Band song mentioned in this episode is called "The Space Between." Books mentioned in this episode: Jess Redman's The Adventure is Now and Katrina Goldsaito and Julia Kuo's The Sound of Silence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message…

An exploration of questions that includes short passages from Saadia Faruqi's A Thousand Questions, Diane Wilson's The Seed Keeper, and Jess Redman's The Adventure is Now. rightquestion.org and Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana's Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions are also mentioned in this episode. --- Send in a voice mess…

This is Part 2 of Find Your Place(s). Episode 12 is Part 1. Books read from during Episode 16: Jess Redman's The Adventure is Now and Gordon Korman's Unplugged. This episode was recorded using a different microphone: Samson Q2U. Let me know if you like the sound better, or if you prefer my previous microphone. Thanks! --- Send in a voice message: h…

Books mentioned in this podcast: Jess Redman's The Adventure is Now and Gordon Korman's Unplugged --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message

Passages from Rajani LaRocca's Red, White, and Whole are read in this episode. Corin Wiser's Matters of the Heart: A Guide to Living and Loving Your Teen Years is also mentioned. Elsie was one of my roommate's names that I couldn't think of when I recorded this episode! She was the one who cut her hand and had to go to the hospital during the summe…

A true story sparked when my husband asked in a text while he was on vacation, "How are you enjoying couchzilla?" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message

Books and resources shared in this podcast: The Adventure is Now by Jess Redman; island of Saba in the Netherlands, Antilles; Japanese concept of "ma"; Trouble with a Tiny t by Merriam Sarcia Saunders; Something to Say by Lisa Moore Ramee; Operation Frog Effect by Sarah Scheerger (my apologies for pronouncing name incorrectly; it's pronounced like …

Resources mentioned in this podcast: Matthew Dicks' Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling; Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing; Brad Gustafson's Reclaiming Our Calling: Hold on to the Heart, Mind, and Hope of Education; click to r…

Books and resources mentioned in this week's podcast Alicia D. Williams' Genesis Begins Again; Francisco X. Stork's Illegal; Jeanine Cummins' American Dirt; Mawi Asgedom's Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard; Sync, a free audiobook program that offers two free Young Adult (YA) audiobooks per week for ten…

Explores the incredible power of our brains. Resources mentioned: Change Your Brain Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.; Change Your Brain Change Your Life by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.; The Art of Seeing by Aldous Huxley; Thrilled to Death [how the endless pursuit of pleasure is leavin…

Books/Resources mentioned in this episode: Ann Braden's Flight of the Puffin, @ctcasl, Laura Tierney's The Social Institute, nErDcampCT, Clubhouse (ask me if you'd like to be invited!) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message

No matter your age, challenge yourself to try something new! The audiobook mentioned in this episode is Clare Pooley's The Authenticity Project. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message

Included in this episode: excerpts from Alex Gino's You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! I.T.YR.G means "I think you're really great." Brian Tallerico's film Sound of Metal is briefly discussed. The podcast mentioned can be found here: The Wubi Effect on Radiolab. Cool images and info shared by Radiolab can be found here: Antique Typewriters: The Ma…

Meander through a library or bookstore and see what books call out to you! You'll hear some passages from books that have recently called out to me, including Jen Petro-Roy's Good Enough. I also mention some books I read a while ago, but they're still calling out: Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life: A Memoir and Susan Cain's Qu…

This episode focuses on the incredible research that 5th grade students did for their Anatomy Fair projects. It also discusses internet safety, social media, and creating a positive digital footprint. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message

Focuses on grounding to be present, as well as memories and containment. Passages this week come from Corey Ann Haydu's Eventown. The title of the article from The New York Times In Her Words section is "Misogyny Fuels Violence Against Women. Should It Be a Hate Crime?" by Alisha Haridasani Gupta, March 25, 2021 --- Send in a voice message: https:/…

Shares some passages from Sue Monk Kidd's The Book of Longings and Jasmine Warga's Other Words for Home that touches a bit on libraries and librarians and, of course, the power of words and how they connect us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valerie-dilorenzo/message…

The introductory episode of "The Meanderings of a Librarian" that will discuss myriad topics, usually connected with life and librarianship. The word meanderings came to me this morning while reading Sue Monk Kidd's The Book of Longings. I didn't read the word in the book. It just came to me as my mind worked its way through some pages. I perused w…