Here I am in hot, muggy New Orleans birthplace of my father and generations of my ancestors for the 2011 American Librarian Association (ALA) Annual Conference getting ready to embark upon a marathon of learning about the latest and greatest in librarianship, listening to some of the best authors and speakers in the world, grabbing some coveted signed books, and trying a new thing for my blog -- video author interviews! I have been lucky enough to get a few wonderful authors to agree to let me do video interviews with them and will be posting the interviews after the conference on the Suburban Barnyard! My kids were originally supposed to come down to the Big Easy with me to the conference, but got vetoed from the trip. As a concession, I let them help me pick out a few authors to interview. Some of them said yes! I am so excited about this project and know that I'll be able to bring some excellent content back to fans. Without giving too much away, one of the books is about a baby mouse, one is about a wimpy kid, and one is about a dog and a cat named "Bobby"... More to come soon!
This blog began with my librarian journey in 2008.It’s named for my disheveled barnyard in Radnor, PA.Our fixer-upper is an old carriage house with barns that was converted into a home.My husband placed a blue tarp on the worst of the roofs and claims he is going to take time off to work on it.My neighbors often ask when rehab will begin.So far it's been 5 years...Only 10mi from Philly, I’m amazed at the wildlife our barn attracts—bats, owls, raccoons, skunks, foxes, deer, and insects galore.
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Steven Jobs, Stanford commencement address, 2005.
About Me
- Melissa Singleton Josef, MLIS
- Melissa Singleton Josef is an MLIS K-12 certified teacher librarian and author of The Suburban Barnyard as well as an environmental education resource blog called The Green Room. She is passionate about education and information literacy in all of its evolving formats as well as good old traditional love of reading. She is eclectic in her interests from science to art and graduated from the University of Delaware in 1991 with an undergraduate BAAS degree majoring in English/Business and Technical Writing and minoring in Fine Arts. She has traveled throughout Asia and the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, and Europe and speaks both French and Japanese. She is currently in search of a full-time teaching position and spends her time writing novels, children's books, blogging, job searching, and substitute teaching PT in all teaching positions K-12.

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