Let’s call this a year-end month-long sprint. I kind of like doing these blogging spurts and might make this a thing, who knows?! Either way, I’m calling this the 31 days of December and today is the kickoff.

New post each day!

Is there something you’d like to see throughout the month? Of course I will definitely be doing my top 10 posts which I do every year. I’ll also be highlighting some topics I’ve ruminated on since the beginning of the school year that I haven’t sat down to actually write about like hosting an intern this fall, student borrowing and reading habits, and school library life. I’ve also got a few odes to authors planned. But seriously readers, is there something you’d want to read about here? Let me know in the comments.

And so since a kickoff (like the closing) should always be a bit flashier, I’m going to share the thing I built this Monday. Our library book tree.

It was on hiatus for the last two years but it’s back this year and it looks more beautiful than ever. It’s pretty to look at, cooler to see in person, and the competition gets fierce the last week before the holiday break when students get to guess how many books it took to build.