Styling Librarian: Random Happy Connections for the Week

Random Connections for my week: my happy distractions:
Things that make me smile when my brain is overwhelmed with commuting, new communication challenges, new job expectations/changes, apartment issues, etc…

I loved watching this movie: Bently the Bulldog is fussy: (I don’t know why, just loved it)

And this inspiring quick WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) connected movie:

Professionally, I was quite excited to learn about Mashpedia: 
http://www.mashpedia.com/
- I must explore and verify that it is kid friendly though. (Anyone used already?)

Reading this article on Yarnstorming: — Have you explored Wonderopolis yet? I highly recommend it to keep your curiosity on life flowing and your brain stimulated with new, interesting topics! I also think there are great provocation resources and ideas through this resource!

http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-yarnstorming/

Which made me think about the book Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen – I gave away a copy a few months ago on this blog and shared my thoughts on it here:
http://thestylinglibrarian.com/2012/05/07/styling-librarian-giveaway-hop/

I really appreciated reading this point of view from this response to a book challenge:

http://cbldf.org/homepage/a-librarian-responds-to-a-book-challenge/

This article that gave me hope about successful school library advocacy:

http://www.slj.com/2012/08/featured/pa-state-legislators-hold-hearing-on-status-of-school-libraries/

And also, I’m happily distracted watching Vlog Brothers Videos like this one: (Looking forward to watching crash course videos soon!)