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Rinse, Reflect, Repeat 365 Alphabetical Bible Devotional w/ Anita CordellNov 19/D323: Opening The Seals, Part 2 (Revelation 8-10)Episode [325]: [Opening The Seals, Part 2]Welcome to Rinse, Reflect, Repeat! In today’s episode, we continue our journey through the Bible alphabetically. Together, we’ll reflect on how God’s Word applies to our daily lives and how it can cleanse our hearts and transform our perspectives.These short, action-driven devotionals are designed to make Scripture practical and accessible, helping you grow spiritually day by day—even through books like Leviticus and Numbers!Resources Mentioned in This Episode with links to purchase:The Rinse, Reflect, Repeat Devotional: https://amzn.to/3y6QFANCompanion Journal...
2025-11-1912 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 024 Epic FantasyWhat else do you do while at home for a very long time?
Read an epic fantasy! Several books that take you on a journey that removes you from home and puts you in a place that exists only on the pages.
Epic Fantasy Talked about:
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
Dune by Frank Herbert
Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Name of the...
2020-05-1131 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 023: Bubba and BeakersBubba and Beakers share 10 new books for kiddos to read! All books recommended for kids from K-6th grade.
Beaker’s Books
Unicorn Diaries by Rebecca Elliott
The Magic Mirror by Anna Staniszewski
The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems
Sweety by Andrea Zuill
Bubba’s Books
The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
The Magic Tree House Series #13: Vacation Under the Volcano
Galaxy Zack: Science Fair Disaster! By Ray O’Ryan
The Thr...
2020-04-1637 min
Edmoxie: Thought Leadership For Educators#11b TL4Ed-PT2: Library Closed? What Are You Reading? Help Is On The Way! Guest: Amy Stefanski – Part 2
Description
School and public libraries are closed as students, teachers, and everyone are staying home helping to flatten the curve and avoid creating the post-apocolyptic world we’ve all read about in popular YA-fiction. So what should we do while we’re stuck at home? Read a book! I’ll sit down with Amy Stefanski (@Amy_Stefanski), a school librarian in the Dunlap Community School District in Peoria, IL and host of the D323 podcast. We’ll talk about what she’s reading, and what you might want to read. How to help your students find books to read, an...
2020-04-1527 minEdmoxie: Thought Leadership For Educators#11a TL4Ed-PT1: Library Closed? What Are You Reading? Help Is On The Way! Guest: Amy Stefanski – Part 1
Description
School and public libraries are closed as students, teachers, and everyone are staying home helping to flatten the curve and avoid creating the post-apocolyptic world we’ve all read about in popular YA-fiction. So what should we do while we’re stuck at home? Read a book! I’ll sit down with Amy Stefanski (@Amy_Stefanski), a school librarian in the Dunlap Community School District in Peoria, IL and host of the D323 podcast. We’ll talk about what she’s reading, and what you might want to read. How to help your students find books to read, an...
2020-04-1521 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 021 Bubba and Beakers: Meet BubbaAnother look at some elementary reads suggested by the coolest 9 year old ever -- Bubba -- the older of the duo.
Join Bubba in his journey through the Harry Potter books -- his first time and his thoughts.
Also suggested by Bubba:
1. Press Start Series
2. Aliens next Door Series
3. Desmond Cole Series
4. Harry Potter -- Illustrated Ed
2020-04-0131 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 020 Bubba and Beakers: Meet BeakersIt's time to chat Elementary books! Phew it's about time, right?
This episode introduces our newest co-host -- Beakers! She is the second part of the Bubba and Beakers duo.
Beakers is a first grader who loves to read she recommends the following books:
1) Sophie Mouse Series
2) Princess Pulizer Series
3) Dragon loves Tacos books (1 &2)
4) Knuffle Bunny
2020-04-0121 minD323 Library PodcastEp 019 More Potato ChipsWe continued the conversation about the importance of reading whatever you want!
Find us online:
Twitter - @Amy_Stefanski
Online @ Learning with Libranski for extra behind the Mic materials and conversations!
Leave Online reviews @ Podchaser for the D323 Library Podcast! We would love to hear from out!
Stay safe!
-Amy
2020-03-1736 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 018 What's in the Box MarchOur new box is here and we are opening it with you!
Let's chat -- What we are reading
Amy: Melinda Gate's The Power of Lift
Remike: Nothing...she is blaming me for her lack of reading #LibrarianFail
Book:
The New David Espinoza
The Never Tilting World
Your House Will Pay
The Revolution of Birdie Randolph
A Match Made in Mehendi
One of Us Is Next
Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises
Salt Slow
A Delayed Life: Th...
2020-03-0117 minD323 Library PodcastEp 017 Popcorn and Potato Chip BooksIt's time to chat about popcorn and potato chip books!
Key Topics:
1. Leisure/guilty pleasure reading
2. "New Year's Resolution vs. Revelation"
3. The actual value of potato chip books (actually reading)
4. Active reading vs. passive watching
5. No books are inherently better than others- Stop Judging People!
Books Mentioned:
Private Series by Kate Brian
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Educated by Tara Westover
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (new Hunger Games)
2020-01-2635 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 016: What's in the Box FebIt's that time again! We are opening a new box of books for the library! If you find one! Tweet at us @Amy_Stefanski or @DunlapHSLibrary.
Books are provided by the Junior Library Guild's monthly subscription program.
Books reviewed:
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
The House by Paco Rosa
Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 by Don Brown
All American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney
The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah
The Avant-Guards Volume One by Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes...
2020-01-1719 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 015: What's in the Box: Barnes and Noble Edition Jan 2020New books have arrived in the library and we are unveiling them with you! We purchased new books with funding from our Barnes and Noble book fair!
Books we unveiled:
Technically You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
American Royals by Katharine McGee
The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young
Estranged: The Changeling King by Ethan Aldridge
Batman: Nightwalker the Graphic Novel by Stuart Moore
Doctor Sleep b...
2020-01-1320 minD323 Library PodcastEp 014 Voice of a DecadeAmy sits down with one of her senior students to chat about her book choices from ages 8 to 18.
We asked her what inspired her personal choices, what framed her literary reference, and what she reads heading out to high school.
Topics:
Book choices from a high school senior
How to define personal choice through the years?
Classroom reading shapes personal choices
What does the end of 2019 look like to a HS senior?
What did we read in 2019?
What are we currently reading?
2020-01-0136 minD323 Library PodcastEp 013 Student Book Choice in CurriculumEp 203: D323 Library Podcast - Student Choice Part 2 Should we include literacy education in all subject areas? Example and Tips of Student Choice in the classroom Data Drives the questions Do the Classics still have a place? Key Books mentioned: Pride by Ibi Zoboi A Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds All American Boys - Jason Reynolds Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai Subversive Teaching in the English Language Arts Classroom. Edited by A. Boyd, J. Dyches, and B. Sams. Forthcoming in 2020. What we are Reading: The Book Whisperer By Donalyn Miller The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy: Centering Tr...
2019-12-2050 minD323 Library PodcastEp 012 Student Book ChoiceCome chat about student choice of books and how important it is to curate a collection that is safe and supportive for continued growth.
Music Credit: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2019-12-0335 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 011 - Season 2: School LibrariesLet's talk about school libraries! In this season 2 opener, find out that our co-host Diana is off on a new adventure, Amy is flying solo and still advocating for school libraries, and yet they always find time to read!
This episode chatters about:
1) School Libraries, importance and long term investment for Districts
2) MG school student's reading habits
What we are reading:
1) Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
2) Maybe he just likes You by Barbara Dee
Music Credit: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licen...
2019-11-2231 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 010 - Short StoriesEducational value of short stories, why students need them, and which ones Diana and Amy are reading.
Music Credit: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2019-02-2446 min
D323 Library PodcastD323 Library Podcast: Ooopsieee And 2019Time to end 2018 and start in 2019! Diana and Amy go through their last 10 episodes and apologize for those things they got wrong #oopsie, chat about the books they're read, and previewed new books for 2019!
Music Credit: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2019-01-2740 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 009 - What's In The Box JanuaryJanuary Junior Library Guild Collection Box Unveiling -
1)UnBroken: 13 Stories Staring Disabled Teens
2) That Night by Amy Giles
3) Even If I Fall by Abigail Johnson
4)My Sister the Serial Killing by Oyinkan Braithwaite
5)Attucks! by Phillip Hoose
6) American Dialogue by Joseph Ellis
7)Trinity by Louisa Hall
8) Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow
9)DeadFall by Stephen Wallenfels
2019-01-1931 min
D323 Library PodcastD323 Library Podcast Best Books Of 2018D323 Library Podcast Best Books Of 2018 by D323 Library Podcast
2018-12-2735 min
2018-12-2158 min
D323 Library PodcastD323 Library Podcast: Spring Book Bingo PreviewAmy and Diana Preview the Spring Book Bingo Card! Listen to Ep 1 and Ep 2 for Bingo overview. And come join in the fun! Kwame- shout out about him Square Fish publishing company The Act of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson Source Publishing company - shout out to them BBC must read before you DIEEEE Harry Potter To Kill a Mockingbird The Hobbit Great Gatsby The Alchemist The Time Traveler’s Wife Memoirs of a Geisha The Handmaid’s Tale Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Count of Monte Cristo Winnie the Pooh Primal Leadership by David Coleman Good to Grea...
2018-12-2141 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 007 - What's In The Box: Barnes And Noble EditionNew Books coming from Junior Library Guild for December
Diana and Amy chat about all the new books bought for the library at a recent fundraiser. So many great books!
Books talked about:
Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J Krosoczka
Swing by Kwame Alexander
Whiskey Words and a Shovel I and II by R.H. Sin
A beautiful composition of broken by R.H. Sin
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobbs
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobbs
Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobbs
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
To Kill a Mockingbird by H...
2018-12-1724 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 006 - Graphic Novels Part 1Contact Amy (@Amy_Stefanski) and Diana (@DianaBurton22) Things we chat about... In order 01 Publishing Company M. Seigel - 5 World Graphic Novels ** Mark** Pocket Princess WebComic Marvel Comics Lumberjanes Comic Series Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series - Jeff Kinney Harry Potter Illustrated Ed. Walking Dead Comic Series Game of Thrones - Graphic Novel Ed. (Mature content) Common Sense Media -- Website for content check Solo - Kwame Alexander Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Faith Erin Hicks -Nameless City trilogy: new book Pumpkinhead Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka This one summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki APP...
2018-12-1445 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 005 - Book In VerseAmy and Diana tackle Books in Verse!
What we are reading?
Diana - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Amy - Fearless Magic (Star-Crossed Series) By Rachel Higginson
What we talked about:
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
For Everyone by Jason Reynolds
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Behind These Hands by Linda Phillips
Crossover By Kwame Alexander
Rebound By Kwame Alexander
Solo By Kwame Alexander
Crank By Ellen Hopkins
People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
Recommendations:
Swing by Kwame...
2018-12-0337 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 004 - What's In The BoxDiana and Amy talk about the new books that have arrived in the library!
Books provided by Junior Library Guild monthly subscription program.
Books Talked about:
The Opposite of Innocent by Sonya Sones
Love a la Mode Stephanie Strohm
Upon Further Review: The Greatest What Ifs in Sports by Mike Pesca
7 ½ deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Anne Frank’s diary: The graphic adaptation Ari Foreman
What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli
A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl by Jean Thompson
Assassins Guide...
2018-11-3017 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 003 - PoetryDiana and Amy laugh at themselves, review D323 Library podcast rollout, and talk about popular poetry.
Follow them now! @Diana_Burton22 and @Amy_Stefanski
Books spoke about in Podcast:
What are we currently reading?
Amy - Love, Lies, and Spies by Cindy Anstey
Diana - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Poetry Books Talked about:
Whiskey Words and a Shovel by r.h.Sin
Her, Her vol 2, & Him. Pierre Alex Jeanty
Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell
Poisoned Apples by Christine Heppermann
Black Books of Poe...
2018-11-2135 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 002 Gamified PDJoin Amy and Diana as we talk to our Instructional Technology Coaches on their "why" and "how" of gamified professional development. To connect with coaches on Twitter: @MrsCford_tweets @StefaniePitzer @jodi_gordon5 *content from Ep: 2 directly related with material in Ep:1
Music Credit: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2018-11-1518 min
D323 Library PodcastEp 001 - Welcome/Book BingoWelcome to the D323 Library Podcast! Diana and Amy talk about their gamified professional development Book Bingo card.
Music Credit: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2018-11-1327 min