Miss Amanda is Idaho's Librarian of the Year
Children's librarian Amanda Bowden of the Portneuf District Library in Chubbuck won the Idaho Library Association's Librarian of the Year award. She leads storytimes for more than 400 preschoolers.
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Children's librarian Amanda Bowden, known at the Portneuf District Library as Miss Amanda, is the Idaho Library Association's Librarian of the Year, KIFI reported. The award, given last week, recognizes her work in Chubbuck and Pocatello. The library said she learns the names of her smallest storytime visitors and builds events, including an Eggcessible Easter Egg Hunt, so more people can take part.
Bowden leads storytimes and programs for more than 400 preschool-aged children. She said her boss nominated her and colleagues wrote letters, and she did not know she had won until the email came. She told the station the honor that matters is getting to help children like reading.
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Amanda Bowden is the children's librarian at the Portneuf District Library in Chubbuck, Idaho. Kids at storytime call her Miss Amanda. Last week the Idaho Library Association named her Librarian of the Year. She runs storytimes and other programs for more than 400 preschoolers in Pocatello and Chubbuck. The library said she learns the names of even the smallest visitors and plans events so more children can take part, including an Easter egg hunt built to be easier to join. She did not know she had won until an email arrived. She said the real prize is helping children like to read.
- Why would a librarian learn the name of every small child at storytime?
- What makes a library feel like a place you want to go back to?
- How could a class help a librarian get books into more kids' hands?
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