I'm one of the Youth Services Librarians at the Ames Public Library. When I'm not hanging out with our youngest patrons at Baby Time, I'm buying picture books or getting ready for an after school adventure with elementary students! As you can see, I'm lucky enough to work with all sorts of ages and groups. Outside the library, I love to read and spend time with my husband and children, whether by going on a family road trip or playing board games.  One of my favorite storytime books is One Day in the Eucalyptus Eucalyptus Tree  by Daniel Bernstrom. You can never go wrong with a barfing snake--words to live by!

I am part of the Youth Services team at the Carnegie-Stout Public Library in Dubuque. My favorite part about being a children's librarian has always been storytime, but I also enjoy serving on the Teen All Iowa Reads committee, writing book reviews for our local newspaper, and finding new ways to accidentally get paint on the carpet. Outside of work, I enjoy hiking, doing arts and crafts, listening to audiobooks, and helping my spouse take care of our four terrible cats. 

I am the Youth Services Manager at the Waukee Public Library. I have been working full-time with children and teens in public libraries since 2006, though my love of promoting early literacy has been a life-long calling. There is photographic evidence that I started “reading” my favorite stories, such as The Monster at the End of This Book, to my younger sisters from the time they came home from the hospital. These days, I still love many picture books, but I also greatly enjoy a lot of YA fiction, particularly the Arc of a Scythe series. I have been a member of ILA since 2010.