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Author: Amy Weir

Amy M. Weir is a public youth services librarian in SW Pennsylvania, and there’s nothing she geeks out about more. Outside of work she obsesses over music (especially rock especially psychedelic pop especially The Beatles), sews clothes, gardens when the weather’s nice, avoids housework, and generally is the poster-child for Enneatype 9, which she attempts to counteract with yoga when she remembers. Her entire family has ADHD. This includes an RPG-and-firearms-geek husband who asked her out by playing a Paladin-in-Shining-Armor devoted to serving her character in D&D; a vehicles-and-video-game-geek 14yo named after a hobbit; an art-and-animation-geek 12yo named after a SFF writer; and an Imaginary Husband named Martin Freeman, who isn’t actually aware of this relationship.

The House of Chaos: Surviving Family ADHD

February 12, 2016December 7, 2017Amy Weir5

What do you get when you mix four people with attention deficit issues and one case of Parental Imposter Syndrome in one house?

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Confessions of a Recovering Ravenclaw

February 6, 2016December 7, 2017Amy Weir

The truth is, I was a snob. For an unpopular kid with no fashion sense who claimed to hate snobs, I was an intelligence snob. I didn’t have the patience for people who thought slower than me.

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Trying Not to Raise Kylo Ren

January 14, 2016December 15, 2017Amy Weir4

What does it mean to be a villain? And what if your child fell to the Dark Side?

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The American Library Association Announces the 2016 Youth Media Awards Winners

January 12, 2016December 15, 2017Amy Weir

The American Library Association announced their Youth Media Awards Monday morning, including the Newbery, Caldecott, and more.

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A Christmas Together, cover image: Delta Music, Inc.

‘A Christmas Together’ With The Muppets and John Denver: My Annual GeekOut

December 23, 2015December 16, 2017Amy Weir

My favorite Christmas album is a one-of-a-kind beauty the whole family can enjoy over and over and over again.

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Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi: Death, Survivor’s Guilt, and the Power of a Well-Timed Story

December 11, 2015December 4, 2017Amy Weir8

Many people turn to angels in times of grief, but sometimes what a kid really needs is a Jedi.

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Even the youngest person can learn to be Santa

In Defense of Santa Claus

November 30, 2015December 4, 2017Amy Weir3

Maybe the Christmas Spirit would be purer if, instead of less Santa, we had more Santa– if we all had the courage and the heart to give regardless of what we might get back.

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Why You and Your Children Should Read a Book With No Words

November 14, 2015December 4, 2017Amy Weir6

Far from pointless, wordless picture books offer the opportunity for readers to understand a story beyond decoding letters, to develop their own narratives, to sharpen observational skills, and to immerse themselves in many styles of visual art.

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Appreciating How to Fail: A Library Storytime

October 29, 2015December 15, 2017Amy Weir

The sooner somebody counteracts that idea and helps kids learn to accept or even embrace their failures, the more likely they’ll learn to persevere.

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