Welcome!  My name is Annie Magness and I'm the Library Information Specialist at Carpenter School. 

I am a native to Illinois and grew up in the Chain of Lakes area, not far from Great America (the Raging Bull ride is the best, right?!). I attended Columbia College Chicago for my undergraduate degree and Pratt Institute in NYC for my Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), focusing on school libraries/teaching. After finishing my MLIS, I returned to Chicago and began working at an International Baccalaureate elementary school in Chicago Public Schools. I've been working in libraries since 2010 and joined Carpenter in 2021. 

I still live in Chicago with my partner Jon and our two cats, Spoon and Iota. Below you will find some more information about me. If you need anything, please let me know!

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Interests: Baking, biking, books, cats, crafting, crosswords, dogs, food, plants, puzzles, reading, sustainability, and traveling.

Countries traveled to: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, England, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Scotland.

Favorite Books: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, All are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold, Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers, Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake, and 99% of Mo Willems books!

Favorite Movies: The Goonies, Neverending Story, movies by the Coen Brothers and scary movies.

Favorite Music:  Paul Simon, The Talking Heads, New Order, Desmond Dekker, David Bowie etc.

Favorite Sports teams: The White Sox, The Bulls, and the Blackhawks. 

Favorite TV shows: Parks and Rec, The Gilmore Girls, The Office, Friday Night Lights, Atypical and the Great British Bake-off.