Happy Hollow Library

The 2025-26 school year marks my twelfth year as a part of the Happy Hollow "family of friends." I bring almost 3 decades of experience as a teacher-librarian, with former library positions at the Pollard Middle School in Needham, the Hale Middle School in Stow, The Park School (preK-9th) in Brookline, and The Dana Hall School (6th-12th) in Wellesley.

I received my BA from Wellesley College, with a double major in Medieval/Renaissance Studies and Music History. My MLS is from Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and my M.Ed. is from Lesley University. I was recently honored as a "Virtual Influencer" for my online presence by the Massachusetts School Library Association. Parents and teachers can follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

I grew up in libraries, as my mom worked in the local town library and, later, as a school librarian. I used to love spending Saturdays in the children's room while my mom was working. It was there that I met my best friends: Anne, Madeline, Eloise, Laura... My favorite book of all time is Anne of Green Gables. I read every book in the series when I was in the 4th grade. As an adult, I was extremely excited to discover even more Anne books when I visited Prince Edward Island in Canada!

While I adore children's books, I also love music, and I am obsessed with Broadway musicals. You might find me onstage singing and dancing with my adult theatre troupe, Encore, performing in a community theatre production, or leading my a cappella singing group. You might even hear us singing in library class! I also play the oboe, recorder, guitar, and piano.

Please stop by by the library or get in touch any time. I'd love to talk books or just say hello!

If you are so inclined, please check out our Wish List of books and supplies for the HH Library. All purchases will be recognized as a 🧚‍♀️Book Fairy🧚‍♀️ donation. Many thanks for spreading Book Fairy love!

Colleen Flannery colleen_flannery@waylandps.org

Happy Hollow Author Hall of Fame

Thanks to a grant that Ms Hoag and I submitted to the Wayland Public Schools Foundation, we were able to invite Caledcott Honor winning author and illustrator Oge Mora to visit with the entire school in April 2025. We are grateful to the WPSF for generously finding our grant request!

Jarrett Lerner returned in April 2024 to meet with our entire school. How are lucky are we! Did you know that Jarrett attended Wayland Public Schools when he was growing up?

We were excited to host local author Jarrett Lerner to meet with 4th and 5th graders in May 2023. Thanks to Jarrett and local indie bookshop The Silver Unicorn, every student was generously gifted with a copy of Jarrett's latest book, A Work in Progress.

Boston-based author Susan Tan met with our whole school for our first full scale author visit since 2019 in early May 2023. It was a wonderful visit, and all students had a great time!

Shawn Peters met with 4th and 5th graders to discuss his Logan Foster series in March 2023. He was the first in person author to meet with students since 2019!