How far would you go to try to rescue your brother from himself? Would you leave home to become his coach and caretaker? Would you […]
The Games Have Begun
Have you caught Olympic fever yet? Peter Potamus, the friendly hippo who lives in the Lee Road children’s room has! It seems like all he […]
Spencer Cowan
Works done with ink and markers on wood, clayboard, and paper.
The 2014 Edgar Award Nominations and Winners
Each year the Mystery Writers of America hand out the Edgar Allan Poe Awards (commonly called The Edgars) for the best in mystery published in […]
Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From?
There has been much reporting about eating organic, buying locally grown food at farmers’ markets, and not eating food treated with pesticides or GMOs. Many […]
Black and White
Today we read some great books that have the colors black and white in them. There are many fabulous animals that are black and white. […]
Almost Perfect
After the wonderful, uplifting Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, I was hoping for another quirky, feel good story from author Rachel Joyce. While Perfect has […]
YA Authors on Tumblr
Yet another reason to be on Tumblr– you can follow these authors and see what they are up to! The writers listed below all have […]
Opt-Out of Data Mining
Data mining is the utilization of software by retail companies to search available data bases to find customers with characteristics that identify them as potential […]
Space Case
Today in Explorastory, we talked all about outer space! Our first book was “Mooncake” by Frank Asch We stayed on the moon for our second […]