***JUST SO YOU KNOW*** All of the posts in our book discussion series contain questions and reviews that could possibly reveal parts of the plot you […]
Rex and Effects
There are lots of great animal books out there, and a huge selection of zoo books in particular, but this one really stands out to […]
Speaking of the White House…
Consider this new book: Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out~Created by 108 Renowned Authors and Illustrators and the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance, […]
Book Review: Show & Tell
There’s so much to see and experience in Dilys Evans’ Show & Tell: Exploring the fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration! The cover alone is enough […]
Let’s Celebrate Libraries!
There are two new books that do just that. The first is Our Library by Eve Bunting, wherein a raccoon and his friends go to […]
Book Review: Donuthead
Meet Franklin Delano Donuthead, a fifth grader with a lot of issues. To begin with, his last name is Donuthead. (“My name, if you must […]
Charlie Bone and the Time Twister
I listened to a great audiobook this summer: Charlie Bone and the Time Twister by Jenny Nimmo, narrated by Simon Russell Beale. This is the […]
Time Travel and Tesseracts
The book discussion group I run at the library recently read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. This wonderful book that traverses both fantasy and […]
I love to read! Or did you mean books?
Just a heads up: the irony of this being online has not escaped me. The New York Times ran an article last Sunday about reading trends […]