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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/19/17
I wasn’t able to get to all my reading this week, but I got to finish a few titles and honestly didn’t expect to finish as much as I did. This week I read: Me and Marvin Gardens by A.S. King Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry Patina by Jason…
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Picture Book Month: Family
A story about families in a round about sort of way. If you read the text, the books is really all about how important and special your skin is, but when you look closer at the illustrations this beautiful story shows such diverse characters, it’s fun to pour over all…
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Native American Authors
It’s Native American Heritage Month and that means you get a special book list of children’s and young adult titles written by Native Americans! Rather than just focusing on characters who identify with a Native American tribe, I’ve highlighted 20 different authors on this list (and there are more!) that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want My Future Children to Read
There are so many amazing books available to kids in this day and age. It was hard to pick just ten, but I focused on ten titles that show a wide diversity in terms of culture, gender, race, ability, socioeconomic status and more. It’s important for kids to see all…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 11/13/17
I must say, I kicked butt reading this week and boy does it feel good! Work has slowed down a little bit and with few evening commitments and a cell phone sitting in a bag of rice (phones + toilets don’t mix), I read more than I have in a…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Great Leaders
I decided to go with strong female characters who I think would make great leaders, granted most of these characters are young, so we might need to wait a few years before they’d be of age to become great leaders, but I think they have the characteristics that make great…
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It's Monday! What Are Your Reading? 11/6/17
As expected long days at work, plus an awesome KidLitCon left me with very little extra time for reading this week. I finished The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Glaser – and all I can say is I would love to live in the Vanderbeekers brownstone in Harlem with lots…
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Top Ten Tuesday: YA Thrills & Chills
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is a Halloween Freebie, so I went in a direction that I usually steer far away from – YA Thrillers and Horror Books. I am not a huge fan of being scared, so most of these titles I haven’t read, but I do like…
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12 Somewhat Scary Stories for Middle Grade Readers
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a scaredy-cat – I don’t like haunted houses, scary movies, or even scary books! But I know tons of readers who love books that creep them out, so if that’s something you love – check out these creepy titles for middle grade…
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It's Monday! What Are Your Reading? 10/30/17
It’s been a week – trying to work on our library budget, library programming and a busy weekend left very little time for reading. I was able to finish The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer A. Nielsen and A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold. I also started working on The Vanderbeekers…