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Halloween Parties and Cookies
With two parties to attend this evening a little baking was in order for the morning! After drooling over a number of recipes, with a range of complexity from pumpkin spice whoopie pies to apple cider cupcakes, I landed on Salted Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Crinkle cookies. With the first party…
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Director’s Thoughts – 10/25/19
I could have easily called this post – “Things I Never Thought I’d Do At Work”, but that was a little long, so here we are. Yesterday, I spent the majority of my day worrying over the library’s pet turtle. With a re-appearing mass near his rear leg, the staff…
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Please Don’t Eat Me by Liz Climo
Synopsis: “Beloved author-illustrator Liz Climo is back with a hilarious take on (reluctant) friendship that will appeal to fans of We Don’t Eat Our Classmates and I Want My Hat Back! When a carefree bunny is approached by a voracious bear in the woods, Bunny has just one request: “Please don’t eat me.”…
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15 Picture Books About Bread
I love food! I especially love to cook for the people in my life. After hearing so many wonderful things about the book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, I knew that I not only had to get my hands on a copy but that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Give Different Titles To
This was so hard! So rather than try to find ten titles, I went the easy route and re-named all the Harry Potter books. Am I arguing that J.K. Rowling misnamed her novels? Heck no. I just thought it would be a fun exercise with a series of books that…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/21/19
Last Week It’s been a great reading week! Seven hours on a bus definitely adds some quality reading time, plus I finally had some time off this weekend to read as well! This week I read: The Oddmire: Changling by John Ritter The Misadventures of Nobbin Swill: Crumbled by Lisa…
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6 Picture Books About Cleaning Up
For the first weekend in a long time, I don’t have too much going on. I’m spending most of my day, cleaning the house from top to bottom. It’s not that my house is horribly filthy. It’s just the day-to-day living in the house that needs to be straightened up…
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Four on Friday: Halloween Witches
It’s October and that means Halloween is coming! So for today’s Four on Friday: Halloween Witches are just a few picture book titles to share with your family. Witches in picture books are often really adorable characters and these books are no different. Room on the Broom is a library…
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Nancy Pearl, Library Legend
If you’re not a librarian, then the name Nancy Pearl probably doesn’t mean much to you. If you’re a librarian like the one hundred plus awake for a 7:30am breakfast to hear her speak then you understand. Nancy is a fascinating woman with a twinkle in her eye. It just…
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Ogre Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Synopsis: “Set in the world of the Newbery Honor-winning Ella Enchanted, this tale by beloved author Gail Carson Levine stars a clever heroine who is determined to defy expectations—and outwit a fairy’s curse. Evie is happiest when she is healing people, diagnosing symptoms and prescribing medications, with the help of her…
