• Lifestyle

    The A to Z Glossary of the Kid Lit World

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    It can be difficult to describe what you’re interested in when you don’t have the vocabulary to do so! This is a great resource that breaks down a lot of the lingo in the kid lit world to make it easier to identify the right books for you and provide…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Cat on the Bus

    Summary:  “This nearly wordless book uses onomatopoeia and striking bold illustrations to tell the story of a homeless cat who meets an Asian grandfather on a bus and finally finds a home. A cat enters a grocery store in search of food, but the proprietor shoos her away. A bus approaches…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring TBR List

    I chose to focus just on middle grade titles, because if I looked at everything being published this spring, I’d get a little stressed out! It’s enough just thinking about middle grade titles. If you want to know when titles are coming out you can easily check Amazon or GoodReads,…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Wordy Birdy

    Summary:  “Wordy Birdy LOVES to talk. “Hello, sunrise. Hello, pink sky. Hello, orange sky. . . .” But does she love to listen? NOPE. One day, while she’s walking through the forest, her gift of the gab gets her into hot water: “That’s a pretty tree and that’s a pretty tree and…

  • Lists

    It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/19/18

    This week I finished up Saint Philomene’s Infirmary for Magical Creatures  by Bill Cotter, read A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi which was very well-written, but hard to read as it’s the story of Syrian refugees trying to find a safe and welcoming place to start a new life, Checked by…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Grandma’s Purse

    Summary:  “Spend the day with Mimi and her granddaughter in this charming picture book about the magic found in Mimi’s favorite accessory, perfect for readers who love How to Babysit a Grandma! When Grandma Mimi comes to visit, she always brings warm hugs, sweet treats…and her purse. You never know what…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Mighty, Mighty Construction Site

    Summary:  “At last—here from the team behind the beloved international bestseller comes a companion to Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. All of our favorite trucks are back on the construction site—this time with a focus on team-building, friendship, and working together to make a big task seem small! Down in the big construction…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: If I Were a Kangaroo

    Summary:  “If I were a kangaroo, I’d pick you up and carry you In my pocket, sleepyhead, And hop you gently off to bed.  It’s time for sleep, and this fun-to-read rhyming tale envisions the bedtime rituals of animals from whales to otters, squirrels to gorillas. So curl up, imagine your…

  • Activities

    Trying Something New – Open House

    We tried something new at our library this week – an open house for township employees. One of our major goals of late is to educate the public about everything the library has to offer – services, programs and resources. So, I got to thinking, how about we try to…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Middle Bear

    Summary:  “He was the second of three brothers. He was not big, but he was not small, either. Neither strong nor weak, neither tall nor short, neither a lot nor a little … He was the middle one.”  Everything about life with his brothers was middle-sized. And when you’re always in…