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C. R. Mudgeon
With a title like that, who could resist this book! C.R. Mudgeon is a hedgehog who knows what he likes and likes what he knows, that is until a new neighbor moves in upstairs and his whole world gets turned around! Paprika the squirrel likes bright colors, spicy food, and…
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Good-Bye Summer Reading, Hello Fall Programming
Summer reading is officially over! YAY!!!! And we are now in the midst of cleaning, organizing, and trying to wrap our heads around everything that’s coming up in the next few months. Overall, our summer was very busy, programming went really well and even though we had fewer registrants than…
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Library Architecture
My sister sent me this amazing article about an architect who truly understands what a library means to the community it serves. Francine Houben of the Dutch studio, Mecanoo interviewed with the Dezeen magazine about her design of the new library in Birmingham, England. “I wanted to make a people’s…
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Cinder
I think I’m obsessed with any form of fairy tales that have been reworked into a new setting or changed, fractured, or updated. As soon as I saw this book I knew I had to read it. This version of Cinderella has a new and exciting setting – it’s the…
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Crankenstein
Everyone has a Crankenstein day once in a while and this fun story can actually help parents talk to their kids about being cranky in a fun way! A Crankenstein “is a monster of grumpiness that no one can destroy! “The story tells the reader where you might find Crankenstein…
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A Corner of White
There were two things that made me want to read this book – the fist was the cover, I love all the bright colors and it looked like something right up my alley. The second was the author’s last name, I’m a little bit of a Sherlock fan and with…
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Apps in the Library
I’ve been wrestling with this idea for awhile now, apps in the library, but I’ve finally figured out my personal viewpoint on them. For a long time it was advised to keep young children (under the age of 2) from screens, but in today’s screen-needy world, that’s almost impossible. And…
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Public Library’s Online Presence
I was lucky enough to hear David Lee King speak on Tuesday about public libraries and technology with a focus on how to create a positive customer experience in the library as well as online. David Lee King is the Digital Services Director at the Topeka – Shawnee County Public…
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The Thing About Luck
Cynthia Kadohata, a Newbery Award-winning author of Kira-Kira, brings another story about the strength of a family. Summer’s parents must fly to Japan to take care of some elderly relatives, leaving 12-year old Summer and her brother Jaz with their grandparents – strict Obaachan and quiet, kind Jiichan during the…
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The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
If you love classic storytelling and tall tales about creatures that such as The Abominable Snowman, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster, then The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp is the book for you. Kathi Applet uses a narrator that feels just like he’s talking to the…