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Superhero Party @ the Library
We had so much fun last night with a superhero themed party for kids in Kindergarten and 1st grade and a second party for children in grades 2 – 4. I thought this might be a big draw for our patrons so I broke the group up to accommodate a…
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Endangered
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer is the story of Sophie a half Congolese, half American girl who is visiting her mother on a bonobo (a type of ape) sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo when she becomes the surrogate mother for an infant bonobo, named Otto. When an armed revolution breaks out across…
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Story Time Theme – Eric Carle Celebration
This has been such a great story time theme – Eric Carle is probably one of my favorite children’s author/illustrators of all time and until I can get to The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts, this is as close as I can get. I tried to…
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Cream or Cookie?
Well, I watch the Super Bowl mainly for the commercials and the half-time show. I’m not a huge football fan, although someone has posted on Twitter yesterday that the Super Bowl is like the Newbery and Caldecott Awards for sports (which I though was hysterical). Oreo Whisper Fight commercial Anyway, if…
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The Bully Book
Funny how themes often pop up and carry through multiple books. This is (obviously) another book about bullying, with a vastly different take from yesterday’s post of The Second Life of Abigail Walker. The Bully Book written by Eric Kahn Gale is about a young boy, Eric, who enters the…
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The Second Life of Abigail Walker
Bullying has become a huge issues in schools across America and it has clearly bled into children’s literature as well. The Second Life of Abigail Walker by Frances O’Roark Dowell is a book about rising above the bullies and believing in yourself, even when you’re not quite sure what that means. …
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Story Time Theme – Winter Wonderland
This week’s story time theme was so fun! I decided to do a Winter Wonderland story time theme this week because it’s January and so we actually had a little snow on Monday, but by today, it’s 60+ degrees outside, so c’est la vie – we went with it anyway. I’ve…
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Navigating Early
Clare Vanderpool has an amazing quotation on the header of her website from Madeleine L’Engle, “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” I think this is just what Vanderpool did in…
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Youth Media Awards or BEST Day for Children’s Literature/Media
The Youth Media Awards are announced every January at 8:00 am, when most sane people are getting ready for work, commuting, or just beginning work. This year because the American Library Association Midwinter Conference was held in Seattle, the awards were announced at 11:00 am EST. For most of the…
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Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
I’m trying to get some planning done in advance for a recycling art program in April and I came across an amazing book about Diego Rivera by Duncan Tonatiuh entitled Diego River: His World and Ours. This book would be a great introduction into the art of Diego Rivera for…