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The Adventures of Sir Gawain the True
The Adventures of Sir Gawain the True written by Gerald Morris was such a fun read and something that I think both boys and girls in elementary school would enjoy! Morris combines humor and Arthurian legend seamlessly in a way that is easily accessible to children – especially those who want…
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To Dewey or Not to Dewey…
There have been a few articles and blog posts written in the past few years about disbanding the children’s collection of materials and rather than using the Dewey Decimal Classification and instead going for a more “bookstore” feel with books separated by subject matter. I’ve been intrigued with this idea, but…
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E-books in Libraries!?!?!?!?!
Did you know that you can (most likely) borrow e-books from your public library? Sadly, in a report done by the Pew Research Center found that only 12% of e-book readers borrowed an e-book from their libraries in the past year. This then begs the question…. Why not? The report goes into the…
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Creepy Crawly Bug Story Time
We had a small but enthusiastic crowd at toddler story time this morning. Our theme – creepy-crawly bugs! A couple of the girls started out with an, “ewwwww…. I don’t like bugs!” But, I think the books that I picked worked out really well and everyone had a great time! Today…
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Wooo-Wooo: Train Story Time
This week was out train-themed story time. Our story times run in six-week sessions and I try to make sure to include some sort of “boy” theme each session – whether it’s cars, trucks, construction vehicles, etc. This session I decided on trains. It’s not always easy to find books…
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James and the Giant Peach
I’ll be honest, in all my years I have read very few Roald Dahl books. I had a teacher in elementary school read The BFG to me in school and I remember loving it and I may have read Matilda on my own, but I don’t think I’ve read many…
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
I absolutely loved this story! The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane was written by Kate DiCamillo, the same author who wrote Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Desperaux, among many others. You take the journey of a china rabbit named Edward Tulane, from his quiet existence with his little girl Abilene,…
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Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
I am beginning to love biographies! Something, I am surprised that I’ll admit. I think part of the reason is because there are so many talented authors writing biographies and creating them in such a way that makes them interesting to read and exciting to learn about. Sid Fleischman’s Escape!:…
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aMAZE me
I first saw this as a Yahoo article – a labyrinth created of over 250,000 books as part of an art installation in London. You can see it for yourself with some of the photographs taken for Yahoo. The walls are 2.5 meters high and the entire maze is 500…
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Ghost Knight
Ghost Knight written by Cornelia Funke is an entertaining read for children in grades 3 – 6. The story is about an 11-year-old boy named Jon Whitcroft who is sent away to boarding school where he encounters a vengeful ghost wishing for his head. A classmate by the name of…