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Book Review: The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss
As a former children’s librarian and book lover, I know Dr. Seuss’s work like the back of my hand, I know his real name was Theodore Seuss Geisel and I know we now have an easy reader award named in his honor. What I didn’t know was that he was…
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Nonfiction 10 for 10
I decided to go with books published in the last year – there are so many nonfiction titles available these days! I love how accessible nonfiction has become for kids. I also chose books that have won some type of award (CYBILS, Nerdies, etc.) and were not solely biographies (that…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Visually Appealing Picture Books
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme was all about the visuals and since I just recently created a graphic novel list, I wanted to try my hand at something else – enter picture books. Picture book illustration is truly an art form and there are some amazing artists in the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Must-Read Mysteries
Mysteries were one of my absolute favorite genres growing up – and they still are today, so it wasn’t hard to create this list – Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Must-Read Mysteries! I love puzzles, murder mysteries, absolutely everything, but I especially love anything that has to do with art…
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Get the Picture!
I am so excited to see that an amazing exhibit on children’s illustration is happening at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, just a short drive for me. I haven’t been able to make the trip up to The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, so I’m super excited…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/27/16
Summer reading means being busy all week and this weekend was packed with birthday parties, barbeques and graduation parties. That being said, I did get to do some reading – and some great stories at that! I read The Gallery by Laura Marx Fitzgerald, who also wrote Under the Egg. I love art…
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Summer Reading Decorations
Summer Reading officially starts today! Here’s a few of our decorations for the department. We are so lucky to have a summer clerk who also happens to be an artist work with us – thank goodness because the library wouldn’t look like this without her! I am absolutely in love…
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Fun Friday: 3-D Art Sculptures
I took a lesson plan that I created for my summer camp visit and used it again for my Fun Friday groups last week. I had all the supplies left over from camp, so I just grabbed some fun picture books to read aloud and let the kids spend the…
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Zentangle at the Library
Last night I offered a Zentangle Beginner’s Class at the library as part of our de-stress December events for adults. The Zentangle class was also offered to tweens and teens and although I was a little nervous about leading an adult class, it went very well with a decent crowd.…
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Sunday Storytime Challenge #1
I love sensory-based activities and I try to offer different types of activities for the little ones in our library, so that everyone can get a chance to try something new and different! I think my favorite so far has been the stained glass windows we did in our Petite…
