• Lists

    It’ Monday! What Are You Reading? 9/12/16

    I actually got a lot of reading done this past week, I was not only exhausted from a week at my parents’ house for my brother’s wedding – it was beautiful, but I am still working as a children’s librarian and trying to get my feet under me as a…

  • Reviews

    Book Review: The Night Gardener

    Let me start by saying, I am not a huge fan of scary things – I don’t like scary movies, haunted houses, or creepy books, but when this book kept popping up again and again, I knew I’d have to read it.  Irish siblings, Molly and Kip are in need…

  • Reviews

    The Screaming Staircase

    The Screaming Staircase, the first in a series called Lockwood & Co. is a must-read for older middle school students and young adults looking for a story filled with action, suspense, thrills and chills around the Halloween season.  Lucy Carlyle has been employed by Anthony Lockwood and his colleague George to…

  • Reviews

    Doll Bones

    If you’re looking for a creepy book that makes you want to leave the lights on when you go to sleep, Doll Bones by Holly Black is the perfect choice!  Middle schoolers Zach, Alice, and Poppy are best friends that play an elaborate adventure-filled imaginative game filled with action figures…