Staff Reviews: The Honeymoon Cottage by Lori Foster The Honeymoon Cottage by Lori Foster is extremely enjoyable to read! Yardley, a wedding planner in the small town of Cemetery, Indiana, and Travis, single big brother of the bride-to-be, are both very likeable characters. Yardley’s best friend Mimi is struggling in Read more…
A Letter (With Pictures) to All The Kids Who Hate Reading A Shout-Out With Humor & Hope to Struggling Readers Hey, I hear you, reading can be boring. As a public librarian, I watch kids struggle with it every day. I’m here to tell you that struggle is real! At Read more…
Staff Reviews: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Last Sunday night I made a terrible mistake. I started Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood just thirty minutes before bed and then I didn’t want to put it down! I stayed up way too late night after night as I became caught Read more…
A 30-million page library is heading to the moon to help preserve human civilization The massive archive is aboard Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft. Feb. 28, 2019, 2:58 PM CST By Corey S. Powell – NBC News When Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft launched toward the moon last week, it was carrying a mysterious cargo. Mission planners Read more…
Posthumous Dr. Seuss book coming Sept. 3 NEW YORK (AP) — There is no muse like Dr. Seuss. An unfinished manuscript by the late children’s author is the basis for “Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum,” coming Sept. 3. Random House Children’s Books announced Thursday that illustrator Andrew Joyner completed the text, Read more…
Children Read Aloud to Therapy Dogs to Boost Literacy Skills & Confidence Sometimes, you just need a helping paw when learning to read, and that’s exactly the mission behind programs all over the world that pair children with therapy dogs for reading practice. View this post on Instagram Congratulations Read more…
If you’re a fan of children’s books, prepare to lose hours browsing through the virtual UCLA Children’s Book Collection. The digital archive hosts over 1,800 children’s fiction, poems, and educational books dating from 1728 to 1999. From fairy tale classics such a Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Read more…
20 Middle Grade Books About Ghosts, Witches, and More Looking for new titles to add to your Halloween-themed reading? Check out these recently reviewed spine-tingling works for tweens that will spook and terrify. The Collector by ALEXANDER, K.R. 224p. Scholastic. Aug. 2018. pap. $6.99. ISBN 9781338212242. Grades 3–6 When Josie’s grandmother becomes Read more…
Five Family Favorites With Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Author Of Bone Soup: A Spooky, Tasty Tale Alyssa Satin Capucilli | The Children’s Book Review | October 19, 2018 Several years ago, we moved to a new house. Although my fully-grown children were happy to help us get settled, there was nothing quite like Read more…
The Best Halloween Books This is a list of the best books that are 1) about Halloween itself and/or 2) take place during Halloween. 1. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury 2. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury 3. Dracula by Bram Stoker 4. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Read more…