• Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Movie Adaptations

    This week was a freebie week for Top Ten Tuesday and since I’ve actually been posting regularly each week, I din’t have any topics to go back to and cover. So I decide to focus on (mostly) YA books that have movie adaptations out currently or that are coming out…

  • Activities

    AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Lunch At the Library

    Program Name: Lunch at the Library What: We haven’t offered this program before, but I can see how it would be a really great way for libraries in urban and suburban communities to draw in a crowd during the week. Offer a program as often as you want – once a week,…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Hug This Book!

    Summary:  “An energetic, heartfelt, and humorous ode to book love. You can spin and twirl and dance with this book. You can listen while someone else reads it. You can take your book to lunch. Just do not try to feed it.” (Taken from Goodreads) Review: A book filled with all the…

  • Activities

    Trying Something New – Open House

    We tried something new at our library this week – an open house for township employees. One of our major goals of late is to educate the public about everything the library has to offer – services, programs and resources. So, I got to thinking, how about we try to…

  • Lifestyle

    Just When I Think…

    Just when I think the kid lit world can’t get any better, Jason Reynolds is interviewed by Trevor Noah on The Daily Show and it’s everything I expected and more. If you haven’t seen the clip yet, watch it… NOW! (I’ll wait) http://www.cc.com/video-clips/avk8pe/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jason-reynolds—serving-young-readers-with–long-way-down- As he stated, Jason has written nine…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Resolutions

    Read More Widely I’m a sucker for middle grade realistic fiction, but this year I’d really like to make sure I’m reading more widely with more focus on fantasy, science fiction, nonfiction, etc. 365 Picture Book Reviews I’m trying to do 365 picture book reviews on my blog this year,…

  • Lifestyle

    #MGBookathon Starts January 1

    If you love middle grade books as much as I do, you have to take a look at the #MGBookathon hosted by MG Book Village. It takes only three easy steps to become a part of a “year-long celebration of Middle Grade books and reading.” Step 1: Post a tweet…

  • Lifestyle

    LibraryCon Live!

    A VIRTUAL FESTIVAL FOR BOOK NERDS, LIBRARIANS, AND FANS OF GRAPHIC NOVELS, SCI-FI, AND FANTASY Yesterday I got a chance to participate in LibraryCon Live, an event hosted by School Library Journal and Library Journal. It was really well put together with some awesome presenters, authors, and illustrators – the keynote speaker…