• Lifestyle

    Reading Diversely

    I am, primarily, a reference librarian in the children’s department which means that I’m sitting at a desk for most of the day answering questions about the computers, looking for books to use for school reports and endlessly answering, “(Insert child’s name here) has read all The Diary of a Wimpy…

  • Lists

    25 Summer Reads from Picture Books to YA Novels

    The Raft by Jim LaMarche Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse Summer Days and Nights by Wong Herbert Yee To the Beach by Linda Ashman The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach by Melanie Watt Pool by Chi-hyŏn Yi One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab by…

  • Lists

    25 Children's Books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

    I’ll be honest, I had to do some research to really understand what countries, heritages, cultures, and religions Asian Pacific American included.  The Asian Pacific American Heritage Month website created in part by the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of…

  • Lifestyle

    World Read Aloud Day

    Today is World Read Aloud Day, an initiative that calls global attention to the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories.  I’ve mentioned before on my blog that my parents read aloud to us for as long as I could remember.  Evenings were spent snuggled up in my brothers’ room…

  • Lists

    It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 1/11/2016

    I participated in my first ever Bout of Books this past week, which means my reading amount is much higher than usual!  But, I got through a lot of books that have been on my un-official TBR for a really long time!  And I’ve found that there are a lot…

  • Lifestyle

    Top 10 Tuesday: Resolutions I Have For 2016

    I have ten resolutions and now am slightly overwhelmed, but many are attainable and I’m really excited to start 2016 off on the right foot!  Overall, I resolve to rock. Check out my Top Ten Tuesday: Resolutions I Have For 2016. Blog Goals Grow a larger readership. I have a lot of…

  • Lists

    Bout of Books

    It’s a new year and I’m ready for some new challenges!  So, that being said, I’m going to jump right in!  I’m participating in the Bout of Books 15 from January 4 – January 10. As of right now, I’m just trying to get myself signed-up and participate in the…

  • Reviews

    Book Review – “Piper Green and the Fairy Tree"

     Piper Green and the Fairy Tree written by Ellen Potter tells the story of a second grader name Piper who lives on a small island off the coast of Maine.  She loves her family, misses her older brother, and tells it like it is which makes her a interesting character…