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#blogbookaday: Escargot
Summary: “Bonjour! Escargot is a beautiful French snail who wants only two things: 1. To be your favorite animal. 2. To get to the delicious salad at the end of the book. But when he gets to the salad, he discovers that there’s a carrot in it. And Escargot hates carrots. But when he…
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(Unofficial) Top Ten Tuesday: Picture Book Sequels
I love to share my book knowledge with families at the library – especially when I get to tell them their favorite stories are part of a series! Check out these great sequels (and trilogies!) Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast by Josh Funk, illustrated by Brendan Kearney The Case…
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Book Review: Treat Yourself!
So, I don’t know why I hadn’t ever thought to create awesome shapes and colors using crispy rice treats, but I hadn’t, until this weekend. I received a copy of Treat Yourself!: How to Make 93 Ridiculously Fun No-Bake Crispy Rice Treats by Jessica Siskin, better known as @mister_crisp on Instagram. She…
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Picture Book Month Theme: Food
You’ll be seeing a lot of picture books on my blog throughout the month of November as we celebrate Picture Book Month. You’ll definitely want to check out the website as picture book authors and illustrators will be posting an essay each day about the importance of picture books! Check…
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Kids' Review: Bake Sale
I’m going to try starting a new aspect of my blog with some of the kids I know at the library reviewing books they love (or don’t!). My first reviewer is “S”, a coworker’s daughter who I’ve known for a number of years. She’s in middle school now and is…
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Chocolate Party
Tonight, we’re having a chocolate party for our middle school service group, Junior Friends. We’re actually creating a two-part party, which means more chocolate for everyone! I also think it’s a great time of year to have something like this (with Valentine’s Day right around the corner) and it doesn’t …
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Books & Cooks – Update
So I posted earlier this week about providing a Books & Cooks Program for my middle school students and let me tell you – it was a smashing success! I had 12 kids registered for the program, which would have been perfect – but I ended up with 18 kids! …