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9 Books Inspired by The Magician’s Elephant
Kate DiCamillo is an author whose books I will read no matter what they’re about. She has a way with words that is absolutely beautiful. And Kate can delve into tough topics in an age-appropriate way that just works. Her book, The Magician’s Elephant is being made into a movie…
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Shark Summer
Synopsis: “When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha’s Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film contest boasting a huge cash prize, disgraced pitcher Gayle “Blue Streak” Briar sees a chance to turn a bad season into the best summer ever. After recruiting aspiring cinematographer Elijah Jones and…
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10 Things the Movie, The Public Got Right About Libraries
I just got the chance to watch the movie, The Public, written and directed by Emilio Estevez. It’s a heartwarming and all true story about what libraries face in today’s society. And although I plan on writing up a review in the future, I was really happy to see 10…
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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…
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Popular Trends & How to Incorporate Them into the Library
Popular trends happen in a blink of an eye – a book becomes popular after being a sleeper when it was published, a movie becomes the most quoted movie of the summer or a toy becomes the must-have of the holiday season. As libraries continue to fight for funding and…
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Wonder Trailer – Get Ready to Ugly Cry
As a book lover and past children’s librarian, I adore LOVE children’s books and so I don’t say this lightly – Wonder by R.J. Palacio is one of my favorite books of all time. And so I was ecstatic to see the official trailer for the new movie was released. Let…
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Kids’ Review: Minor Details (movie)
I’m going to try starting a new aspect of my blog with some of the kids I know at the library reviewing books (and movies) 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…
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May the Fourth be With You!
Happy International Star Wars Day everyone! May the Fourth be With You! I was watching the news this morning at the gym and lo and behold it’s Star Wars Day and I didn’t even know about it! It’s very interesting to me that a movie series that was released in…
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Beastly
I have to begin this post by stating that I am mildly obsessed with all things Beauty and the Beast. I absolutely love the Disney movie, so much so that my boyfriend finally got it for me on Blu-Ray. Belle is my favorite Disney princess of all time – I…
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May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor…
Like so many people, I went to see The Hunger Games movie last night. And I’m still trying to decide how I felt about it. I want to tell you know, this may include some spoilers, so this is your warning. I mean, as far as movies based on books go,…
