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Austin is a book town — we see people walking around with books everywhere. We’ve been to Bookpeople and will be there again and take some photos of the children’s area. Haven’t been to the library yet, but we’ll get … Continue reading
We visited a comics shop in Ann Arbor and this sign made us smile. … Continue reading
photo by Sally LindsayMy friend Sally and I drove down to Washington yesterday for The National Book Festival.It was our first time at the annual event and even though the rainy day shortened our time there we experienced enough of … Continue reading
Last week we visited friends in the beautiful Hudson River Valley. Debra and Arnie Cardillo are the owners of Live Oak Media, known for its amazing and award-winning readalong productions and unabridged audiobooks of first chapter books and middle-grade fiction. … Continue reading
It’s been a long silent time but I wanted to recommit to making time for this blog and I’m jumping right in while letting go of expectations. I joined the Kidlitosphere listserv today as one way of staying focused. I’ve … Continue reading
The current discussion on the CCBC listserv is all about blogging and has given me the kick in the pants I needed to get back here after too long a break. So I’ll take a look at some of the … Continue reading
but somehow,the pull of this book was irresistible – actually, there are two of them out already. The series is called The Squad, and the book I just finished is called Perfect Cover. I almost put them aside because of … Continue reading
Here’s the good part: I close the book with a satisfied sigh, the book being Guinevere’s Gift, by Nancy McKenzie (Knopf). I loved it from first page to last; it was exciting, the characters were very real, and it TOTALLY … Continue reading
We’re sitting in the children’s section of the public library in Springdale, Utah while we’re camped at Zion National Park…it’s a fantastic library, and would be even if it didn’t have this amazing canyon view from the window. I noticed … Continue reading