First of all, I’d like to give a shout-out and a hearty thank you to Susanna Leonard Hill, who featured the Perfect Picture Book Friday post from my archives about her delightful picture book, Punxsutawney Phyllis, on Friday (appropriately enough, Groundhog Day.) Now, on to today’s P is for Please Bury Me in the Library […]
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This was first posted on June 4, 2015. I hope you enjoy revisiting this book! If you haven’t already read it, I urge you to do so. Title: Okay for Now Author: Gary D. Schmidt Publisher: New York: Sandpiper, 2011, 2013. Genre: Late Middle Grade, early YA Audience Age: 11 to 14 years old Themes/topics:
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Happy New Year to all! Putting up the new calendars with their fresh, unmarked pages is always a joy for me. Those fresh, unmarked pages speak to me of the freshness of the year, of hope and possibilities. May it be a good year for you, and for our world. In preparation for this new
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The alphabetical posts will resume in the new year. Today, I wanted to simply wish you all happy holidays, whatever you happen to celebrate (or not celebrate). My penguin suggests that stars are a good thing to celebrate! There are so many celebrations at this time of year: Hanukkah, Solstice, Christmas, and Kwanzaa, just to
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Oops! This went live before it was finished! Sorry! Since I posted about artist James McMullan in my last post two weeks ago, it seems only fitting that I post about children’s writer, Kate McMullan, this week. Jim and Kate have been married for 38 years, and they make a marvelous team personally and creatively.
For today’s post, I had planned to read and recommend an E book (not an e-book, a book with a title beginning with the letter E.) However, although I’ve requested the book from the many-many-miles-away library, it hasn’t arrived at my branch yet. When I started thinking about E words, this is what emerged. When
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Quite some time ago, Langston Hughes wrote a poem called I Dream a World. Despite some non-inclusive language (it was from another era) it resonates with me. It begins I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn… That is a
Until earlier today, I was planning a different blog post. I didn’t get it written over the weekend, but was planning to write it first thing today. Then, this morning, I read the news about Las Vegas, and my plans changed. Last night, I attended an annual event in my city at which seniors are
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