Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: Books

  • Holes by Louis Sachar.

    I finished reading Holes by Sachar (1999) last week. I absolutely loved it. I think it’s my favorite Newberry winner so far. If you haven’t read it, it’s about a boy, Stanley, who is sent away to a correctional camp in Texas called Camp Green Lake. Only there is no lake, and it’s certainly not…

  • the three little pigs

    This week my story time theme is wolves, and I am looking over some of the classic fairy tales. As I was searching around I found a lot of versions of The Three Little Pigs, so I thought it would be interesting to read the classic version and then read a couple of the retellings…

  • Remember those things called books?

    This is funny:

  • The Rules of Survival

    I just this very minute finished reading The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin. Wow. What wonderfully, fantastically, tragically sad book. The book is actually a fictional letter written by Matthew to his little sister, Emmy. He writes it because he wants her to know about her mother: I have decided to write it all…

  • The Higher Power of Lucky

    I just now finished reading the newly awarded Newberry Award winner for 2007, The Higher Power of Lucky. I was kind of surprised that this book won because I hadn’t really noticed any buzz about it. I also hadn’t read it so I promptly placed a hold on it at the library. It’s about a…