Tag: Books

  • diary of a Fairy Godmother by Esme Raji Codell. I listened to the audio version of this book and thought it was highly entertaining. The reader was really good. The story itself was excellent. One of the best juvenile fiction stories I’ve read in awhile. It’s about a young witch who realizes that she likes…

  • One of my knitbloging pals, Lolly, asked on her blog what kinds of things people collect. While her collection of pomegranates is far more interesting, I thought I would share something I’ve been collecting recently, since I began working as a Children’s librarian. In the few months I’ve worked at SPL I’ve discovered some children’s…

  • I was surfing Amazon for some children’s picture books to add to my collection and I happened upon this title. Whaaaa? I am rendered speechless. It’s bad enough that we have the brainwashed, kool-aid drinking adults, now they are trying to brainwash our kids? For the record, I would never, ever read an anti- conservative…

  • I am currently reading through The Chronicles of Narnia. In “Published order.” That is, I started with The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and am following it with Prince Caspian. When I decided I wanted to read these books recently I was surprised to find out that they were recently re-published in chronological order!…

  • I just finished “The Amber Spyglass” today during my lunch break. sigh. I love the “His Dark Materials” trilogy and am sorry that I’m finished reading it. Listening to it was such a wonderful experience. It was narrated by Pullman himself, with help from a huge cast of characters. I highly recommeded the audiobook. I…