Oh, all right. This really isn’t about what SHE said about what HE said. It’s my own twisted brain going on about something else. Okay, here’s the thing: I don’t generally read things where the female characters are always going on about men. Or babies. Or eyeshadow. I’m not good with “traditional” romances, I generally […]
Got up, got dressed, and zipped up my blue cardigan sweater. Why? ‘CauseMr. McFeely said to… I’m wearing my favorite sweater in honor of what would have been Fred Rogers’ 80th birthday. I’m also wearing it because it’s cold and it’s raining, and Mr. Rogers pretty much advocated the wisdom of coming in out of […]
We’re so VERY excited to introduce YA author Sherri L. Smith! Sherri is the author of Lucy the Giant, a novel about a tall girl from the immense state of Alaska who tries to lose herself and her past in the wilds — and finds out what it means to have someone care enough to […]
(Please click on our poster to enjoy a larger image!)No matter if you’re talking about readers in your library, students in your classroom, or presidential candidates, it’s fairly apparent that multiculturalism is nowadays a BIG topic. It’s a buzz-word, and people like to toss it around, some to give themselves the idea that they are […]
To Be Read. To Be Savored. To Be Devoured. Before I knew A.Fortis was going to do her own snazzed out graphic, I came up with one that’s a bit simpler, but for me, quite a bit to the point: Anticipation. I still get a rush from being able to read any old book I […]
Read Roger talks about “also-rans” in terms of book awards, and wonders if a book is nominated another award — say, for instance the Coretta Scott King Award or the Pura Belpré Medal, do Newbery and Caldecott people unconsciously discount them, figuring they can win “something else.” After all, wasn’t it the relative lack of […]
A fellow blogger once jokingly (I think?) compared my commentary to the dulcet tones of an NPR correspondent when referencing the fact that I try to disagree… nicely. Well, for all that I’m trying to still be pleasant, I think I am about to prise open a dirt-encrusted can of worms here.I have read about […]
Sacramento Chinese Culture Foundation 沙加緬度中華文化基金會 Families with children from China, or those who have an interest in Asian languages and cultures are invited to the Northern California Wisdom Chinese School and World Journal Children’s Book and Gift Faire, November 3, 2007, from 11 a.m. – 4 pm, at the Bethany Presbyterian Church, 5625 – 24th […]
…mainly so I can look at this snowflake all day. ASHLEY BRYAN is a beautiful person, so engaging and amusing and lighthearted. You wouldn’t know he was in his eighties. You wouldn’t know that he had faced discrimination, privation and poverty. You wouldn’t know anything except that he is a joyful person, and that joy […]
…mainly so I can look at this snowflake all day. ASHLEY BRYAN is a beautiful person, so engaging and amusing and lighthearted. You wouldn’t know he was in his eighties. You wouldn’t know that he had faced discrimination, privation and poverty. You wouldn’t know anything except that he is a joyful person, and that joy […]