FunDay Friday
A cute Alice in Wonderland stop animation video. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/18561004]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Who Was Ben Franklin? By Dennis Brindell Fradin Illustrated by ...
Who Was Ben Franklin? By Dennis Brindell Fradin Illustrated by John O’Brien Late winter and spring is the time in school when many students read biographies of famous people. Starting in the lower grades youngsters scramble trying to find someone who is interesting enough to read about and write an […]
447 Years Old and Still Kicking
447 Years Old and Still Kicking!! ‘Tis the Bards 447th birthday 447 Years Ago – a sonneteer was born To the harsh world, but to a loving family 447 years ago was 1616 and the Americas were new and so was he Little did the family know that 447 years […]
FunDay Friday
As today is Earth Day here is something in celebration. This video is a little penguin laughing its feet off. Make sure that your sound is on because you are going to need it. It is so funny and so cute. To read the full article Click Here. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fbt1fVfi-g]
A Little Bit About Merlin
We got our beloved cat Merlin in 2005. I desperately wanted a cat because, well, I just love cats. So one day in late September my mother and I went into Petco. I had a habit of begging my mom to go and look at the cats (and the fish, […]
FunDay Friday – The Royal Wedding Edition
Not really book related… but fun anyway. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAlnM7RUDcA] And maybe you can listen while you work on this
Got Books??
Today (April 14) is “Donate A Book Day” which encourages people to give a book to their local library which will either be added to the collection, or give to the Friends who can sell it to raise money for the library. Here. What a great […]
Librarians……Masters Of The Universe!!
Yes, you read that right! Did you know that librarians are like spies? And have access to classified information? Here Who knew? If you thought librarians were quiet, retiring and bookish…..you might need to think again. Hmmmm. Have you thanked your librarian yet? You’d better. They might know your secrets!
National Library Week
This is a special week. It is National Library Week (April 10 – 16). Introduced by the American Library Association it is a time to observe all the contributions made by libraries and librarians. Think about it. How many times have you gone into your local library to research a […]
Don’t Let Your Mother See This!!
Stuck for something to read? Exhausted the books suggestions at the library? Want to take a walk on the wild side? Then check out Patrick Ness’s “top 10 ‘unsuitable’ books for teenagers” (here) where he give you suggestions for all those books that make reading wild and dangerous. hmmmm, has he read […]
Alex Rider – The App
Now here is something you WON’T find in your library. Yet. Alex Rider is a very popular book among many people. The story is about a teenage spy who has to save the world many times. I absolutely love this series and guess what? There is now an app for […]
April is Poetry Month
April is Poetry Month and so in honor of it I thought I would share some poems throughout the entire month. I think today would be a nice day to share some Spring poems as we are supposedly in spring and I do not know one person who wants Winter […]
