FunDay Friday
You know it is almost time for the weekend when we visit the EepyBird guys. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_2osOb2SMU&feature=player_embedded] Thanks guys!!! Have a great weekend everyone!
Yearly Archives: 2011
From The Vault – Out of the Dust by Karen ...
Summary When a terrible incident changes Billie Jo’s life, destroying her inside and out. Her mother is dead. Her father cannot think about her. The one thing that makes Billie Jo happy is playing piano. But that is not possible with her wounded hands. But what makes it worse […]
Bits And Pieces
We had a long weekend, Memorial Day, and quite a few books were read. Reviews coming. Until then a few things happening to keep you busy. In honor of Memorial Day (yesterday) when we reflect on those who gave their lives for our freedom why not send a […]
FunDay Friday
Are you hungry? You will be after watching this!
What To Do With Leftovers……
Leftover books that is. How about this? Or this? Lisa Occhipinti, artist, designer and general really creative person makes these gorgeous creations out of unused books. Here. It is amazing what creative people do, don’t you think? I wonder if she reads the books first? hmm
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
“For fans of The Hunger Games.” – Publishers Weekly Imagine a world where New York City does not exist. Where Freaks roam around town. Where people live underground and have not seen the sunlight for many generations. That is what the world is like in Enclave. The cause of the […]
Interesting-Book-Related-Thing Saturday
Ok, this is a cool bookcase and all but you have like no shelving space. They just fall off. Namaste!!!!
FunDay Friday
Needs no introduction – Enjoy!
A Rant
It was only a few short weeks ago we celebrated libraries and librarians. You know, the people who find you the perfect book, help you with your homework, make sure you learn to read with fun, stimulating books. These are the quiet, behind the scenes people who really are the guardians […]
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
From The Vault Summary Moose Flanagan has just moved to one of the most secure places in the world. Alcatraz. His dad had just got a job there as an electrician. His mother is hoping to send her autistic daughter Natalie to a special school there. But when Natalie is […]
The Vault
Here at MLCWO there has been spring cleaning going on. Tidying and tweaking the blog. Getting it ready for summer, when there is finally time to totally devour books. All day. Maybe even everyday. And what a shock to discover quite a lot of posts that never quite made it […]
Too Big For Scrabble
friggatriskaidekaphobia What’s that I hear you ask? Fear of Friday the 13th. That’s today. It has a whole history. You can read about it on Wikipedia. Enjoy your day!!!
Thank You!!!
This post is for everyone who helped me get recognized on YA Books Central Blog. Click here and look for my blogs name on that list. Thank you so much to whoever put my name out there. -MyLibraryCardWoreOut
FunDay Friday
Have been really busy…..reading…..new posts coming soon! For now, enjoy something mesmerizing. Guess he doesn’t spend much time reading. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/satellite/satelliteEmbedPlayer.swf
How To Train Your Dragon – Movie Review
How To Train Your Dragon is an animation and it was really cute. The animation was really good – it was not good in the sense that it was realistic but the animations were done well and it looked crisp and clear. One of the best parts of the animation […]
FunDay Friday
A cute Alice in Wonderland stop animation video. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/18561004]
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, […]
