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Category Archives: Author Spotlight
We love having crafts available for kids to make after story time. We especially love it when we can find something that ties in directly with a book we just read! Many authors and illustrators have websites that are full … Continue reading
Join us as we celebrate E.B. White‘s birthday today! The author of the classic children’s books Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte’s Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1973) was born on July 11, 1899 and died October 1, 1985. … Continue reading
How time flies! This week marks 15 years since the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was published in the United Kingdom! Of course, we know it as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which was … Continue reading
Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo From Miss Sarah at Bellville Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo is an adorable beginning chapter book about a pig named Mercy who loves hot toast with lots of butter on it. … Continue reading
What kid out there doesn’t love books about animals and cars? I sure did! I loved all of the Busytown books by Richard Scarry when I was growing up. Although he passed away in 1994, today marks the 93rd anniversary … Continue reading
Stars written by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Marla Frazee From Miss Jennie at Ontario This is a new book that I just fell in love with! What child (or adult) hasn’t gazed up into the evening sky and wondered … Continue reading
Join us in wishing Mr. Gary Paulsen, children’s author extraordinaire, a very happy birthday today! We love recommending Hatchet, probably Mr. Paulsen’s most well-known and most-read book, to those boys who just don’t know what they want to read (although … Continue reading
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin From Miss Sheri at the Plymouth and Crestview branches Have you ever played the Westing Game? Would you play if it meant that you could inherit $200 million? As an heir named in Sam … Continue reading
