Library Love
September 13, 2023
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Libraries! We want to look at books about these magical places, portals to our world, our selves, and other worlds and selves we might become.
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Dance Party
October 1, 2022
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Dance has many personalities and appeals to a myriad of people. Here are some exceptional books for very young readers through teens (and adults, too).
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Library Love:
Children’s Author Shares Her Passion for Research
March 11, 2021
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Author Tracy Nelson Maurer shares, "My heart leapt when I learned that I was old enough for my first library card—the key to that vast kingdom of words. I’ve treasured each library card since then."
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Richard Adams Gave Me Rabbits
May 2, 2019
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Knee-deep in spring! The rabbits will be here soon, rangy after a long winter. They like our yard because we have low bushes good for hiding and we let the lawn go to clover and dandelions. I like to think rabbits feel safe because they have little chance elsewhere. If ever there was an animal with “a thousand enemies,” it’s the cottontail rabbit, a creature I never paid much attention to until Watership Down.… more
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Libraries and Librarians
April 11, 2019
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We’re posting this when it’s National Library Week, but we believe every week should be Library Week. If you love public, school, and special libraries as much as we do, add these books to your reading list and share them with your favorite readers.
As always, if you have a book you believe should be on this list, let us know in the comments or send us an e‑mail.
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Book Memories
February 13, 2019
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My first memory of falling in love with books takes me way back to the tender age of five. The little “Golden Book Golden Hours Library Clock House” that I received for Christmas that year helped me become the passionate reader I am today. I cherished the collection of twelve little books and one in particular was extra special; The Four Puppies.… more
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Re-claiming Women’s History — Still
March 21, 2018
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At a meeting at the Dallas Public Library one day, a retired chief executive explained to me his vision for a permanent display on a soon-to-be-renovated floor honoring the men who built up the city’s downtown after World War II.
I looked at him skeptically. “What about the women?”
“There aren’t any,” he snapped back.
Of course there were! But because a group of white men controlled politics in the city for decades, few people know them.… more
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Skinny Dip with Kelly Starling Lyons
December 19, 2017
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You may know Kelly Starling Lyons for One Million Men and Me or Tea Cakes for Tosh or Ellen’s Broom, memorable picture books, but we’re celebrating her new chapter books starring Jada Jones! Thanks, Kelly, for taking a Skinny Dip with us in December.
Who was your favorite teacher in grades K-7 and why?
That’s a tough question.… more
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Libraries in the USA are at Mission Critical
February 9, 2016
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“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.” —Andrew Carnegie
Libraries in the USA are at mission critical. Those who went before us worked hard to establish free public libraries so we could have access to what we need to know.… more
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Skinny Dip with Vicki Palmquist
September 16, 2015
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What do you wish you could tell your 10-year-old self?
A good many things, but most emphatically I would tell myself to not listen to the comments about being too smart or showing off by using big words or being too curious. I have always enjoyed learning about new things and sharing what I’ve learned. I love discussing ideas and unknown-to-me corners of the world and people who have accomplished great things and shown great imagination.… more
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Author Emeritus: Rosemary Sutcliffe
April 29, 2015
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Rosemary Sutcliff, author of children’s historical novels, was born on December 14, 1920, in Surrey, England. She wrote children’s books, novels, short stories, and scripts for radio, TV, and film.
In childhood, Still’s disease kept her in a wheelchair and close to home. Her mother homeschooled her and first introduced her to Saxon and Celtic legends. She didn’t learn to read until the age of ten.… more
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