3
Mar
Tournament of Kids’ Books 2013
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Tournament time. March Madness season is upon us, and in a college basketball town that means one thing… Lawrence, Kansas, home of the University of Kansas Jayhawks, goes gaga for brackets and basketball. In the children’s room of the Lawrence Public Library, it also means it’s time […]
2
Mar
Small Press Stories: Benny’s Brigade
Benny’s Brigade by Arthur Bradford, illustrations by Lisa Hanawalt **”Small Press Stories” on Sturdy for Common Things is a new regular series featuring children’s books from small, independent publishers. They aren’t often on everyone’s radar, so this is my way of giving a shout out to the little dudes.** Find it at: Your library | […]
1
Mar
Barry’s Best Buddy
Barry’s Best Buddy by Renee French Find it at: Your library | Amazon | Indiebound Published: TOON Books, an imprint of Candlewick (March 12, 2013) Recommended Reading Age: 3 & up In a nutshell: I’m a big fan of TOON Books. The kids at the library are fans of TOON Books. L is a fan […]
26
Feb
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made by Stephan Pastis Find it at: Your library | Amazon | Indibound Published: Candlewick (February 26, 2013) Recommended Reading Age: 7 & up In a nutshell: Meet Timmy Failure: This is Timmy Failure. Timmy Failure is the founder and CEO of a detective agency with his 1500lb polar bear sidekick, […]
25
Feb
Penguin Storytime
Kansas has seen quite a bit of winter weather recently with last week’s Blizzard of Oz. Lots and lots and lots of snow. The library was even closed a couple of days due to the weather, so storytime was organized last minute, but it turned out nicely. The arctic temperatures (it was -2 degrees this […]
25
Feb
Rosie’s Magic Horse
Rosie’s Magic Horse by Russell Hoban & Quentin Blake Find it at: Your library | Amazon | Indibound Published: Candlewick (February 26, 2013) Recommend Reading Age: 4 & up In a nutshell: In my opinion, you can never have too many “dream big” books. Books that remind you that anything is possible and will provoke […]
21
Feb
Thowback Thursday: Thingy Things
Thingy Things by Chris Raschka Find them at: Your Library | Amazon | IndieBound Published: Hyperion Books for Children (2000) Came across these little gems a few weeks back while at work. Over a decade ago, Caldecott Award winning illustrator, Chris Raschka created this delightful series of books for beginning readers, the Thingy Things. They’re […]
20
Feb
Stuffed Animal Storytime & Sleepover
This week, I decided to mix things up a bit with storytime. I’ve seen so many wonderful stuffed animal sleepover programs done at other libraries that I thought it was high time to host one at my library. Why not? So, this week’s storytime theme was “Stuffed Animal Storytime & Sleepover”. At last week’s storytime […]
18
Feb
Open This Little Book
Open This Little Book by Jesse Klausmeier, illustrated by Suzy Lee Find it at: Your library | Amazon | IndieBound Published: Chronicle Books (January 1, 2013) Recommended Reading Age: 3 & up In a nutshell: A book that, upon opening it, will surely make you smile. Open This Little Book is as clever as it […]
12
Feb
An Awesome Book of Love!
An Awesome Book of Love! by Dallas Clayton Find it at: Your Library | Amazon | IndieBound Published: HarperCollins (December 2012) Recommended Reading Age: 3 & up In a nutshell: Love is in the air. Valentine’s Day is near. Pink and red and hearts all over. Or if you’re Dallas Clayton, the author of An […]
