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December 7, 2015
Picture Books At The Library 44
In my position as a technical processing assistant at the DeWitt Community Library, I catalog a lot of new picture books. Unfortunately, I cannot review them all, but I do try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. I have assigned a :) to my favorites. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)
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Shh…What’s that? An imaginative girl hears a rumble in her stomach and decides there’s a beast in her belly.
Told in...
December 2, 2015
Picture Books At The Library: Christmas Edition 2015
In my position as a technical processing assistant at the DeWitt Community Library, I catalog a lot of new picture books. Unfortunately, I cannot review them all, but I do try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently.
Share the joy of Christmas with your kids by reading picture books together. Here’s a look at some of the newest releases.
In this modern twist on a holiday classic, one special house is decorated inside and out with over-the-top holiday cheer!
Cork and Fuzz wa...
November 30, 2015
A Writer’s Phone Call to Santa
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ROBIN: Hey Santa, it’s Robin Newman. How are you?
SANTA: Robin who?
ROBIN: Robin Newman, remember me from last year. I’m the author of The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake and Hildie Bitterpickles Needs Her Sleep.
SANTA: What time is it?
ROBIN: It’s 5:00 a.m. New York City time. What time is it on the North Pole?
SANTA: Much earlier.
ROBIN: Geez Santa, I’m sorry I woke you. I was just so excited to talk to you. I noticed that Starbucks started its Christmas season early...
Picture Books At The Library 43
In my position as a technical processing assistant at the DeWitt Community Library, I catalog a lot of new picture books. Unfortunately, I cannot review them all, but I do try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. I have assigned a :) to my favorites. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)
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Sonya raises her three chickens from the time they are tiny chicks. She feeds them, shelters them and l...
November 23, 2015
Picture Books At The Library 42
In my position as a technical processing assistant at the DeWitt Community Library, I catalog a lot of new picture books. Unfortunately, I cannot review them all, but I do try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. I have assigned a :) to my favorites. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)
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:) There’s a surefire way to stop a tickle monster: tickle him right back!
Onc...
November 22, 2015
Following My Book Through Processing: A Library Assistant’s Perspective
Being a Library Assistant at the DeWitt Community Library presented me with a unique opportunity that most authors do not get : I cataloged my own book, The Peddler’s Bed. This experience was extra special becauseThe Peddler’s Bedismy very first book. I want to share the experience with you, through pictures.
A shipment of new books has arrived from Ingram via either FedEx or UPS.
The label on the outside of this box tells me it contains mostly children’s books and The Peddler’s Bed is one...
November 16, 2015
Picture Books At The Library 41
In my position as a technical processing assistant at the DeWitt Community Library, I catalog a lot of new picture books. Unfortunately, I cannot review them all, but I do read them all and have assigned a :) to my favorites. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)
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A simple, sweet picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what i...
November 13, 2015
My View Book Review: Bike On, Bear! by Cynthea Liu
Title: Bike On, Bear!
Author: Cynthea Liu
Illustrator: Kristyna Litten
Publisher/Year: Aladdin/2015
Summary: Bear is an extraordinary, genius bear, who can do anything except ride a bike. Can Bear figure out how to get on two wheels?
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Bear is smarter than a monkey, more flexible than a python, and more helpful than a brigade of beavers, but there is one thing he is not: he is NOT good at riding a bicycle. In fact, he is totally terrible, even with training wheel...
November 10, 2015
The “Crow Made A Friend” TLC Blog Tour
I like rainbows and I like birds. Put the two together and you’re bound to get something just like author/illustrator Margaret Peot’s beautiful, vibrant-colored crow in her “I Like to Read” picture bookCrow Made a Friend,published this year by Holiday House.
The story is sweet and simple. It’s about a lonely crow who literally tries to make a friend, first from leaves and sticks and then from snow. He soon learns that there’s nothing better than a real friend, except maybe a family.
The pen,...
November 9, 2015
Picture Books At The Library 40
In my position as a technical processing assistant at the DeWitt Community Library, I catalog a lot of new picture books. Unfortunately, I cannot review them all, but I do read them all and have assigned a :) to my favorites. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)
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Relates how Barbad became the new musician and singer in the court of Persian King...
