13 Children’s Books That Have Been Filmed

Thursday Thirteen #30
Those of you who read this blog regularly may have noticed that I have a slight obsession with filmed books.
Okay, major obsession. So, once again I bring you a Thursday Thirteen list of filmed books. This time around it’s thirteen Children’s books. Has your favorite Children’s book been filmed? [...]

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A Sticky Situation

“Bubble gum, Bubble gum/Chewy-gooey bubble gum/Icky-sticky bubble gum/Melting in the road.
Along comes a toad . . . /A fine, fat toad, / A fine, fat, wild / -SPLAT!- / wart-backed toad.”
And just like that the toad is stuck in the bubble gum, but he won’t be the only one. A veritable
menagerie of animals get themselves [...]

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Community Safety Information

Many neighborhoods are celebrating National Night Out next Tuesday.  Recently there have been some suspecious activities going on in the community I live in.  Many concerned neighbors are sharing information about community safety.   I think I’ll share what I’ve learned with my library friends here.
Spend some time visiting the Fremont Police Department’s website.  From the website you can report [...]

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More Books Headed for the Big Screen

Coraline by Neil Gaiman is headed for the big screen, according to SciFi Wire. Henry Selick of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” fame is directing, and will be using the same techiques. Dakota Fanning, who will be voicing the main character, has seen a bit of the unfinished film and called it “fantastic.” [...]

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Review: Aunt Dimity and the Duke

Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton is the second book in the Aunt Dimity mystery series. A word of warning for those who loved the first book, and are about to move on: this one doesn’t pick up where the last one left off. Instead, it covers the meeting of Emma and Derek, [...]

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13 Classics I Have Read

Thursday Thirteen #29
This week’s Thursday Thirteen is a bit of a follow-up to Monday’s post about books that I *gasp* have not read. This time I am attempting to redeem myself by pointing out some books that I have read.
If you have encountered a “classic” book or piece of popular literature that you have [...]

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The Penderwicks

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall is the perfect summer book. It’s actually a great book any time of the year, but especially in summer. The four Penderwick sisters–Rosalind, Skye, Jane, and Batty–and their father have rented a cottage for three weeks on the grounds of a large estate called Arundel. The family dog, Hound, is [...]

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Youtube!

Thursday at Centerville  ( July 24th , 2pm)   we are going to be showing a number of all ages videos off Youtube.  Now, I have to admit that my favorite thing to do on you tube is to watch fuzzy kittens, but there are science experiments, how to videos, and travelogues.  Today , since we [...]

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Somewhere I have never travelled…

With apologies to e e cummings for taking a bit of his poetry in vain, I’ve been thinking today about things I have not done. More specifically about famous books that I have not read. Let me begin by saying that I am infamous among my friends for not having seen certain films. Folks always [...]

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Book Review: Bark George by Jules Feiffer

Today’s book review is in honor of Dan the Library Man at Vacaville Public Library – Cultural Center, as he is the first person who ever read the book to me. Or was that George (his puppet dog extraordinaire)? In either case, Bark George by Jules Feiffer is a fun little romp about a pup [...]

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