Film Adaptations: The Princess Diaries

Even before Meg Cabot’s book The Princess Diaries was available to read, Disney had purchased the rights to make a film adaptation out of it.
I’m guessing that they saw something they liked.
The book and the filmed version have many similarities, but many differences too. In the book, Mia lives in New York, her [...]

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Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice …plus!

When I  first read Jane Austen , it was  a little bit of a struggle, but I grew to really enjoy  her books .  I liked the language , the rules, and the glimpse into another time.  ( A time I’m not so sure I’d want to live in). 
 I love Pride and Prejudice.  I’ve read [...]

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Review: The Gardener

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart and David Small is a picture book that holds several awards, including a Caldecott Honor. It is the Depression-era story of a young girl by the name of Lydia Grace who has to go live in the city with her uncle until her father finds a new job. Told in [...]

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That Grass Isn’t Greener, It’s Just Food Coloring

Have you ever wished, even just for a minute, that you could be someone else, anyone else but you? Julie Markes’ delightfully funny book, Good Thing You’re Not an Octopus!, has a valuable lesson to communicate about self-acceptance. Maggie Smith’s corresondingly humorous drawings illustrate the different problems you might encounter if you were say…an octopus [...]

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Ears are Beautiful

Otis is a happy dog. He goes for walks with Lucy, plays with his friend Max, chases the neighborhood cat, and eats treats by the basketful — okay, maybe not so many treats — but the point is, life is good. Otis is happy. At least until, as he’s walking home one afternoon, some big [...]

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A Rose By Any Other Name

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13 Words That I Like

Thursday Thirteen #65
Some of them are long, some short. Some of them are obscure, some common. Thirteen words that I like (and a short definition.)

13 Words:
1. defenestrate – to throw someone (or something) out of a window
2. obfuscate – make obscure or unclear
3. callipygian – having beautiful buttocks
4. sesquipedalian – [...]

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Peeps and Libraries

Well, I have another book-related silly link for you today. It’s called Peep Research A Study of Small Fluffy Creatures and Library Usage. So, imagine that a bunch of marshmallow Peeps go to the library for the first time and need to try out their research skills. They get a few things wrong as you [...]

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Kids Library Camp!

What is it like to work in the library? Do you know that there is a library that never closes? Want to learn how to make a movie and upload it to YouTube? These are only a few of the many things you will learn at this 2-day camp designed for cool [...]

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Have you seen the new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince trailer? Well, if you liked the last one, this one is liable to give you goosebumps. I would also like to note here that last I heard, the film will be opening two days early.

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