A Dazzling Display of Dogs by Betsy Franco, illustrations by Michael Wertz iF: A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility edited by Allie Esiri and Rachel Kelly I’m so excited! April is National Poetry Month! In 1996, the American Academy of Poets launched this annual celebration to “remind the public that poets have […]
There’s no denying that art has power. A work of art in any form can stop you dead in your tracks, take your breath away, send chills down your spine. It can elicit a bold, dramatic response–an experience so vivid that it’s as memorable as the work of art itself. Sometimes, though, art exudes a […]
One of the things I like best about the holiday season are the stolen moments of quiet amidst the hustle and bustle–lovely, little gifts of reading or listening time when least expected, so I try to have a book of some sort at hand. Since Thanksgiving weekend, I’ve already managed to squeeze in some titles […]
Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks by David E. Harkins Missouri’s Haunted Route 66: Ghosts Along the Mother Road by Janice Tremeear Paranormal Missouri: Show Me Your Monsters by Jason Offutt When it comes to all things horror, I readily admit that I am a first-class, Grade A chicken. My personal threshold of scary is so […]
Biographic Austen by Sophie Collins Seeing Science: An Illustrated Guide to the Wonders of the Universe by Iris Gottlieb Summer’s heat and humidity have cooked my brain, and no matter how much I’d like to lounge around immersed in a giant, juicy, beach read I find myself unable to keep one going. Picture books to […]
The Hot Young Widows Club: Lessons on Survival from the Front Lines of Grief by Nora McInerny Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl The Universe Explained: A Cosmic Q & A by Heather Couper and […]
Make: Minecraft for Makers by John Baichtal Start to Stitch by Nancy Nicholson, Claire Buckley, and Miriam Edwards Teens Cook Dessert by Megan and Jill Carle with Judi Carle We’ve made it to the middle of May when life becomes a frenzy of pollen and exams and changes and celebrations, spinning faster every day […]
Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy Sir John Hargrave’s Mischief Maker’s Manual by John Hargrave Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America by Gail Jarrow April Fool’s […]
Book review by Beth Snow Coming of age stories are the bread and butter of books written for teen audiences. They appear in a wide variety of formats, both fiction and non-fiction. Like people, they come in all shapes and sizes–which makes it more likely that readers will find a story that fits. For […]
The Planets: Photographs from the Archives of NASA, text by Nirmala Nataraj The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future by Roger D. Launius The Practical Astronomer by Will Gater and Anton Vamplew Temperatures have been chilly and, by the time you see these words in print, winter […]
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