What a surprise to see CrazyQuiltEdi mentioned in School Library Journal! Thanks for the recognition! The Ignite Session videos are up! Imagine being alloted 20 PowerPoint slides that changed every 15 seconds to tell your story. Angie Manfredi presented “20 Kids/Teens Titles to Diversify Your Collection Today”. My session was “The Kids Are Not All… Read More Librarians–Part 1

Title: A Moose Boosh: A Few Choice Words About Food Author: Erik-Shabazz Larkin Date: Readers to Eaters; 2014 Poetry I don’t think anyone actually plays with their food in A Moose Boosh. There is a young person with a pet cabbage that disappears but, no one sits and plays with the food in their plate.… Read More review: Moose Boosh

What better day for a book trailer than a Saturday? Rogue is the second book in Julia Kagawa’s latest series, Talon. A description of the world of Talon from Julie’s website: LONG AGO, DRAGONS WERE HUNTED TO NEAR EXTINCTION BY THE ORDER OF ST. GEORGE, A LEGENDARY SOCIETY OF DRAGON SLAYERS. HIDING IN HUMAN FORM… Read More Saturday Trailer: Rogue

I really enjoyed A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie Peanut Johnson by Michelle Green and thought I’d follow up with a few more baseball books. The Indianapolis ABC’s history of a premier team in the Negro Leagues by Paul Debono The Indianapolis ABCs were formed around the turn of the century, playing company teams… Read More Springing Baseball On YA!