Picture Book of the Week: The Gardener
Sarah Stewart, along with her husband / illustrator David Small created The Gardener, which was originally released in the late 90′s (for which it received a Caldecott Honor). The Gardener tells the...
View ArticleBook Review: D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths
With the popularity of Greek Mythology rising (see Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Goddess Girls, Underworlds, … I could go on), it’s almost imperative that kids have a basic understanding of the...
View ArticleShelf Lookout: Magic Tree House #49 – Stallion by Starlight
Prior to the conception of Off the Library Shelf, Mary Pope Osborne had written 48 stories in her best-selling Magic Tree House series. If you haven’t read them yet, I highly recommend doing so. I’d...
View ArticleShelf Lookout: Magic Tree House #50 – Hurry Up, Houdini!
Let us begin by congratulating author Mary Pope Osborne and illustrator Sal Murdocca on their 50th Magic Tree House novel (this obviously doesn’t include the many non-fiction companion books that often...
View Article2nd Grade Editorial: The Doll Shop Downstairs
The Doll Shop Downstairs by Yona Zeldis McDonough is about a girl named Anna. Her family owns a doll repair shop. This book starts before World War I. They get all their materials from Germany, so when...
View Article2nd Grade Editorial: The Cats in the Doll Shop
The Cats in the Doll Shop is the sequel to The Doll Shop Downstairs. I made a post about that, too, so if you haven’t read the post, you should probably read that now before you move on. So anyways,...
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