Librarian's Quest

Books centering on pumpkins, jack-o'-lanterns, vampires, ghosts, witches, goblins, and things that go bump in the night can be read and ...

There will be times when a book is released, and to your surprise it's a companion to a title from the previous year.  At first you can...

The more we know about the kingdom of animals as a whole, the more we understand about the vital importance of every single member to all li...

As a child spending a day at the Potter Park Zoo was an event to be remembered.  Even as an adult, strolling among the exhibits I felt a se...

Dating back thousands of years, most tellers use riddles to welcome listeners into their stories.  These specifically-worded queries get our...

As the sun sets on a summer afternoon filled with freedom or on one of those final warm days in autumn, a chill seeping into the air, neighb...

If you were to ask a group of children what they do best, their answers will span a broad spectrum, some understandably typical, others refr...

Surviving seventh grade with your dignity and inconspicuousness intact is no easy feat.  Sometimes you get to keep one but not the other.  I...

Navigating through your middle school years is a bit like motoring a boat down a stump-filled river in the dead of a moonless night.  You ar...

It is hard to put into words the power of a wordless picture book that is done well.  It uniquely transports readers into the realm of their...