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All GRPL branches now have Book Cards – cool little business cards for books! New and exciting titles are featured with the cover on the front of the card and a blurb on the back telling you what it’s about and why you’ll like it. [...]
What book do we all reach for before the holidays? No, silly– not Martha Stewart, the DSM-IV, (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) .
Do you get stressed just thinking about seeing your smarty-pants brother-in-law, your know-it-all sister with her great job in the capital, your annoying parents, the second and third spouses, politically incorrect [...]
CJ Box was our Grand Finale speaker. What a genial man and a captivating storyteller he is! He told us how he became a writer. You’ve heard people start out by saying, “Funny story…” well, his was. He told us how he had sent his first manuscript off to an agent in New York [...]
I like reading memoirs. Recently I started to wonder about how the authors decide to organize their material, because sometimes there would be a character or situation that I wished they’d devoted more ink to.
For instance, one of my favorite books of the year, Wade Rouse’s “America’s Boy: a Memoir“, has a lot of interesting characters [...]
A graphic novel style memoir of growing up in Detroit by the renowned illustrator of children’s books, ( and winner of the Caldecott, Christopher, and E.B. White awards), David Small.
Nothing is extraneous in this bizarre, sad, and ultimately triumphant tale. Small’s maternal grandmother was labeled a “white trash tramp” when she became pregnant. And when [...]
Hey Foodies! Step back into Michigan’s past … Enjoy the nostalgia of old kitchen utensils worn thin through decades of use … Learn the secrets of measuring ingredients by the egg shell, hickory nut, pinch and dash. Priscilla and Larry Massie, a husband and wife team of historians from the [...]
Time has flown by since I first wrote of my excitement for the film, Where the Wild Things Are; in a little over 24 hours I’ll be sitting in the theater munching on popcorn and enjoying a children’s literary classic come to life. My own excitement over this film isn’t uncommon as tons of articles, [...]
I just got done putting together this great list of free online games that are made just for kids. These games are safe, fun, and educational and include games that focus on math, reading, and phonics. These are from companies like Fisher-Price and Scholasticc, but some of them you have probably never heard [...]
Literature has always been a dangerous business. Putting words and opinions to the printed page for the public to read is always a risk. Some may love the words, others may not, and some may even fear the words. Our American literary heritage is filled with such stories and is built on [...]
While perusing carts of new books, I came across some really sweet looking titles that I thought I should pass along.
This Is For You by Rob Ryan
Gosh, this book is a beauty. It’s comprised of pictures cut out of paper, and it is beautiful. The front inside flap of the jacket says, “If you believe [...]
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