Ms. Nancy’s Library Blog

My daughter says, “I would get so embarrassed if I got put on YouTube like this,” but her book geek mother thinks this is a really swell video.
Happy reading!
– Ms. Nancy

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Kid book reviewers are coming out of the woodwork to review books online for the library. Recent reviews include the books “Parties & Potions” and “Spells & Sleeping Bags,” both by Sara Mlynowski; “Down the Rabbit Hole: an Echo Falls Mystery,” by Peter Abrahams; and “11 Birthdays,” by Wendy Mass. There are many good titles [...]

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“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
– Thich Nhat Hahn
Hope everyone is enjoying their week. I am. I’m midway through “Breaking Dawn,” the fourth in the Stephenie Meyer “Twilight” series. My own kids are reading Bailey School Kids and “Scepter of [...]

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Here is a fun way to check out eBooks for little kids. TumbleBooks is a great site — free and easy to use. They have selections for little kids, language learners, lots of new books, and audio books for bigger kids, too.
Have fun exploring the site, I think you will like it. You can also [...]

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“American children and adolescents spend 22 to 28 hours per week viewing television, more than any other activity except sleeping. By the age of 70 they will have spent 7 to 10 years of their lives watching TV.”
– The Kaiser Family Foundation
Seven to ten years. I have a 7-year-old at [...]

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Hello, my name is Ms. Nancy and I am a book geek. I like reading books, talking about books, reviewing books, hearing about what books my students, their families and others are reading. I love books and I hope you love books, too. I’m starting a new feature here — [...]

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