When someone gave me the awesome Christmas present of the Emily of New Moon trilogy, I didn't like it! I didn't like old-fashioned books. The girl on the cover had her hair in two long tails and wore black stockings. I just knew right off that I wouldn't like it. Thank goodness I was brought up to have enough manners to act nice about it. And I think that I knew deep down that I ought to be more grateful than I was. (I was a girl named Emily who loved books, and here we

I try to be grateful all the time, but with Thanksgiving coming around, I'm thinking about it more than I usually do. When I started to think of things to be thankful for, the thing that first came to mind was books and reading; not surprising from someone who named her blog Nerd and a Half, I know. When you stop and really think about it, a bookcase full of books is a fantastic thing. A row of books containing the wonder and excitement of hundreds of viewpoints. Stepping

Sutherland, Tui T- The Dragonet Prophecy Narrated by: Shannon McManus Albert, Melissa- Tales from the Hinterland I don't know if I've written about this before, but at my last library job I had more kids approach my desk with questions, and I always felt so sorry for them. I never knew what they were talking about; I'm so behind on children's books. (Eh? What's that, sonny? Heidi Hucklepuck? Eh?) That's why, as a part of my year's reading challenges, I had one categor