There's been a lot going on and so I bring you a list of random bits of update like things...

• One of my favorite children's books (chapter books, probably 5th-6th grade reading level) in the last couple of years is Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Yes, that Dave Barry, one of my favorite writers and humor columnist ( Read more... )

J. K. Rowling just completed a new book, a book of fairy tales called “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” which is of course the volume that (WARNING SPOILER!) Dumbledore leaves Hermione in his will. (OKAY SPOILER OVER). Only seven copies have been made, one of which will be on sale in an auction house for charity.

Read the storySadly my library's ( Read more... )

I'm sure most of you have already seen this, but J. K. Rowling revealed more stuff in a recent talk...

Guess whose gay, and who Neville married...

That seemed an unnecessary revelation on her part, but I suppose many of the Conservative Christians already hated her.

September 11th is never going to be an easy day. Some people I heard have called it International Peace Day, on our calendar it is printed as Patriots Day. I like both of those. On the second and fourth Tuesday of every month I do a bookclub for 1st to 3rd graders (theoretically, we've got homeschoolers so some 5 year-olds sneak in there, if ( Read more... )

For those of you who didn't find the ending satisfying with enough details, and you wanted to know more, here are some answers as to who is doing what. (Most of you probably have already seen these).

MSNBC interview transcript
Most of the career stuff for the characters is on page 4, but the whole interview is fairly interesting.This interview ( Read more... )

Thanks to the marvelous Stephanie, I now am sharing some photos with you all from our massive Harry Potter event.

( me dressed up )

I've been busy as every children's librarian is with summer reading stuff, but this is a special summer. And now our world is all about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We're planning a massive event. Currently I'm re-reading/listening to the books so I'll be all prepped for the new book. So the books are in my car talking to me (okay only ( Read more... )

How many of you did Book-It as a child? I did, and I'm sure many of you did too. Simple concept, read some books, collect little stickers for your button and then eventually get a coupon for a free personal pan pizza. Marvelous. Or not?

Critics Denounce Pizza Hut Reading Program

The criticims make sense at first, but let's break it down.

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I suppose you've all heard, but the new HP book, the seventh one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be published (released) on July 21stThe list price is $34.99 (ouch) though Amazon.com is already taking pre-orders for the price of $18.99 ( Read more... )

Have you ever wondered who is the richest person on earth?
Forbes answers that anually.

Have you ever wondered who is the richest person in fiction?
Forbes answers that too.

The list and article from forbes.com

The news story from Reuters