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Staff Picks
My favorite display in the Children’s Department is the Staff Picks. it’s ever-changing, and there is no theme, no rhyme nor reason. These are just books we really, really like. Click on the book...
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Book Review: Gary Paulsen’s Guts
Leo and Patte review Guts by Gary Paulsen. Gary Paulsen’s Guts A review by Mr. Felidae Panthera Leo, Carnegie Museum of Natural History resident and Patte Kelley, Department Head, Children’s Mr. Leo...
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Tales Filled with Sibling Rivalry & Bonding
Kathy Maron-Wood’s review in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette looks at new books by Megan McDonald, Jeanne Birdsall, and Jenny Han.
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Hidden Sevens in Magyk
Nico Chiodi, a member of our Show; Don’t Tell writing workshop, is today’s guest blogger! For those of you who have read Magyk by Angie Sage, you probably didn’t notice the hidden sevens. You know...
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Your Moon, My Moon
Books are often compared to bridges, windows, tickets, doors, or teleportation. Reading allows us to experience unknown or impossible things vicariously. But when I read Your Moon, My Moon, there was...
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The Third Gift
The Christmas book display in the Children’s Department is a celebration of red and green, with cover images of reindeer, evergreens, snowmen, and Santa Claus. But one day, there in the middle of that...
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Stars in your pocket
So. Remember that rock? The perfect one that fits in your hand? The one you keep in your pocket? I hope you don’t lose that rock. But if you do, you know what else apparently fits in your pocket, just...
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Review: La coleccionista de palabras
I read a lot of e-books on my computer because it’s easier on me, and a friend sent me a device for Christmas that I’m diligently tinkering with. I am making use of it. It’s certainly true that a...
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Happy birthday, Beethoven!
December 16 is Beethoven‘s birthday. I can think of no better way to celebrate (albeit somewhat late) than to read Jonah Winter‘s The 39 Apartments of Ludwig von Beethoven. Put simply, this book is...
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Two books for word nerds
“But sometimes your talent — your tiny, weird skill, or even your power, just has to get out.” Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman by Meg Wolitzer Just ask Duncan Dorfman, who has just moved to a new town...
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