Lisa Book Shelf; Camping with Kids

Lisa Book Shelf; Camping with Kids

Backpack Explorer: Bug Hunt: What Will You Find? Head outside and get the buzz on bugs! Packed with educational prompts and activities, this fourth book in the Backpack Explorer series encourages junior naturalists to spot insects while on a walk in the woods, playing in a park, or searching right outside their front door. Twelve [...]

The Great Garden Escape

The Great Garden Escape

Recipient of two 2021 Purple Dragonfly AwardsJoin Sally Strawberry and Billy Blueberry on an extraordinary and interactive adventure through the garden! Best friends Sally and Billy are ready for a fun day in Fruit Garden! After sliding down Mango Mountain and flying over Cherry Cliff, they accidentally land in the mysterious Vegetable Garden. In their search [...]

Lisa Book Shelf : I See Summer

Lisa Book Shelf : I See Summer

From lemonade in the shade to picnics in the park, summer is all around us. Charles Ghigna (also known as Father Goose) lives in a treehouse in Alabama. He is the author of more than 100 award-winning books for children and adults from Random House, Capstone, Disney, Hyperion, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Abrams, Charlesbridge and [...]

At the Library: Deadly Delights

At the Library: Deadly Delights

August in Lake Potawatomi, Wisconsin, always means one thing: the annual baking contest. Picture The Great British Baking Show, writ Midwestern. It's a huge draw for the upper crust of Wisconsin pastry aficionados. And, of course, bon vivant baker-turned-mystery writer Teddie St. John has a pie in the ring. The white vinyl baking tent boasts [...]

Summer at the Library

Summer at the Library

Welcome to my Library this Summer. ! We are finishing up our Summer Reading Challenges this week with a salute to local authors . So enjoy ! Children Book What's in your po' boy? It takes a lot of skill to put together the perfect New Orleans-style po' boy. Talented children's author and musician Johnette [...]

Summer at the Library

Summer at the Library

This Summer like many other Libraries we decided to do our Summer Reading program a little different : I started out making packet for the kids to log reading time and some fun games to play. As well as weekly Facebook post with read a long books ,games and crafts to make. This week it's [...]

Library Summer Reading Challenge

Library Summer Reading Challenge

This Thursday : It's Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to the 10th century to several European folk tales, including one from Italy called The False Grandmother. The best known version was written [...]

Summer Reading Challenge

Summer Reading Challenge

This weeks story is Three Little Pigs > So Welcome to the Library : The Three Little Pigs" was included in The Nursery Rhymes of England (London and New York, c.1886), by James Halliwell-Phillipps.[2] The story in its arguably best-known form appeared in English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, first published on June 19, 1890, and crediting Halliwell as his source The story begins [...]