Welcome to Booked on a Feeling — because the best stories start at your library.
Thinking back on what I read as a kid, a theme popped up that I had never quite noticed before. Witches. I was a girl who was fascinated and sometimes enamored with witches. If I had to guess, I’d say this fascination started when my mom let me watch “The…
I grew up during the Reading Rainbow and Scholastic Bookfair times where nothing was more special or exciting than reading or hearing a good story. I have memories of competing with my sisters to memorize and recite a Shel Silverstein poem or going to Pronghorn Elementary where we were lucky…
For the first six years of my life, I lived in the middle of nowhere on the Crow Reservation. My dad taught in a one-room schoolhouse serving local ranch families. I loved where I lived. My house was mostly quiet and afforded me ample time to think and imagine. Outside…
To the tune of Thrift Store, apparently: “I read my grandma’s books…they smell incredible! This one’s from the 40’s, these are all old stories, but they’re pretty awesome…” Katie John The Boxcar Children Brighty of the Grand Canyon The Mystery of the Caramel Cat A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning…
CCPL Staff Some of my earliest memories are of my parents reading to me. Every day after lunch, my mom would read to us and every day before bed my dad would read out loud. My Dad laughs and says my mom never wanted jewelry, just another bookshelf! They instilled…
Since 1922, the Newbery Medal has been awarded every year to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award nominees and winner are chosen by a committee of children’s librarians from public and school libraries. I’m not on the committee who choses books, but as a…
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg How The Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Suess Dasher by Matt Tavares Bad Kitty Christmas by Nick Bruel Mooseltoe by Margie Palatini Bah! Humbug? by Lorna & Lecia Balian