The Little Red Christmas Ball: a story for kids and anyone whoever was…and would be again The Little Red Christmas Ball, by Brian Moloney, is a sweet little chapter book. It is the perfect read-aloud for the holiday season. Part Velveteen Rabbit, part Charlotte’s Web, all wrapped up in a Christmas bow, it talks about…
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Every two weeks-ish I go to the public library to renew what I haven’t finished, return stuff, and pick out more stuff. It’s a place I pretty much take for granted. Every once in a while, though, the beauty of the place just knocks me over. I don’t mean the actual place. The building itself,…
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Morguefile.com None of us know exactly how we are going to die, but if I had to take a guess now it would be that I’ll get crushed to death under a pile of unread books. I have piles of unread books everywhere, though I promise you they are organized in my fashion. The books…
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I’m afraid to go back to the library. I love the library. Any place that is hushed and full of books is by definition magical. I’m jealous of the people who get to work there. No one yells at anyone in a library. Libraries have that awesome paper and binding-glue smell. Librarians get first…
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