Stars Reading to Their Children

In PEOPLE October 5, 2009 issue there is a wonderful pictorial article in the BOOKS section entitled Raising Them on the Classics
Stars and celebrities add their voice to certain causes. For example, Michael J. Fox has Parkinson Disease. The late Christopher Reeve suffered a head injury and the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver started Special Olympics. It definitely helps to promote wonderful causes
In the above mentioned article
Jessica Alba reads Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown to her 15 month old daughter.
Ana Ortiz and her Ugly Betty costar America Ferrrera are both readers. America gave Ana one of her favorite baby gifts, 30 to 40 books for her three month old daughter. America said “We have to make her a reader like we are.” One of the books that Ana Ortiz reads is Corduroy by Don Freeman.
Nia Long’s eight year old son is into baseball. So they read a lot of baseball
books. He also likes the Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne.
Cindy Crawford's daughters both like Tales of the Fourth Nothing by Judy Blume.
All of these book titles are wonderful. This article helps parents see what the
stars and celebrities read to their children. It is another way to validate the reading cause.
Kudos to PEOPLE!

Road trip

Last week my husband and I went on a road trip. Woo Hoo!!! We went to Philadelphia. I went to a quilt show. I love quilts! (My love of quilts will be another future post). My history loving husband went to nearby Valley
Forge. After we finished our individual outings we headed for the Jersey
Shore. After we checked in at our motel in Wildwood Crest we started our shore vacation. September is a great month for taking a vacation.
Now, that I am retired we can take a September vacation. Also the motel
rates are cheaper. My husband and I took walks on the beach. We also visited Cape May, New Jersey with is beautiful Victorian houses and cozy cute shops. I bought myself a beautiful bright lime green zipped hooded sweatshirt with Cape May on it. Believe it or not it was $15. Also my husband and I went to the Cape May lighthouse. He climbed up 186 steps.
Better him than me. I also packed and read The Fixer-Upper by Mary Kay Andrews. I like Ms. Andrews witty breezy Southern books. It was a perfect beach/vacation read.

Birthday

Today is my 60th birthday. This is my first birthday that I have been retired.
I like being retired. However, it is hard for me to give up being a librarian.
Never!!! This blog is a way for continuing being a librarian and contributing
towards librarianship in what I know and what I research.

Silly Book Titles | Funny odd books

Today I thought I would bring some levity to this blog.
My quest for funny book titles started at my retirement dinner. In a "tribute/ roast" one of my former students and former colleague had a group of books that he said I had read to him. He presented these books to me.
There were:

The Children's Guide to Hitchhiking: Tips and tricks to get across town, or across the country
Royal Family's Guide to Good Marriage with a cover pictures of Henry the VIII and his six wives
Gerbil Merry-Go and other Great Microwave Game
Fifty New Places to Poke a Pencil

I found more silly book titles searchng the internet

Fancy Coffins to Make Yourself [A book for woodworkers]
Knitting with Dog Hair
Wood Carving with a Chain Saw
Drying Flowers With A Microwave
Nuclear War: What's In It For You?
How Green were the Nazis?
Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them
How to Avoid Huge Ships
Bomb Proof Your House
From
www.guy-sports.com/months/silly_book_titles.htm


From Bruce Coville- author of My Teacher is an Alien and many other science fiction and fantasy books
Joe Wins at a Track Meet by C. Howie Runns
How to Succeed in School by Rita Book
Foot Coverings by Susan SocksFalling Trees by Tim Burr
Downpour! by Wayne Dwops
Chased By A Werewolf by Claude Bottom The Vampire's Victim by E. Drew Blood The Bad-Tempered Werewolf by Claudia Armoff Creature From Mars by A. Lee-En
Monsters I Have Known by O. Pen Jaw
French Overpopulation by Francis Crowded

Giving Books as Gifts

We share what we love. I love books so I love to give books as gifts.

Baby gifts

A few of the baby gifts that I have given.
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Corduroy is the lovable teddy bear who lives in a department store. He can not find a missing button.
With this book I give a teddy bear to tie in with the book.

Pigs A Plenty Pigs Galore by David McPhail
A hilarious rhyming story about a plethora of pigs.
I team this book with a stuffed pig.

The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
This is my favorite version of the classic fairy tale about a runaway cookie.

Also a cousin told me about a wonderful idea. Her niece was expecting a baby. On the baby shower’s invitation each invited guest was to give a book with an inscription
For example, To Precious Bella Marie given by Aunt Linda July 12. 2009
What a wonderful way to build a child’s own library!!!
　
For older children through adults
Bookstore gift cards are wonderful for birthday and holiday gifts.
When my sons ask me what they should buy as birthday present I ask for bookstore gift cards. For my retirement my friends and colleagues gave me book cards. I loved receiving them!!!

September is Library Card Sign Up Month

Before September is gone, I want to remind everybody that September is Library Card Sign up
Month.

Visit your public library today. It is a community hub of activity. In tough economic times, your library card will give you free access to books and computers, homework help, assistance with resumes and job searches, accurate financial information, adult education courses, assistance for new Americans, CDs, DVDs and much more.
For more information, please visit: ilovelibraries.org/librarycard- this information is from the American Library Association's website.
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/publicawareness/alainitiatives/otherinitiatives/card/librarycard.cfm

What Book Got You hooked on Reading?

First Book, the charity organization that promotes children and literacy, that I wrote about in a previous post asked what book hooked you on reading. The book that hooked me on reading is The Twelve Dancing Princesses. It is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. It is an enchanting story with twelve princesses whose shoes are worn out every morning and where do the princesses go each night. The King offers men in his kingdom their choice of a princess bride and the kingdom if they can find out why the princesses' shoes are worn out. It is so special to me because of the magic in this fairy tale and the enchanting ending. Also I loved it because it was my own Golden Press book.
What book hooked you on reading? Please cast your vote at www.firstbook.org
Please check out what books celebrities got hooked on reading.
Share the memory of the first book that made reading fun for you and then help get more kids hooked: vote for the state to receive 50,000 new books for children in need.
Thanks!!!

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