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"The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus" by Jen Bryant

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Bibliography Bryant, Jen. (2014). “ The Right Word: Roget and HisThesaurus. ” Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm B.                 Eerdmans Publishing Co. ISBN: 978-0-8028-5385-1 Summary This book chronicles the life of Peter Roget and his love for language that brought us one of the most valuable literary tools in existence. Analysis I have to start by saying that I would happily frame any page from this book and hang it in my house, classroom or car. The illustrations are beautifully crafted from various combinations of paper, watercolors, pens and pencil. They are a very creative visual representation of the subject of the book, Peter Mark Roget. These images also have snippets of handwritten thesaurus entries regarding the vocabulary used in the book. The images give the book an intellectually youthful feel that is very enjoyable even without the story line. Despite the many additional words in the bo...
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"Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Perez

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Perez, Ashley Hope. (2015). Out of Darkness. Minneapolis, Mn: Carolrhoda Lab.  ISBN: 978-1-  4677-4203-3      Beware, this book has side effects. It is perspective changing.  Following the life of Naomi and her younger twin siblings, Beto and Cari, this story is heartrending. It is set in New London, Texas in the 30s and revolves around the booming oil field industry. Naomi’s mother is gone and her stepfather Henry is taking care of the family. It is clear from the beginning that there is a lot of tension between Naomi and Henry, but we don’t learn until much later in the novel why she hates him so much. Henry is shaping her into the woman that her mother used to be so that he can marry her. Naomi feels very differently about him. Her hatred is well earned by Henry when she is just a little girl and he sexually abuses her. Naomi meets, and falls in dangerous love with, Wash, a young black man with very high hopes for his future. Neither of them are r...
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When is the right season to plant podcasts?

Podasts are really popular now and it’s easy to see why! In a world where people have earbuds in most of their multi-tasking lives, it makes sense to listen to something that is informative or funny. Enter: Podcasts! As a librarian, you can use a weekly podcast to do book teasers, give a local school news cast, inform teachers about new edu-tech (I don’t know if that’s a word, but I like it) or literally anything else that strikes your fancy! There are quite a few podcast-creating apps out there, so you want to check out your options thoroughly. A couple friends and I (Shout-out to Christy Ta and Heather Cowham) did some research into what a library should look and feel like recently and here is our visually aided podcast sharing our findings.   Enjoy! This one was made with a combo of WeVideo and Podbean .  P odbean was used to create the original vocal track. It is SUPER easy to use and has a handy phone app that makes podcasting-on-the-go easy peasy lizard...
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