Coming December 2018. Based on the speculative fiction series by Philip Reeve. Steampunk world building at its best.
Looking for a gift for your young reader? Holly Weinkauf from the Red Balloon and I joined MPR News senior producer Stephanie Curtis for a round…
I am not a person who immediately reacts to anything. I hate it when the movie ends, the lights come up, and my companions want…
Last year around this time, Holly Weinkauf, the owner of the Red Balloon Bookshop in Saint Paul and I recommended titles for giving on Minnesota Public…
Best Read Aloud Picture Books 2017 I knew that Bob, Not Bob! (Disney/Hyperion, 2017) favorite read-alouds of the year, yet today it had special meaning. I have…
Read this Book is a video series of book talks and interviews that give the librarians of the University of Minnesota an opportunity to share…
Wordless books are ones in which the story is told through illustrations and the story creates an opportunity for teachers to engage in a…
Kerlan Friends Partner with Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Company Connecting Children’s Literature to the Performing Arts What is the Children’s Theatre Company (CTC)? The Children’s Theatre Company…
Readers Reference. A mom was looking for suggestions for a book for a fourteen-year-old. He likes to read but says he can’t find anything that…
The first week of the Blue Ox Review’s soft launch is going well. I expect to be posting 5 days a week. Monday through Friday….