Book characters

Tomorrow marks the return of my favorite program we offer at the library: R.W.D., or Read, Watch, Discuss! I’ve written about my book-to-film club previously, but tomorrow kicks off our special summer session. First up: Neil Gaiman’s Coraline! Oh, how I adore this book. I was always a fan of plucky heroines (and heroes!) and books that made me afraid to fall asleep. Coraline is all of those things and more. I read it as an adult first, but I know I would have loved it as a child, fan as I…

book character costumes for kids, tweens and teens #halloween

Rapunzel

Artist Isaiah Stephens depicts the ladies of Disney in kickass contemporary Halloween costumes.

Who could forget one of the greatest sassy five-year-olds children's books could ever have? Which is why Random House plans to reissue Junie B. Jones and all her 28 book adventures this May. Barbara Park wrote the first book in the series, Junie B.…

While I am a huge advocate for re-reading the Harry Potter series as the rest of your library gathers dust, I can also admit that there are some other incredible books to read if you like Harry Potter and miss the series like crazy. The world of…

Ella Enchanted Costume

You can assemble most of these costumes from things you already have at home!

INFJs love stories, and we especially like the stories about characters we can relate to. Because INFJs are such a rare personality type, we don't often look around in real-life and find people that we identify with as being like us. For many INFJs, discovering their personality type is a wonderfully affirming moment. It tells