Get Your Garden (and your bookshelf) Growing
by Katie Schaefer It’s spring! It’s time for sunshine and GARDENING! I am an enthusiastic, albeit defiant, amateur gardener. Every year, despite the size of my small city backyard garden, I try to plant as much as I can squeeze in. Every year, despite the significant...
Strip Off those Jackets, and Get Your Books Naked!
Katie Schaefer Dust jackets: a removable outer cover on a book. It is typically made of paper and folds around the case cover to stay in place. Case covers: the cover of your picture book hiding under the dust jacket. Sometimes they match the dust jacket, sometimes...
Fractured Fairy Tales
Katie Schaefer Fractured fairy tales: the whimsical world of storytelling with a twist! So, what exactly are fractured fairy tales? Well, imagine taking those timeless stories we all grew up with—Cinderella, The Tortoise & the Hare, Jack & the Beanstalk—and...
Let’s Shower Babies with Books
Katie Schaefer Baby showers are the perfect opportunity to help new parents build an amazing library for their kiddo. Picking out a book can be a tricky task however. Will the parents already have it? Is it beautifully illustrated? Is it a delight to read aloud? ...