Becky B

  • #BookBingoNW: Suggested by a Young Person

    We asked our young patrons at the Central Library Children’s Center to suggest books for our adult Book Bingo players and they delivered! These young people know their kid lit – they suggested classics both modern and older, video game tie-ins, realistic fiction, fantasy, adventure – there’s something for every reader of any age. Find… Continue reading

  • Bird Week: Birds in Children’s and Young Adult Literature

    The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s 10th anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird.  In honor of Bird Week, I’ve selected three titles written for young people with appeal to bird lovers of all ages: a… Continue reading

  • October Takeover: Graphic Novel Classics

    ~ posted by Becky B. “A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read” — Mark Twain Does the idea of reading a work of classic literature give you the shivers? Do you approach Victorian prose with a sense of fear and dread? You’re not alone; the classics strike… Continue reading