A couple of the comments centered around the macabre/horror aspects of the book. After all, the main setting is a graveyard and the story opens with the main character’s family getting murdered. […]
Kids’ Favorite Books
Yesterday, I began listening to Lucky Breaks, by Susan Patron. My immediate thought was, “Here’s a sequel that’s even better than the original,” but that’s after only a few chapters, so it’s […]
S4L Book Club – The Graveyard Book
Hello out there! Hi, I’m Kat and I’ll be doing some guest blogging this month as we talk about The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. As you can see from my picture, […]
Looks and Lines We Love
Super Mo, our Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy 2011 Bookmark Challenge Super Model, demonstrates what to do without our bookmarks while we read and they get a break from their work. […]
S4L Book Club – The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
I’d like to return to Becca’s first question: Alexander McCall Smith’s Precious Ramotswe books have been praised for their combination of apparent simplicity with a high degree of sophistication. In what ways […]
S4L Book Club – The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Has everyone read The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman? Discussion starts next week, so there’s still time. In fact, Kat, from Cross Eyed Kat, is leading the discussion, and she tells me […]



