Lots of Good Fun That Is Funny: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 26
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Children's librarian Louise Lareau joins Frank and Gwen to talk about NYPL's annual Best Books for Kids list and why you should say "underpants" during first-grade storytime. Plus: Eve Babitz, Joan Didion, Zadie Smith, joy, suffering, existentialism, etc., etc.
"I know some new tricks," said the Cat in the Hat...
What We're Reading Now
Best Books for Kids and Teens lists, plus our committees' top 10 favorites from each list (kids and teens)
Making butter at the Bronx Library Center.
The play that awesome guy on the train was reading: The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
Extreme Makeover: Apocalypse Edition by Dan Wells
Eve Babitz: L.A. Woman and Slow Days, Fast Company
Play It as It Laysby Joan Didion
Swing Timeby Zadie Smith
Guest Star
Louise Lareau, librarian at the Children’s Center!
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
(Many, many other people have seen Freudian themes in CitH and taken the whole thing waaaay further than we did!)
Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
The Best Man by Richard Peck
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
HUNNY! Image via Wikipedia.
Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger by Anita Silvey
Anything but Books
Louise: HGTV, Fixer Upper, and pinecone crafts
Pinterest has a LOT of ideas about pinecone crafts.
Gwen: Colorforms/reusable stickers
Frank: Swing Time the film
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